Still, some Mission groups oppose all market-rate housing in the neighborhood and are not buying into the new plan. Scott Weaver, a tenants rights attorney who worked on last year’s moratorium initiative, said the new proposal came up Wednesday night at a meeting of United to Save the Mission, a coalition of neighborhood groups. … [Read more...] about ‘Beast on Bryant’ developer ponies up more affordable housing
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Scott Wiener seeks fund to make city responsible for street trees
The city’s street trees are worth an estimated $1.7 billion, provide $9.5 million in annual health and environmental benefits, and add $100 million to city property values, but San Francisco’s cash-strapped Department of Public Works began handing over maintenance responsibly for street trees to private owners in 2012, saying it cannot afford the upkeep itself. But even DPW dislikes the program: At a recent hearing, DPW urban forest manager Carla Short said the department has serious concerns about the quality of care by private owners, noting that several trees have already been destroyed by excessive pruning. … [Read more...] about Scott Wiener seeks fund to make city responsible for street trees
As SF struggles to increase urban forest, residents protest a ‘chainsaw massacre’
“We’re finding it’s really hard to find the money in this city to plant trees,” said Dan Flanagan, executive director of Friends of the Urban Forest. “Many cities in the U.S., primarily on the East Coast, were carved out of forests. Our city was carved basically out of sand dunes. There’s no tree DNA in this city.” … [Read more...] about As SF struggles to increase urban forest, residents protest a ‘chainsaw massacre’
