{"id":3503,"date":"2024-10-11T18:38:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T18:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&p=3503"},"modified":"2025-10-14T20:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:42:11","slug":"study-reveals-attitudes-about-lack-of-trees-in-south-l-a","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/study-reveals-attitudes-about-lack-of-trees-in-south-l-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Study reveals attitudes about lack of trees in South L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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News<\/span> | <\/span>L.A. Times<\/span> | <\/span>October 2024<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Study reveals attitudes about lack of trees in South L.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n

One way to tackle the unequal distribution of trees across Los Angeles is to plant more of them in places lacking a robust canopy, like East and South L.A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But a new study<\/a> helmed by USC Public Exchange and the South L.A. Tree Coalition suggests the solution will need to be more multifaceted after decades of environmental injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with the budget for the city\u2019s Urban Forestry Division<\/a> slashed by over $1 million this year, progress toward equity could be stymied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the nonprofit North East Trees plant a tree in the Imperial Gardens public housing development in Watts in August 2021. (Genaro Molina\/Los Angeles Times)
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