A group of West Oakland organizations is getting $800,000 to plant 1,500 trees in empty tree wells and front yards. But getting trees in the ground and keeping them alive has demanded intricate coordination among local stakeholders and is pushing local leaders to imagine new systems for community care of street trees. The money comes from the California Resources Control Board and builds on an $8 million allocation for tree-planting citywide from the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act. The c...
