Clara Solis would hate to lose the hedge outside her window. It’s on the sunny, south side of her house in Highland Park and it provides shade on hot days.
It also offers some protection against pollution from the 110 Freeway just two blocks away. Her neighbors have similarly placed plants.
“They don’t have a lot of green space, just a few shrubs right by their windows usually to kind of protect them from the sound and noise and from pollution,” she said…