. >> my name is josh klipp, i'm an attorney, a tree advocate and someone who cares about the future of our city and our world. last year in covid terms the city declared that we are in a climate emergency. in response to that the san francisco department of the environment revised the climate action plan which noted that unless we sequester goals climate change will be inevitable and importantly, trees sequester carbon more efficient lemoore than anything else in the world. trees clean pollution from our air, provide shade, support ecology and improve community health and local economy. studies show that for every $1 invested in trees a city sees a 3-$5 return on that investment. despite all of this and a city plan to plant more than 50,000 new trees by 2034, in 2019, san francisco lost more than 2,500 trees and after that massive loss, the city proposed to remove 78 more trees from 24th street. and here is the thing, this isn't just another big number of trees proposed to come down. in 2015 when it was established as a cultural corridor, the commission on the environment supported tha