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# Santa Monica Officials should hug their own trees
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-officials-should-hug-their-own-trees-editor/
- Published: 2007-07-21T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:20:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Fredric Reichel*

With its proposed regulations about trees (“Private lives of trees,” July 19), the city seems mainly interested in interfering with the lives of property owners, who are well aware of the value of their trees.

If they really cared about preserving trees, they would-n’t be planning to destroy the ones on Second and Fourth streets.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 21, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072107.pdf?ref=smdp.com)