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.

Trees may be cut down within 30 days of the notification date if there is no objection. 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 neighbor or the business removing the tree(s)
• reaching out to your neighborhood council
• reaching out to your city councilmember and elected officials
• forming a neighborhood tree-watch group
• 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) 

Neighborhood Councils

Removals added Oct 20 to the following Neighborhood Council sites:  Pacific Palisades, Chatsworth

Removals added Oct 19 to: Sherman Oaks, North Hollywood NE, Mid-City West, Downtown

Removals added mid-October to: Venice, West LA, South Robertson, North Hills West, LA-32, Greater Wilshire

Removals added early October to: Westchester/Playa, Hollywood Studio, Mar Vista, Van Nuys, Venice, Granada Hills South, South Robertson

Removals added mid-September to:  Pacific Palisades, Lincoln Heights, Mar Vista, Westwood, Encino, Mid-City West, Hollywood Hills West, Empowerment Congress West, LA 32, Downtown LA, East Hollywood, Boyle Heights, Greater Toluca Lake, P.I.C.O., Westside, Pico Union, Woodland Hills-Warner Center, Rampart Village, Silver Lake, Westchester-Playa, Arleta, Van Nuys, Lake Balboa, Greater Wilshire, Panorama City

Removals added early September to: Park Mesa Heights, Westside, Woodland Hills-Warner Center, United Neighborhoods, Rampart, Reseda, LA 32, Mid-City West, Foothill Trails

1. Arleta
2. Arroyo Seco
3. Atwater Village
4. Bel Air-Beverly Crest
5. Boyle Heights
6. Brentwood
7. CANNDU
8. Canoga Park
9. Central Alameda
10. Central Hollywood
11. Central San Pedro
12. Chatsworth
13. Coastal San Pedro
14. Del Rey
15. Downtown Los Angeles
16. Eagle Rock
17. East Hollywood
18. Echo Park
19. Elysian Valley Riverside
20. Empowerment Congress Central
21. Empowerment Congress North
22. Empowerment Congress Southeast
23. Empowerment Congress Southwest
24. Empowerment Congress West
25. Encino
26. Foothill Trails District
27. Glassell Park
28. Granada Hills North
29. Granada Hills South
30. Greater Cypress Park
31. Greater Toluca Lake
32. Greater Valley Glen
33. Greater Wilshire
34. Harbor City
35. Harbor Gateway North
36. Harbor Gateway South
37. Hermon
38. Historic Cultural
39. Historic Highland Park
40. Hollywood Hills West
41. Hollywood Studio District
42. Hollywood United
43. LA-32
44. Lake Balboa
45. Lincoln Heights
46. Los Feliz
47. MacArthur Park
48. Mar Vista
49. Mid City
50. Mid City West
51. Mission Hills
52. NoHo
53. North Hills East
54. North Hills West
55. North Hollywood North East
56. North Hollywood West
57. Northridge East
58. Northridge South
59. Northridge West
60. Northwest San Pedro
61. Olympic Park
62. Pacific Palisades
63. Pacoima
64. Palms
65. Panorama City
66. Park Mesa Heights
67. P.I.C.O.
68. Pico Union
69. Porter Ranch
70. Rampart Village
71. Reseda
72. Sherman Oaks
73. Silver Lake
74. South Central
75. South Robertson
76. Studio City
77. Sun Valley Area
78. Sunland-Tujunga
79. Sylmar
80. Tarzana
81. United Neighborhoods
82. Valley Village
83. Van Nuys
84. Venice
85. Voices of 90037
86. Watts
87. West Adams
88. Westchester/Playa
89. West Hills
90. West Los Angeles
91. Westlake North
92. Westlake South
93. Westside
94. Westwood
95. Wilmington
96. Wilshire Center Koreatown
97. Winnetka
98. Woodland Hills Warner Center
99. Zapata-King