Whittier residents outraged over plan to remove ficus trees in historic district
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Some residents are fighting back after city council members voted to remove the large ficus trees lining the streets of Uptown Whittier. The mature ficus trees were planted in the 1960s and provide a canopy of shade that some say defines the look and feel of the uptown district.
City officials approved a $20 million redesign project that would revitalize a three-block stretch of the commercial district. The plan calls for the removal of the large ficus trees to be replaced with smaller ones. The move has prompted outrage from some residents who believe the trees’ removal will erase the district’s innate charm and appeal while city officials say the invasive tree species is causing infrastructure damage.
KTLA's Jennifer McGraw reports on June 4, 2024.
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If they cut down all the trees at once, it will instantly look like Van Nuys lol
Van Nuys needs trees ASAP. So does Sun Valley
If the plan was started in 2008, I highly doubt the pandemic was the issue.
But it's a really convenient excuse .
In my neighborhood, it was beautiful full of trees, now, is bare, treeless and hot. No more shade. They cut the trees but left the stumps bleeding sap for a long while. It was a heartbreaking sight.
It’s to destroy everything to destroy your shape to destroy any homes for any birds to destroy any shade for you so that they can spy on you from the sky basically
@@omi_god Given the amount of repetitive replies that you’re spamming this thread with, it sounds like you might have more than just a passive interest in those trees removal. 💲💲💲💲
Don't forget that they also block wind
lets face it, the trees are in the way of some prime tents real estate
Oh please some towns would give ANYTHING to have trees like that down Main Street! & some "planner" decided to cut them all down????
@@omi_god I totally understand that but how about a gradual replacement program? Thin out the worst trees & plant the new better trees. So maybe 5 more years of fixing sidewalks..... that's basic city maintenance. But to cut down the whole canopy is ridiculous IMO
@@jmason61 you're trying to talk sense to @omi_god but don't bother, they don't understand sense
@@omi_god trees were here before infrastructure ever was. we need trees to literally breathe doofus
@@omi_god trees in general were tho doofus
@@Howsoonisnow-to5nv Who's talking about removing all trees? In my city, they've been replacing these ficus trees as they've torn up pavement. They also toppled over in high winds after having their roots cut. They've since been replaced with a different species. No one is talking about leaving the streets treeless, but you believe they are?🤷
Same type of idiots ruined old town San dimas also
Has anyone noticed they're removing trees everywhere? 🤔
Those high trees not only provides shade to keep the area cooler, it's makes the place nicer too. I think Palos Verdes removed many of their tall trees because they say its a fire hazard or fallen tree hazards. Now their community is not as nice and it's super hot there without the high tree canopies.
Did you forget your brain somewhere?
@@omi_god you just don't like trees do you?
If the trees are invasive and getting into the sewers and everything, I can understand cutting them down, but they are absolutely beautiful
Worry more about the invasive crossing the border
So by replacing the trees with other trees you think that's going to fix your problem genius
What kind of non-invasive trees will have small roots? If roots are small would they get blown down during the Santa Ana or high wind events?
@@silentmajority8365 You're ancestors were invasive too. You think you've become native only after a few generations?
@@mkvp3794 didn’t Native Americans come from Asia🤡
Nothing like removing all the shade to bring in new customers.
The trees are going to be replaced with a non invasive species that won't destroy infrastructure, tell us more about how you didn't listen to a thing they said before you commented.
Remove the City Council!!!
They are doing the same thing here in burbank. All the trees on magnolia are being cut down and replaced. They were the nicest trees we had in this town. It’s a shame
oh yeah lets make the streets nicer by removing all the trees. very smart
@@omi_god replacing them with saplings with tree canopies at eye level will do nothing to provide shade, much less replicate the beauty of mature trees lining a street. if they want to remove the trees for a sewer or water project then say its for that, dont try to say it somehow revitalizes a space by replacing its current furnishings with much inferior ones
@@omi_god large flourishing trees reads as unhealthy to you?
@@omi_god gloomy forbidden and unhealthy? you're a weirdo
It’s gonna get much hotter on summer days when they’re cut
Isn’t Whittier known for their trees.
It literally says it when you enter Whittier.
It takes years for trees to show significant growth, let alone get that big.
I’ve seen businesses use the trees to out a bar around it.
How much money are the developers paying our city officials? To do this, it is all a developer's ploy to destroy our city. Let them revitalize Whittier boulevard by the 605 freeway.
Would look awful without the big mature trees. The businesses just want more space, regardless of any “root” issues. There are absolutely ways to mitigate the root issues and , if absolutely necessary, most of those trees could be removed with the root ball and rehomed.
