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# Media makes a difference
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- Published: 2007-10-09T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:17:38.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pico, #archive-import

*By Phyllis Elliott*

Thanks to the media’s involvement, the community has intervened before the removal of ficus trees on Second and Fourth streets. Seven years ago when the city cut down and replaced every tree on Pico Boulevard for no reason (except that they didn’t match?), nobody found out about it in time to protest.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 9, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/100907.pdf?ref=smdp.com)