Dear SF Tree advocates,
Board of Appeals hearing, Weds July 15, 2020 5pm (Agenda available here around July 10)
This will be the culmination of a long and arduous process that began in early 2019. The 24th Street community loves their trees and does not want them removed.
24th St neighbors are proud of their trees and ask the City to save them in these videos. Click on an image above to play, in English and en Español.
Here are some links on the removal — please share on social media:
- Facebook Spanish: https://www.facebook.
com/ShaIaco/videos/ 798533713884200/ - Facebook English: https://www.facebook.
com/watch/?v=792527974615506 - Youtube English: https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=8F2dG8zF2Y8 - DIY Google Drive: https://drive.google.
com/drive/folders/ 1Ze5tRSbCAaFFzhE0A2yB6VA7i-8E- 1lO?usp=sharing - Hearing Information: bit.ly/24thStTree
Click here for How to Participate in the hearing, in English and en Español.
Background info
The 24th Street community paid for their own professional tree assessment. A summary and comparison of the assessments by DPW Bureau of Urban Forestry (BUF) and Bay Area Arborist Collective (BAAC), the assessment paid for by the 24th Street community, can be viewed here.
BUF recommends removing 47 ficus trees,
BAAC recommends removing only 36 ficus trees.
Watching the hearing online or on TV
You can view the meeting online via SFGovTV at 5pm on July 15 by clicking this link. When it comes up, click on “Watch SFGovTV2” then click on the right-arrow to start the broadcast.
Watch on Local TV: Local cable channels 26 or 78 (note there is a 10-second delay from the actual meeting).
Click here for How to Participate, in English and en Español.
Participating in the Hearing with Zoom
Please see below for 2 very important pieces of information regarding the July 15 Board of Appeals Hearing.
1. The ZOOM Link, Dial-In Accessibility and Meeting Details
2. PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE HEARING