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[email protected] Treesavers pulling out all the stops max Monday, when city crews plan to begin uprooting more City Attorney Marsha Moutrie and Craig Perkins, the Local advocates hire legal help than 50 mature ficus and palm trees as part of a downtown director of environmental and public works, did not return beautification project. requests seeking comment on Thursday. in their fight against City Hall Thomas Nitti, the attorney representing the Santa Whether or not this latest action will have an impact on Monica Treesavers, gave City Hall notice on Thursday that the project — expected to commence on Monday at 7:30 BY MELODY HANATANI I Daily Press Staff Writer he was going to the Los Angeles Superior Court in a.m. — remains to be seen. Downtown Los Angeles this morning to request a restrain- “The city has decided that the trees are exempt from the DOWNTOWN A local attorney secured by environmental ing order to prevent the removal and transplantation of the California Environmental Quality Act, and we disagree,” activists plans to file an injunction today against Santa trees from Second and Fourth streets. Nitti said. Monica City Hall to halt the removal and relocation of more The Treesavers do not believe City Hall followed proper The trees are a small, but controversial, part of an $8.2 than 50 trees from commercial corridors.