Out the importance of planting trees. San francisco has one of the smallest urban canopies of any major city in the United States. And we know this, we have an urban forest plan that called for the planning of trees of 2,500 trees per year. Since we rolled that out, we have failed every year and last year we added a total of one tree to our urban canopy. And part of the problem is the lack of budget. Even in this years fiscal budget, next years budget for this city, we barely have enough money to keep up with the rate of removals, let alone growing our urban canopy. And the only reason that money was put in because of the good work of the board of supervisors and the public outrage when it was discovered that wouldnt be in there. And the department of the environment, it would be wonderful if they would add an f. T. E. Who is actually dedicated to urban forestry. To the San Francisco Public Utilities commission, in the last 10 years you have removed 475 trees and planted 39. And to the
Vehicles. We know that we can expand this Public Charging Network particularly in the gaps you see in the map known as charging deserts. [please stand by] specific actions in six strategic areas that well meade to implement well need to implement that goal. And electricity is the fuel of the future and we need to implement it in existing modes. Last slide oops. It was your last slide. [laughter]. So ill make it up. So renewable electricity, will get us to a netzero system which is crucial to become a net carbon city. And our 2030 goals are 35 of certification and sustainable modes will help to get us there. In closing with the necessary capital, political and public support, we can meet these goals and along with our complementary goal of zero traffic fatalities to not only achieve our 2030 goal but to improve the lives of all. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chu. That gets us through electricity and transportation and we still have buildings. Barry cooper . From the department of the enviro
Year with street tree s. F. If we could have our presentation on the screen. Just a quick note before i get started, we are currently planting several of the replacement trees that Everett Middle School while this hearing is happening today. And large 48 box replacement trees. I just want to give a little bit of background before launching into what weve done over the last year. As youve noted, prior to street tree s. F. , Property Owners were responsible for maintenance of the majority of street trees and prior to 2017, public works was responsible for only approximately 30,000 street trees and property Property Owners were responsible for the remaining 85,000. As noted, there has been deferred maintenance across the board. Even when the city was only responsible for 30,000 street trees, we were operating on a 10 12 your pruning cycle rather than the recommended 35 years. As a result of the decline in resources over a tenyear period , we began to transfer even more street trees to adj
The bureau of urban forestry and the public works the opportunity to talk about the impacts and challenges and to share early successes. Since i joined this board in july, my office has received thousands of calls and emails from constituents with requests for help and information with all sorts of topics. Tree maintenance is actually second after homelessness. Some constituents have raised concerns about trees they believed to be dangerous and requiring immediate removal. Some are frustrated with overgrown trees that are not being trimmed or pruned quickly enough. Others have been concerned to see crews show up to prune a tree that does not seem to need pruning. Others have been horrified to see beloved trees removed without explanation. They believe or an error, they may believe. Our street trees are a process Precious Resource that provides San Francisco with clean air and can transform otherwise barren and blighted neighborhoods. Some of these trees have very special meaning for ne
Good morning everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the november 14th, 2018 regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. I am chair of the committee. To my right is vice chair supervisor ronen. Supervisor peskin will not be joining us today and shall be excuse would you like to make a motion to excuse him . All right. Without objection. He is excused. Our clerk is john carroll and i would like to thank my hernandez and jesse larson at San Francisco government t. V. For staffing this meeting. Do you have any announcements . Thank you. And insure you silence your cell phones and Electronic Devices and your completed speaker cards to be included as part of the file should be submitted to me. Items acted upon today will appear on the november 27th 2018 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated by motion. Thank you. Please call the first item. Agenda item number 1 is a hearing to consider the premise to premise transfer of the onset publi