My City By The Bay

Back in 1912 when James Rolph Jr. was the Mayor of San Francisco he was living out here in the Sunset district on 45th Avenue.  At that time the homes were sparse - few and far between.  For a long period of time the sunset was merely sand dunes.

The mayor had a beach house on 45th and at that time planted a palm tree in front of his house.  Though many years have passed and many a homeowner took up residence in the home, the palm tree remained.  It grew and grew into a tall, living piece of history and considered a relic by neighbors.  It is the only sight of greenery along the concrete oasis on that block.  The problem is that it is so tall that it is interfering with the power lines.  As a result PG&E demanded it be cut down.  Well, considering this tree is a piece of history the neighbors protested and took the issue to the sitting supervisors for this area, Carmen Chu and Mr. Dudum.  They, on behalf of the neighbors took the case to City hall and have worked out a deal where PG&E will have to figure out how to “rewire” the power lines around Mr. Palm Tree.

The neighbors are ecstatic, PG&E is angry and I just had to smile over the fact that in my neighborhood the top story of the day was the life or death of a tree.  I’m happy Mr. Tree got a reprieve.  The giant tree against a giant corporation and the tree won.

I love San Francisco.

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