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# Growing in a new direction
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/growing-in-a-new-direction/
- Published: 2008-02-25T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:39:40.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: local, Downtown, #archive-import

The City Council last week denied an appeal made by local activists to landmark a number of ficus trees in the downtown area. The Treesavers are now taking the city to court to continue their fight.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 25, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022508.pdf?ref=smdp.com)