The San Fernando Valley may be losing its last commercial orange grove if a plan to cut down more than 1,100 trees is approved by Los Angeles city planners on Wednesday.
Bothwell Ranch has been in Woodland Hills for around 100 years. But a developer who owns the grove plans to cut down more than a thousand orange trees in order to build 21 luxury homes.
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According to the Los Angeles Daily News, the developer has said the trees slated to be removed are old and distressed. The development plan calls for keeping about 300 of the existing orange trees and planting more than 300 new trees.
Councilmember Bob Blumenfield had introduced a motion to designate the ranch as historic, but pulled it back after finding out that most of the trees that are there now were planted in the early 1980s.
Today's City Planning Commission hearing can be accessed virtually, and members of the public are allowed to weigh in on the proposal.
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