Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract: Native Tree Replacement Plan Threatens Local Hillside Ecosystem **UPDATED 5:05 PM

Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 28, 2011.  Say farewell to all the native California Black Walnut trees on the controversial 16-lot subdivision in the Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract, if the native tree removal permits are granted.  (Click on photo to enlarge.) A question we've not yet discussed with coming deforestation of the Semi Tropic Spiritualists' Tract is: "Why is the City department