Laguna Beach is one of eight cities that has “significantly fewer public street trees per resident than other Orange County cities,” a recent grand jury report concluded.
Laguna Beach has 12 street trees planted for every 100 residents, according to an Orange County grand jury report. That ranks it 23rd out of the 30 Orange County cities that provided information for the report. The scenic seaside community is one of eight cities that has “significantly fewer public street trees per resident than other Orange County cities,” a recent grand jury report concluded.
Laguna Beach also sits near the bottom in terms of its spending on street trees, the report states. The city allocates about 0.5% of its total budget for that purpose — $330,400 on 2,843 street trees, according to the 2018-19 report — placing it 21st out of 32 responding cities countywide. Ann Christoph, a local landscape artist and tree activist, believes Laguna Beach hasn’t put enough money behind replacing the trees it tears down. Many residential neighborhoods with skinny streets or no sidewalks don’t have planting areas set up for trees, Christoph said, so it is especially important to preserve existing trees.
“You were considered to be a good citizen if you did those things,” she added. “And now I’m hoping that people also [will] consider it to be a good citizen if you plant a tree and if you take care of it properly.”
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