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Protecting and
Improving San Mateo’s
Urban Tree Canopy is
Essential to Quality of
Life in San Mateo
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One of the Big Ideas in the San Mateo General Plan 2040:
“Preserve Nature as the Foundation of the City”
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San Mateo is Losing
its Urban Canopy at
an Alarming Rate
• Over 300 heritage
trees are cut down per
year on residential sites
*Per Matthew Fried, City of San Mateo’s Managing Arborist • Just one development
approved in 2020, will
remove 327 trees,
including 145 heritage
trees
*Per the Peninsula Heights Tree Preservation Report (Appendix B) on the City of San Mateo Website:
https://www.cityofsanmateo.org/DocumentCenter/View/8272 4/APPENDIX-B---Tree-Preservation-Report
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Let’s save
the trees
shown in
green
(16,18,19)
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Trees Provide
Countless Benefits…
• Environmental
• Economic
• Public Health
• Beautification
• Community
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Do Not Forget…
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We Can Work
Together to Balance
Housing/Economic
Growth and Canopy
Preservation/
Growth
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Suggested Next Steps
• Save trees 16 (Blackwood
Acacia), 18, and 19 (Coast Live
Oaks)
• For every tree removed, plant
two trees:
• City to identify location and
(native) species
• Experienced resources
ready and willing to help!
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A Modern and
Robust Tree
Ordinance is
Essential
• Protect and expand existing
canopy
• Maintenance
• Management/Inventory
• Emphasis on native
species/drought resistant
• Canopy equality
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Together We Can Protect
San Mateo’s Urban Canopy
Short Term:
• Save trees 16, 18 and 19
• Replace each tree being removed
with 2 trees
Long Term:
• Implement an objective tree
ordinance
• Improve social equity
• Create balance