and i want to thank dan flanagan, almost from the minute i sat down in city hall, coming to talk to me about the need to identify additional financial resources, to make sure that not only are we able to maintain trees, but we can plant new ones. and, you know, i am glad that we were able to make a modest step in that direction, in this year's budget. it was modest. it felt major, given the scale of our add back budget, $1 million was a significant commitment for the board of supervisors. clearly we need to find other places to look to plant and care for those new trees. i think -- i think there's also, you know, tree advocates have raised with me concerns about around, you know, sort of how the entirety of the city looks at -- looks at our tree canopy. yes, some of it is what is happening on the sidewalks. i regret hi to step out for -- not that i wasn't looking forward to the d.p.w. presentation. i actually really wanted to hear the rec and park and p.u.c. conversation, because i think going forward, we really need to look at what other part of the city, bureaucracy, are doing to tak

and i want to thank dan flanagan, almost from the minute i sat down in city hall, coming to talk to me about the need to identify additional financial resources, to make sure that not only are we able to maintain trees, but we can plant new ones. and, you know, i am glad that we were able to make a modest step in that direction, in this year's budget. it was modest. it felt major, given the scale of our add back budget, $1 million was a significant

effects of climate change that are happening now, already announcemenand ithink with thatt over to dan flanagan who will talk about the council. >> thank you, supervisor mar, for holding this hearing. i am the chair of the urban forest council and i'm also the executive director of the friends of the urban forest, which i think you all probably know already. i also took a different look at how i wanted to talk to you today and i'll repeat some of the things. you did capture a lot of things about urban forestry and forgive me if i repeat some of them, but i like to start with a simple quote by al gore who says the best available technology pulling carbon monoxide from the air is called a tree and it was in a to newspaper article this year. it's a good article and i recommend you all look at it. i think we have a roadmap for what to do about trees in san francisco. in 2015, we di the forest urban council, ufc, and public works and they came up with a comprehensive plan and it was three parts. the first part was for street trees. the second part was for park trees and the last part is for backyard