Recordings of recent Trees Committee meetings
1-28-'23 Trees Committee
Using Your Voice: How Your Effective Comments Can Make a Difference
-- Presented by Joanne D'Antonio, NCSA Trees Committee Founder and Chair
Link to slide deck (this version has a few additions and corrections)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jA10SO6i8sHyHcfA57afCIlwn5UwlUCgyB5JXMaDzUE/edit#slide=id.g1d0b130bbd2_0_2
Link to recording (you will need to copy link into your browser)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11iBgsJn4lEPvCrabd82WTw4C1qGAXlFJ/view?usp=share_link
5-21-'22 Trees Committee
Why it is Critical to Plant NATIVE Trees and Plants . . . and How the City and Metro were convinced to plant natives at the Westwood Greenway near the Expo Line
-- Presented by Charles Miller, Founder of LA Native, a coalition to advocate for native landscaping
Program starts at 00:22:15
Plus Demos at 01:45:00 --
City Tree Inventory
How to report a tree emergency
How to report a protected tree violation
and other updates.
Link to the full meeting (you will need to copy the link into your browser):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/108NtkX5g2y8JAXXJcQJ_2B18axK2SL3R/view?usp=sharing
3-19-'22 Trees Committee
SB 9 – An update on the City’s Proposed Implementation:
Potential Tree, Woodlands, and Open Space Loss: What to do?
– Presented by CEQA Attorney Jamie Hall
Plus Information about:
Upcoming Tree Guarantee Fee plantings
New tree reports at start of building projects – pilot program
New City Landscape Ordinance in progress -- will there be room for trees?
Trees lost to demolitions – neighborhood council action
New biologist at Rec and Parks
SB 1404 from Senator Stern - Supports Oak Woodland Preservation/Mitigation
Link to the full meeting (you will need to copy the link into your browser):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m9izgWhmVAM6RglUwSvpTxuSfPWyludu/view?usp=sharing
1-29-'22 Trees Committee
"DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURES: WHAT ABOUT THE TREES?" Joanne D'Antonio and "MAKING SURE A TREE HAS THE RIGHT UPBRINGING . . . WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT FOR A RIGHT-OF-WAY TREE?" Diana Nicole
Please note: Program starts at 47:03 after other meeting agenda items (you will need to copy the link into your browser):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W1a11yDgIDBps77SBSM5N59lS1UW3Tmn/view?usp=sharing
This is a link to just the slides for the Demolition presentation (you will need to copy the link into your browser):
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nv5vIwG1VqXW5yugRCqGTBuPDDGTE4ztBZ2t-o6wXg8/edit#slide=id.p
10-30-'21 Trees Committee
"LA is a Biodiversity Hotspot"
Program starts 20 minutes in -- first item at this link (you will need to copy the link into your browser):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15v-8p0mofJcEjB3aEpjiAuAPzueM50mm/view?usp=sharing
The second presentation slides are available here, and the mistake in the ordinance number is corrected on second slide.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1h_nPdLrqueEfdQ5ai5VoD5YS92mEFktJegsvl4Wfgio/edit#slide=id.p
8-28-'21 Trees Committee
"Procedures for Challenging Tree Removals" (you will need to copy the link into your browser):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FRQ3rOac9Fo0EDfzmhnGrwe-ek9Dq5AU/view?usp=sharing
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