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# Let the trees, locals enjoy summer
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/let-the-trees-locals-enjoy-summer-editor/
- Published: 2007-08-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:27:22.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Asta Young Santa Monica*

Reading from SMDP’s local environment brief “Annual tree-trimming project” (Know Before You Go, July 23): “City trees will be trimmed at the following locations this summer...”

Why is the trimming schedule in the summer, when we are suffering from global warming — when people need shade and the health of trees will be compromised? Trees should be pruned during their dominant period in winter?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 2, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/080207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)