2/3/17 – Bay Area Regional Urban Forest Ecosystem Council
Palo Alto: In partnership with Bay Area Landscape Supervisor’s Forum – Walter Passmore and other City Staff will be present on “Resolving Conflicts between Trees and Sidewalks”.  RSVP steps: 1) check out the lunch menu here http://www.adascafe.org/menu.html#sandwiches  2) email your RSVP to [email protected]  by 5 pm 2/2/17. The only cost involved is that of your lunch.  Of course you can brown-bag-it too!  But please let us know if you are coming.
Time: 12 noon – 2:00pm 
Location: Mitchell Park Community Center, Adobe Room.  3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

2/9/17 – Street Tree Seminar (Los Angeles/Orange County Urban Forest Council) – Huntington Gardens – San Marino: Western Tree Management Symposium – “Palmfoolery – Palms are not Trees” – Register here!  Event flyer here.
Time: 800am – 4:00pm
Location: Rothenberg Hall at The Huntington Library, 1800 Orlando Road, San Marino, CA

2/16/17 – Sacramento Valley Urban Forest Council – Sacramento: Industry favorite, Dr. Kathleen Wolf presents “How the Urban Forest Contributes to Your Health,” To register click here. This is a no-cost brown-bag lunch event, but you must RSVP!
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
Location: 2350 Northrop Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95825 United States

IMPORTANT – CALL TO ACTION!   Sign-on to letters being submitted to the Legislature adding Urban Forestry Funds to the Park Bond by February 10th!

California’s State Senate and State Assembly have both introduced bills into the 2017 session that would place a park bond on the 2018 ballot. Neither currently contain funding for urban forestry.

Your help is needed immediately to demonstrate the necessity to include $30 million in each of these proposals for CalFire’s Urban and Community Forestry Program. And time is of the essence.

Please lend your support to both of the letters captured here today by replying below to CA ReLeaf with a thumbs-up to add your organization’s logo and signature:

• SB 5 Sign-on Letter
• AB 18 Sign-on Letter

The first hearing for one of these measures in only a week away, so please act now.

AND another opportunity awaits – Weigh-in!
The California Air Resources Board’s public comment period for the Urban Greening Program quantification methodology is now open. The public comment period closes February 8, 2017. The draft quantification methodology can be found at: https://arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auctionproceeds/quantification.htm.

Public comments may be submitted to the Air Resources Board via e-mail at [email protected].