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# Santa Monica Treesavers Hold All-Night Protest at City Hall Over Ficus Removal
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/quiet-protest/
- Published: 2008-05-22T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T00:04:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Government & Politics, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Brandon Wise After speaking at the City Council on Tuesday night the Santa Monica Treesavers held an all-night protest on the steps of City Hall. The plan was to sleep at City Hall until 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. The protest was in response to the removal of 23 ficus trees last Friday on Second and Fourth streets as part of a streetscape improvement project.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 22, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052208.pdf?ref=smdp.com)