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Action: RIHE-5.2e | Climate Action Plan

RIHE. Resilient Infrastructures and Healthy Ecosystems / RIHE-5.2. Tree canopy / RIHE-5.2-ongoing. Ongoing operations /

RIHE-5.2eDevelop policies that encourage and incentivize developers, homeowners' associations, and other organizations to preserve, maintain, and plant trees.

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Official description

Develop policies that encourage and incentivize developers, homeowners' associations, and other organizations to preserve, maintain, and plant trees.

(Full action name in the CAP)

Description

As part of updating the Urban Forestry Program 5-Year Plan, the Transportation Department will review and offer suggestions for creating or updating policies aimed at preserving, maintaining, and planting trees. Some of this work is already in progress and does not hinge on the update of the program plan.

Interdependent actions

Preliminary

Planning (Late)

RIHE-5.2a. Create a Street Tree Master Plan with a target of planting 100,000 trees by 2035...

RIHE-5.2b. Conduct a new Urban Tree Canopy assessment.

Planning (Late)

RIHE-5.2-SA2. Revise Council Policies and Municipal Codes to strengthen tree protection policies and enhance tree planting efforts.

In progress (On time)

RIHE-5.2-SA4. Implement a Citywide protocol for tracking planted, removed, and maintained street trees

Foundational

RIHE-5.2c. Increase tree planting in Communities of Concern by identifying city lands/spaces that need trees.

RIHE-5.2f. Support expansion of urban tree canopy in parks and along active transportation network. Prioritize implementation in Co…

RIHE-5.2g. Increase tree planting in Communities of Concern starting with the planting of 40K new trees in these communities by 203…

Planning (On time)

RIHE-5.2i. Develop a plan to increase permeable areas for new trees and restore spaces that have been paved, focused in Communities…

Next

Continuous

RIHE-5.2e. Develop policies that encourage and incentivize developers, homeowners' associations, and other organizations to preserv…

Indicators

Trees - Number of new street trees planted

RIHE-5.2a. Create a Street Tree Master Plan with a target of planting 100,000 trees by 2035...
RIHE-5.2b. Conduct a new Urban Tree Canopy assessment.
RIHE-5.2c. Increase tree planting in Communities of Concern by identifying city lands/spaces that need trees.
RIHE-5.2d. Reform, streamline, and expand the No Fee Street Tree program to remove [participation] barriers...[for] residents within Communities of Concern.
RIHE-5.2-SA3. Streamline permitting for tree planting, dedicate resources to planting in non-traditional street tree locations, and provide reduced fees or fee waivers in Communities of Concerns
RIHE-5.2-SA4. Implement a Citywide protocol for tracking planted, removed, and maintained street trees
RIHE-5.2-SA6. Expand volunteer programs and partnerships with community organizations to plant and maintain trees.
RIHE-5.2-SA8. Monitor and report on SDG&E’s plans to supplant the City’s efforts with direct in-community charitable support for planting up to 2,500 trees in the City over ten years
RIHE-5.2g. Increase tree planting in Communities of Concern starting with the planting of 40K new trees in these communities by 2030.
RIHE-5.2a. Create a Street Tree Master Plan with a target of planting 100,000 trees by 2035...
RIHE-5.2b. Conduct a new Urban Tree Canopy assessment.
RIHE-5.2c. Increase tree planting in Communities of Concern by identifying city lands/spaces that need trees.
RIHE-5.2d. Reform, streamline, and expand the No Fee Street Tree program to remove [participation] barriers...[for] residents within Communities of Concern.
RIHE-5.2-SA3. Streamline permitting for tree planting, dedicate resources to planting in non-traditional street tree locations, and provide reduced fees or fee waivers in Communities of Concerns
RIHE-5.2e. Develop policies that encourage and incentivize developers, homeowners' associations, and other organizations to preserve, maintain, and plant trees.
RIHE-5.2-SA4. Implement a Citywide protocol for tracking planted, removed, and maintained street trees
RIHE-5.2-SA6. Expand volunteer programs and partnerships with community organizations to plant and maintain trees.
RIHE-5.2-SA8. Monitor and report on SDG&E’s plans to supplant the City’s efforts with direct in-community charitable support for planting up to 2,500 trees in the City over ten years
RIHE-5.2g. Increase tree planting in Communities of Concern starting with the planting of 40K new trees in these communities by 2030.

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Timeline

Continuous

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Strategies

Council Prioritization Score
9.15

Action Timing

Community Identified Action

Feasibility score
5.5(1-10)
Equity score
1(1-10)

Sustainable Development Goals

Information updated 09/09/2025

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