Mature healthy trees are getting cut down everyday in Los Angeles.

Brentwood developers hack down 

coast live oaks and black walnuts

More than 100 trees illegally 

cut by developers

58 TREES VANISH

HOW DO TREES REDUCE CRIME?

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WHY ARE LARGE TREES SO IMPORTANT?

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See below for a list of trees the City has approved for removal.  

Keep in mind this list reflects a very small percentage of what is actually removed and does not include trees removed on private property.

See below for a variety of articles covering the loss of healthy trees in Los Angeles.

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Here Today. Gone Tomorrow?

Enjoy, while we still have them, the elms and fan palms and other trees once favored by the city. The horizon is changing.

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L.A. plans to fix sidewalks, then hand off responsibility for future repairs

"The future problem of trees is going to be largely eliminated" Krekorian says.

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Developer should lose building permits over illegally chopped trees, L.A. Officials say...

Los Angeles officials cracked down on a Brentwood developer Monday, saying he should be barred for the next five years from building on a site where three trees were illegally chopped down.