City to plant 100 trees in SoMa

From today's Examiner, "The South of Market neighborhood will get a little greener today and tomorrow, when The City plants nearly 100 new street trees in the area."

"The majority of the trees will be planted on thoroughfares that act as major gateways into and out of The City — 10th, 11th and Fourth streets. Most of the trees will be evergreen magnolias, but the planting will also include deciduous Raywood ashes and London plane trees."

"The planting, said Department of Public Works spokeswoman Christine Falvey, is part of Mayor Gavin Newsom’s goal of planting 5,000 trees by Arbor Day 2006. Since the mayor set that goal at this year’s Arbor Day celebration, on March 12, more than 2,000 trees have been planted. After the SoMa planting and the 330 trees that are currently being planted in street medians by DPW on Juniper Serra Boulevard and Portola Drive, the total will reach 2,845."