June 14, 2021
Our visiting tree equity scholar, Vivek Shandas, and his team recently published a tree equity report for Los Angeles. The report establishes a tier system for rating the ease with which trees could be planted on a given street. At this lunch and
June 11, 2021
At the end of April, our Lunch and Learn session covered tree grants: what they are, where the money comes from, how the City obtains them, and what exactly the grant money can be used for. Melinda Bartlett and Amy Schulenberg from LA Sanitation and
March 12, 2021
As one of the early steps toward preparing the City’s first Urban Forest Management Plan, the City of Los Angeles is currently completing an inventory of every public right of way tree and empty tree well across the City. As of March the street tree
March 2, 2021
At this week’s Lunch and Learn, Kif Scheuer from the California Volunteers, Office of the Governor, introduced the exciting new California Climate Action Corps Fellowship program, which leverages the power of AmeriCorps to advance climate actions
February 22, 2021
At the February 10th Lunch and Learn, I welcomed guests from Google to explain the new tree canopy AI tool recently launched for the City of Los Angeles. To make sure every tree has the most impact, we use Tree Canopy Lab , a tool we helped build