San Mateo County, California

Tree removal in East Palo Alto, CA

Tree removal in East Palo Alto. San Mateo County logged 6 thunderstorm wind reports that mention trees from 2016 through 2025. About six in ten homes in East Palo Alto are detached houses.

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A suburban street after a storm, with fallen branches and a tree crew cutting a trunk

What is particular to East Palo Alto

Homes and who decides

About 8,290 households live in East Palo Alto. About six in ten homes are detached houses and about half the occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1963. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

Freezing nights

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 2 miles from East Palo Alto, averages 14 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

If a tree is on a line

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 2 electric utilities with service territory in San Mateo County, among them Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and City & County of San Francisco.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024