Skip to content

San Francisco

San Francisco Urban Forestry Council

6meetings

6 meetings listed from Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026; all transcribed, for 13 hours.

typical meeting 2 h 06 min · 12 members seated · Chair: Edgar Xochitl Flores

Newest meeting: May 22, 2026. Newer ones may not be posted or transcribed yet.

What Spencer Potter said on Jan 23, 2026

I mean, I sit here on behalf of the general manager of the Recreation Parks Department, and the direction I’ve received from my general manager is to let the, you know, the people voted on Prop E and let the Commission Streamlining Task Force do its work, basically.Spencer PotterMember · Urban Forestry Council · Jan 23, 2026 1:17:22 Open the meeting at 1:17:22

The talk-time ranking for the Urban Forestry Council is held

at least 23% of members’ talk time is identified; members are compared from 60% (preliminary under 80%). Each member’s page has their clips and meetings. The minutes below count only speech we named by voice, so they are floors, not a ranking.

Every member, with roll calls and clips

Latest meetings

Oct 251
Jan 261
Feb 261
Mar 261
May 262

6 meetings, all transcribed, Oct 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026.Newest: May 22, 2026

Urban Forestry Council · 2 h 37 min · 8 public speakersMay 22 · Board meetingItem 3, adoption of the minutes of the May 6th, 2026 special meeting, was taken up; after a roll call vote, the motion was announced as passed.Speakers: Edgar Xochitl Flores, Morgan Vaisset-Fauvel, Ilaria Salvadori, Pamela Nagle and 5 more

Urban Forestry Council · 2 h 13 min · 15 public speakersMay 6 · Board meetingThe council took up adoption of the March 27th, 2026 meeting minutes, and a motion to approve was made and seconded.Speakers: Edgar Xochitl Flores, Ilaria Salvadori

Urban Forestry Council · 2 h 10 min · 0 public speakersMar 27 · Board meetingA motion to approve the February Urban Forestry Council meeting minutes was moved and seconded, and the result was announced as "The motion passes."Speakers: Joshua Klipp, Caroline Scanlan, Edgar Xochitl Flores, Spencer Potter and 2 more

Urban Forestry Council · 2 h 02 min · 1 public speakerFeb 24 · Board meetingItem 5 was taken up: discussion of urban forestry policies and street tree distribution outcomes, including a response letter from DPW and Planning to a request for inquiry.Speakers: David Moore, Morgan Vaisset-Fauvel, Lewis Stringer, Eric Sutera

All 6 transcribed meetings

Listed after the newest meeting above, not transcribed yet (video listings through Oct 23): 0

Coming upNothing posted on city calendars as of Oct 29. Some boards post elsewhere. RSS feed

Five public speakers a meeting; the biggest crowd, 15, came on May 6, 2026

May 6, 2026The council took up adoption of the March 27th, 2026 meeting minutes, and a motion to approve was made and seconded.15 speakers May 22, 2026Item 6, a hearing on nominating a coast redwood on Guerrero Street for landmark tree status, was opened.8 speakers Oct 28, 2025The council took up discussion of the recommendation of the Commission Streamlining Task Force, including a draft resolution urging that the Urban Forestry Council be preserved.4 speakers Jan 23, 2026The council discussed proposed legislation file number 251211, which would amend the Public Works Code on street tree removal decisions and street trees for development projects.2 speakers Feb 24, 2026Item 5 was taken up: discussion of urban forestry policies and street tree distribution outcomes, including a response letter from DPW and Planning to a request for inquiry.1 speaker

bar = public speakers at that meeting · tick = average meeting