. >> hello, i'm nicholas crawford, board certified with the -- company. i just wanted to provide a quick insight to the status of the two monterey cypress trees and state street side of the property. the tree removal applied for and staff level it was approved and because of the neighborhood protest triggered a hearing last week on monday. i just want to share that based on my own experience it's unclear whether those trees already set for removal. they are not dead or diseased which would be a pretty clear decision. when there is significant neighborhood opposition to removal of trees. i think it could go either way with the tree and that's taken into consideration as part of this whole project. >> thank you, next speaker? >> good afternoon commissioners, thank you very much. my name is rick goldman and i live at 230 state street, across the street from the proposed project. i thank you for your time. we have lived in san francisco as where the owner of the property does not live in san francisco. my wife and i live here in san francisco. we love the amo

. >> reporter: business for nicholas crawford is booming. >> we've had a lot of tree failures, branch failures, in this case an entire tree falling. and mostly because of the storm. >> reporter: as an arborist, he's seeing a record number of trees like this 60-year-old monterey pine come down. as the homeowner, jeff logan had only one thought. >> thank god for gravity. >> reporter: heavy rain saturates the soil deeply. tree roots cannot stay firmly planted in the ground. >> we like the trees. they create a lot of atmosphere for us. we like being on the edge of glen canyon. but we've been concerned about these particular trees. >> reporter: that's because they have a lot of end weight, where the branchs and trees are mostly on one side shifting their gravity. >> those are all heavily leveraged. they're more likely to come over. >> reporter: homeowners must assess their trees. >> if you notice something going on with your tree, it's important to jump on that right away. proert older trees are a problem, and independent heavy trees are a problem. arborists have given us a list of things