Do Deciduous Trees Have a Future in Bay Area Urban Forests?

Do you find this a shocking question? Do you think the answer is an obvious and unequivocal yes? If so, I'd like to take you on a little journey, from the past, to the present, and into the future. Today, looking around the urban forests of the Bay Area (and other parts of central California) the sight is rather dire. Trees are seriously stressed virtually everywhere you look.