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# City plans to replace mature ficus trees on Second and Fourth streets
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/shady-business/
- Published: 2007-06-04T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:57:46.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The city has plans to remove the fully-mature ficus trees along stretches of both Second and Fourth streets and replace them with less obtrusive species.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Do you think the current trees should just be left alone or do they need to go?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 4, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/060407.pdf?ref=smdp.com)