Please tell the Santa Monica councilmembers to save our trees!
Official Removal Notice From Santa Monica City Council (.doc file)
Alliance For Survival, Los Angeles
Please tell the Santa Monica councilmembers to save our trees!Official Removal Notice From Santa Monica City Council (.doc file) |
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Stumping for the Tree (PDF) (TEXT)
By Melody Hanatani, for the Santa Monica Daily Press
| On September 19, 2007, the City of Santa Monica released its plans to destroy its mature ficus trees today on 2nd and 4th street. Many believe the city is anxious to do it before there is too much public outcry which there will be once people see these trees coming down. The basic point is that if the City of Santa Monica has $600,000 to destroy or "transplant" 50-70 forty year old mature ficus trees, then why don't they use the same money to maintain and plant hundreds of new trees instead. Santa Monica's quest for "street improvement" and State dollars to go with them becomes a microcosm for why we can't save mature trees, even in our own backyards. The Council's arguments about a few of them being "sick and diseased" are not backed by second opinions, nor do they address the removal of numerous mature, healthy trees. Only Councilman Kevin McKeown has stood up to oppose this decision, but he needs at least another councilperson to force a vote (and then three others to stop this destruction). |
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Flyer for Sunday, September 23 Rally (PDF)
Environmental activists with the recently-formed group, Treesavers, will hold a "Guarded Victory" press conference and vigil on Monday, October 8, after their lawsuit stopped the City of Santa Monica - for now - from starting that days' planned destruction, composting, and unnecessary relocation of more than 50 Ficus trees along Second and Fourth Streets in the Santa Monica Downtown District...
The press conference and vigil will begin at 10:00 AM in front of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, located at 1220 Second Street, just south of Wilshire Boulevard, where the first of the threatened trees were slated to be destroyed. A short walking tour of the tree-threatened area will take place following the press conference and before the vigil.
