San Francisco city officials are pushing to change how trees are planted or removed in the city as part of the construction permitting process.
It’s part of Mayor Daniel Lurie’s broader PermitSF reforms to cut through red tape. City leaders are calling it a “win-win,” but critics say this will ultimately mean fewer trees in every neighborhood.
Resident Josh Klipp has saved and tended to hundreds of trees in the city’s Mission District using water from city hydrants, filling a plastic barrel with the water as he goes on his watering rounds…