Pines are fairly ubiquitous in greater L.A.: Parks, schoolyards, streets, yards at home . . .
gsv; Pines (mostly) along Sunflower Avenue, on the approach to South Coast Plaza. No sunflowers, though.
Their cones, needle-drop, and sometimes oozing resinous sap make them less than ideal for street trees; but people tend to look on them favorably.