HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/3/2026 Item 5g, Brown
Kai Brown <
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:5.g tree removal- 614 Monterey street
Mourning,
No, that’s not a typo. It is precisely what will happen if you chop down the legacy oak located in the
unceded territory of the Yak Tityu Titiyu Yak Tilhini, Northern Chumash tribe, or so called 614 Monterey
Street, San Luis Obispo, CA.
I have lived in slo county most of my life. Oaks are an integral part of our ecosystem and an iconic symbol
of the central coast.
Progress does not require erasing our living heritage, or killing a home and food source to our more than
human kin.
This tree is a habitat for our birds, it provides food for our rodentia friends. And this is just present day.
Who knows how many of its acorns have nourished the people who came before us, the Yak Tityu Titiyu
Yak Tilhini people who had stewarded this land for thousands of years prior to colonization.
To cut it down for an “art and culture district” is the biggest hypocrisy I’ve ever heard. You would be
erasing art, erasing the very culture you speak to! With out this land, there is no culture. This land is not
just a back drop for human affairs but it’s own life force, and cutting down this tree will have impacts far
longer than any of us will be alive to see.
Moreover, preserving this oak would allow many generations after us to enjoy it’s presence. This tree has
more of an impact than any man made building ever could.
Regards,
Kai Brown
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