The Brief
- The Sequoyah Country Club in East Oakland plans to remove 175 coast redwood trees on its golf course.
- Many neighbors have joined an effort to save the trees, with a petition garnering around 800 signatures.
- The city’s Tree Services unit is expected to issue a decision on the removal proposal Friday, which neighbors can appeal.
OAKLAND, Calif. – There is a key deadline Thursday for a proposal to remove nearly 200 redwood trees on a golf course in East Oakland. A growing group of neighbors is fighting back, to try to preserve the trees that have been there for decades.
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Neighbors ‘upset’, ‘in shock’ over plan to remove redwoods
“They’re redwood trees,” said Lydia Day, who has lived in Oakland’s Sequoyah neighborhood since 1976. “They are so beautiful.”
The coast redwood trees at the nearby Sequoyah Country Club were here before she moved in. …