No!!!!!
well i won't be coming to whittier again if this is what they think is a good idea. it's already beautiful BECAUSE of the trees. leave them alone!
Leave the trees alone!
When you learn about tree planning in cities, you realize some of these are way too invasive for sidewalks
Invasive crossing the border
Nothing more invasive than vagrants sleeping and taking drugs on the sidewalk
Removing 83 days at one time is hella extreme!
Full grown tree to be cut down.....disgusting! Poor decision by the city! Disgusting! Boo!!!!!!!!!!
This is the only time I will sympathize with tree huggers.
Reforest the area we need more green no more shopping stores
Rip it down and build something new. We are a disposable society. No solutions or maintenance. Just throw it away. No wonder we can't keep nice things
Orange County has a lot of downtowns areas that have Trees 🌳 ???? I love my Beverly Hills hedge row of Ficus trees in my backyard. They are great for privacy. You need to trim them up at least 4 times a year, which is a major expense. Roots are a problem, if they weren’t planted properly.
If it's been in the work since 08 don't use covid as an excuse that was 10 years later.
All I can say is with the rent increase those places will have to pay and your "1" year (cough,cough 5)
I do see a new uptown coming, all with new businesses.
SAVE The TREES above anything else
This is ridiculous, spend money on road repairs that are in horrible condition. The Whittier city council is BROKEN
Save the trees
i will be reporting on this freedom church and puente hills mall closing
I live in whitter and this is sad what whitter has been allowing in instead of spending money on uptown they should look more into fixing Washington Blvd and whitter Blvd. It's been so rundown with potholes and so many weed shops back to back and right next to schools that it has brought so many crackheads and bad people with much crime to are home town
They should plant native trees
@@omi_god troll
But native trees have roots to people cannot control nature you cannot control nature the trees that they are going to plant their Roots will go where they want to go to so it doesn't really matter
@@Howsoonisnow-to5nv Do you have an obsession with omni_god? You follow and respond to all his comments. What do you call someone that chases and responds to a "troll"?
@@mkvp3794 you doing the same thing
@@omi_god western sycamore, boxelder, and velvet ash are native species that can replace the ficus trees.
Enlarge the root boxes the trees are in currently and repair the sidewalks.
We're going to add bigger tree root boxes do you think that's going to make a difference when the roots grow
Absolutely save the tree ❤️🩹🫵
Humans Greed Again
That's a full-on NIMBY statement about the OC... lol. what's wrong with OC? besides they are going to REPLACE the trees and put even more...geez.
Would you want the city to spend money fixing sidewalks and sewers because of the roots or spend it on other projects to improve the city?
Money Money Money - City ditching $$$$$ responsibility the easy way!
Shoutout to Teddy Velasquez III, a local Whittier resident
Fix the concrete not the trees
Well also, people tripping over set trees are suing the city as well
How you know evil has you by the throat
“Looks like Orange County” lol
I wish they would close off the streets like they did during the pandemic. It's cool having a big area to walk around.
Oh nooooooo! Please don’t do that we don’t need more concrete, we love trees!
Really removal of trees is the problem. Your state is the armpit of the left coast.
They should repair the sewer re line and don’t have to worried about roots
That's what I'm saying those sewers and pipelines are probably a hundred years old those are what need to be upgraded along with the basements of all those buildings are probably a hundred years old those need to be upgraded to not the trees you can just tear up the sidewalk add some soil on top the roots put a new sidewalk problem solved
What they need to do is worry about the stupid landlords that raise up rent and they should shut down the freedom church nothing but crime in that area because of that church it’s a cult !!!
^100000000% i will also be reporting on freedom church
i will be reporting on this freedom church and puente hills mall closing
Those tree's do raise sidewalks and have invasive roots into sewers and and other sidewalk utilities outlets.
If you want to see a California city of trees. Try Sacramento. LA has nothing on it. Not even close!
Yeah but did you ever think about those sewers or 100 years old and the sewers need to be upgraded and not the trees
SAVE THE TREES!!! TRESS BRING BEAUTY!!
And Oxygen HELLO!!
They mentioned the trees are invasive.. What trees aren't invasive nowadays? Cities hardly plant native Socal trees into the city landscapes. That shouldn't even be a valid argument from them imo.
2008. It’s 2024. And they blame covid. Seriously
Boycott Whittier.
If you cut those trees,,every summer its going to be so hot,,and is going to look like any other city,,plus those shops are going to be using more power from the A\C units,,,am sure is all about money someone from the city is connected to the company thats going to be doing the cutting,,
The tree was there before the sidewalk , stop building stuff over nature and complaining about nature destroying it.
