A tree grows in Westwood

We can do better

From the Bruin: The City of Los Angeles will plant about 20 trees along Westwood Boulevard between Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards in the next few months. Roozbeh Farahanipour, a Westwood Neighborhood Council board member, said between 80 and 90 trees in the designated area were removed, cut or vandalized in the past several years and have not been replaced. Farahanipour filed a motion with the council in July to request that the city investigate illegal tree cutting on Westwood Boulevard and replace the trees. The motion was passed unanimously...

Full story at http://dailybruin.com/2016/11/30/city-of-los-angeles-to-add-about-20-trees-to-westwood-boulevard/

UCLA could use a few more trees nearby. After all, it was once, "the Southern Branch" of the University of California.