Criticism over the handling of Sacramento tree removals sparked a heated debate at the November Parks and Recreation Commission meeting in city hall. Nathan Jacobsen, an attorney and environmental activist, spoke at the Parks and Recreation Commission tree appeal hearing to oppose a decision made by Jerry Way, Director of Transportation, to remove a Non-Heritage ‘Bradford’ Flowering Pear tree, located at 2001 10th Street. “The city should be protecting a public resource, not tearing it down or destroying it without a clear democratic process. Removals need to be supported by factual information,” Jacobsen said. On April 26, Jacobsen sent a request to meet with Way regarding the approval

A friend of mine wrote an email wondering about another tree going down in our city: A neighbor called me to tell me that a healthy Liquid Amber on the east side of 16th street across from Fremont Park was suddenly cut down. Neighbors around there did not know it was going to be cut down because the city failed to post a removal sign! I have also heard that UFS plans to remove ALL Liquid Ambers. Is this how they plan to do it--in secrecy? Further, why are we spending money on removal of healthy trees when we are far behind on replanting? There is some kind of remodeling/building going on there. Is that the reason? Please find out why this happened and is this city policy now? If anyon