Same thing happend in San Francisco in the Mission District. They claimed the same thing, but all it did was make it desolate and unwelcoming and HOT in the summer, as the new trees planted aren't growing fast enough. SAME CLAIM, "sidewalk" issues...
The city of Chico, Ca near me decided to cut down all the trees in the city plaza that had been planted by the city's founder over 100 years ago. At the same time they paved over most of the lawn. It went from a beautiful, peaceful, shaded oasis to something similar to a parking lot. Now it's the hangout of skateboarders and the homeless. Save your trees Whittier.
This is typical America. Rip down something that’s been there for some time and replace with something new. It’s extremely sad!!!
So... the trees my town planted next to my house are invasive- like this- but it's combatable and stuff can be done to prevent it. Look for water leaks, roots go to leaks. Give it a new source of water that it goes to instead of the buildings. Trees are alive, they feel- they thrive- they can die. Don't kill these trees to plant more trees- solve the initial problem because planting more will make it worse.
I go to downtown whittier oftern and they are a landmark and charmed of the city it looks nothing like any other city in LA by taking them off it will create unpleasant atmosphere I don't care how wide or beautiful you made the concrete sidewalks the trees add to the beauty of that city. Look what they did to Hollywood blvd expanding the sidewalks and just doesnt add value. They could just do what they did during the pandemic. Close the street and make it walkable let the restaurants have dining outdoor pergolas
What people don't understand is that these trees will overtake the sidewalk and the streeet. Ficus trees grow to enormous sizes. Coming from a 4 year botanical garden experience.
Use native trees, ficus are invasive and cause tremendous damage to sidewalks, streets, plumbing, etc.
I hope this comment gets alot of likes. They said the goal is to attract more visitors, make it safer for business by not having trees causing issues for business and make it look nicer. Well how about you get rid off the homeless junkies in that area instead? Those homeless cause these 3 issues and they defecate on the sidewalks, something the trees dont do.
Might has well bring in sand and turn it into a desert. Sad!
I used to watch Bruce Lee's son at village cinemas walking there 1990 at night was safe, let me see it happen all over again.
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Ficus trees are the worst tree for infrastructure, the crush sewer pipes and curbs and streets! Whittier is so behind the times!
The Ficus has a very invasive root system that tears things up. They also grow very fast. I’m surprised they have lasted this long
Don't the ficus trees cause all kinds of problems with their roots getting into the sidewalks and such? If so it makes sense to take them out and replant more appropriate trees
They're just too cheap and too lazy to fix it properly. It can be done, they just don't want to.
so they need to find trees just like that,, that have a deeper root system,, but they HAVE to flow over the street like that.
Idiotic ! Why would you get rid of one of the main features of the city?
they been here for decades... keeping it cooler when going for a walk.
These old people don’t know what effect letting these trees alone would have and they wouldn’t care, because they won’t be here to see
Should have planted native trees instead of "pretty" foreign ones.
Boo hoooo 😩
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO F THINGS UP. LEAVE THE TREES ALONE. I CAN'T BELIVE HOW STUPID PEOPLE IN CHARGE ARE .
Can we ask the trees what they think about these human problems and solutions??
Maybe they can remove every other tree so theres still some canopy and means to expand businesses needs.
If they want to save the trees then pay the Infrastructure repairs yearly. 😂
Ficus trees should NEVER be planted next to sidewalks, roads, pools, water lines.... Folks, we know this. Shame on the cheap, or lazy, or ignorant fools who made the decision to plant them there. 😊
They didnt know any better in the 70s
How about you upgrade that 100-year-old infrastructure like the sewage the pipes and the buildings
They have nothing else to do like FIX THE ROADS.
Glad people are fighting for Nature fight for it..Its our land fight!!! Dont give up on these Stupid Worthless lack of understanding Developers..
It’s going to get hotter without the trees. There are not enough trees in the city.
Those tree are terrible. They just grow too big for sidewalk trees
They’re going to ruin the image of Whittier. Those trees represent Whittier.
Put in a taco stand, some outdoor venders and play mariachi music.
What a waste of money by bored council members.
Removing trees is a bad idea for dozens of reasons. The most important is for the SHADE and also, the soil. Mankind's obsession with sidewalks and roads being perfect is truly short-sighted.
And the new trees won't won't provide shade for 40 years
What makes the city different and unique !
Glad this made it on the news😂😂😂😂
the burn to orange tho !!! LOL
Ikr?!? 😂😂😂😂
Leverages...
Save the trees it looks beautiful
"That's my Ficus!"
WaCKy new green junk deal joe
Greenleaf is gonna be hot from now on
Trees deliver OXYGEN ,
What the Ficus this?!