Trees

Tree Removal Notification System

Trees are not only beautiful, they are the leading soldiers in the fight against climate change, air pollution, and the urban heat island effect. By safeguarding our urban forest and restoring it as much as possible, we can take a significant amount of carbon and pollution that we’ve thrown up in the atmosphere back out. Imagine the possibilities! But today, hundreds of trees are permitted for removal by our city, and our urban forest is rapidly shrinking.

To ensure transparency and inform the public, the NCSA Trees Committee is making public this Tree Removal Notification System of the city’s proposed tree removals. We hope that this report will capture attention, motivate action, and contribute to a successful conversation on climate and our urban forest.

Tree removals for the City of Los Angeles are listed alphabetically by neighborhood council below, beginning with notices issued after January 1, 2018. Click on the name of your neighborhood council (or community council that is not part of the city's formal neighborhood council system) below to see the addresses of proposed tree removals approved by the Urban Forestry Division. If you do not know your neighborhood council, you can find it online at http://neighborhoodinfo.lacity.org. (Click on the link and enter a street address. The name of the neighborhood council for that address shows up in the lower right.)

The first numbers in these tree removal listings indicate the date of the notice (year, month, day), followed by the address where the tree or trees are located. Click on the listing to see the full notification sheet.

THE TIMEFRAME FOR OBJECTING IS SHORT SO DON'T DELAY!!! For 1 or 2 trees removals may be approved and trees cut down as soon as 3 days of the notification date if there is no objection. We are trying to get a longer period to respond. There are Board of Public Works hearings to grant permission to remove more than 2 trees, but initiate any objections right away. Requests for transmittal files are not fulfilled until a few days before the hearing.

New tree removal notifications can come out daily. Check often!

We invite you to use this report to act to save trees. And there are alternatives to tree removal! Actions might include:

reaching out to your neighborhood council - the board members get these removal requests!
reaching out to your city councilmember or field deputy
sending a copy of your objection via email to Urban Forestry Division—use this format: OBJECTION TO TREE REMOVAL
reaching out to your neighbor or the business removing the tree(s)
requesting alternatives to removing trees for sidewalk-tree conflict repairs, such as root pruning or meandering sidewalks
hiring a CEQA Attorney, particularly useful in the case of protected trees. There are four classes of protected trees in the City of Los Angeles pursuant to Ordinance No. 177404: Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia), Southern California Black Walnut (Juglans californica var. californica), Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa), and California Bay (Umbellularia californica)
If you need further help, email us at: trees@ncsa.la

ALL Neighborhood Councils areas listed below -

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(report faulty links to trees@ncsa.la)

Removals added April 17 to the following Neighborhood Council sites: Zapata King, MacArthur Park, Mid-City, NoHo

Removals added April 16 to: Westwood, Empowerment Congress North, Empowerment Congress Central, Bel-Air Beverly Crest, Pacific Palisades

Removals added April 12,13 to: Arleta, Mar Vista, Hollywood Hills West, Watts, Studio City

Removals added April 6 to: Central Hollywood

Removals added April 4 to: Hollywood Hills West, Echo Park, Westside, Empowerment Congress North, South Robertson, Hermon

Removals added March 31 to: Reseda, West Hills, NoHo, Eagle Rock, Westside, Harbor Gateway South, Mid-City West, Empowerment Congress SW, Empowerment Congress SE, Pacific Palisades

Removals added March 28 to: Bel-Air Beverly Crest, Harbor Gateway South, NoHo, Empowerment Congresss Central, Westchester-Playa, NW San Pedro

Removals added March 23 to: Downtown LA

Removals added March 16 to: Westwood

Removals added March 13 to: Sun Valley Area, Westwood

Removals added March 10 to: Valley Village, Westchester-Playa, Empowerment Congress Central, Harbor Gateway North, Park Mesa Heights

Removals added March 9 to: Hollywood Hills West, Bel-Air Beverly Crest

Removals added March 1 to: P.I.C.O., Rampart Village, Valley Village, Greater Toluca Lake, Sherman Oaks, Pacific Palisades

Removals added Feb 23 to: Echo Park, Boyle Heights

Removals added Feb 19 to: Studio City, Sun Valley, Empowerment Congress West

Removals added Feb 16 to: Tarzana, Westide, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Westchester Playa

Removal added Feb 13 to: Greater Toluca Lake

Removal added Feb 7 to: Westwood

Removal added Feb 2 to: MacArthur Park, Empowerment Congress Central

Removal added Jan 29 to: Winnetka

Removals added Jan 26 (one is dated in December 2018) to: NoHo, Sylmar, Sherman Oaks, Bel Air-Beverly Crest, Empowerment Congress North

Removals added Jan 20 (all have removals dated in 2019) to: Mid-CityWest, Mar Vista, Del Rey, Westchester, Northridge South

Removals added Jan 14-17 (all have removals dated in 2019) to: Los Feliz, Greater Wilshire, South Robertson, MacArthur Park, Westlake South, South Central, Sherman Oaks

Removals added Jan 12 (all have removals dated in 2018 - we were late getting these) to: Venice, Greater Wilshire, Park Mesa Heights, Harbor Gateway South, Northridge West, Brentwood, Lake Balboa, Arroyo Seco, Van Nuys, Pacoima, Los Feliz, MacArthur Park, Harbor City, Mid City West

Removals added Dec 29 to: Mid-City West, Westwood

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Hugh Kenny commented 2018-03-09 22:52:22 -0800

Good work! I am sending it to my Facebook places, liberated from it’s ensconcement in the EmpowerLA newsletter where it gets a little buried. I’ll announce at the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council and the Green Commitee too. You should be proud!