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Most street trees in San Francisco are maintained by fronting property owners, who through their stewardship are doing their part to keep this critical aspect of the city’s infrastructure maintained. There are, however, more than 35,000 street trees that are currently being maintained by the city.

Background

San Francisco Public Works currently has maintenance responsibility for about 40,000 of the approximate 100,000 trees in the public right of way. Instead of pruning on a recommended three-to five-year cycle, Public Works is pruning trees on a ten to 12-year cycle because of budget cuts to Public Works' Urban Forestry staff. The funding in the FY 11-12 budget will allow Public Works to maintain trees fronting public property and other tree related emergency services.

Protect San Francisco’s Urban Forest— San Francisco Public Works is already on a deferred maintenance schedule with no resources to improve frequency of maintenance. The health of a tree may decline and eventually fail as a result of improper maintenance.

San Francisco Public Works will follow the procedures in the Urban Forestry Ordinance to:

• Inspect all trees before relinquishment to ensure they are healthy and properly pruned
• Post notices on trees being transferred and notify
• Property owners by mail of the proposed change in maintenance responsibilities
• Provide information about how to request a public hearing
• Property owners can email TreeCareTransfer@sfdpw.org visit www.sfpublicworks.org or call (415) 554-7336

For more information, contact us at:

San Francisco Public Works
Bureau of Street Use and Mapping1155 Market Street, 3rd Floor (map)
San Francisco, CA 94103       
(415) 554-6700

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Tree Maintenance Transfer Plan Factsheet

Plan DPW proposes transferring maintenance responsibility for approximately 24,000 trees to fronting property owners over a seven year period. Property owners will only assume responsibility for healthy trees that have been pruned within three years, most of which will have been pruned within one year. With DPW’s assets more in line with its resources, the goal of DPW is to maintain the trees under its responsibility on a five-year schedule, meeting tree care industry standards. 

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