Invasive or not?

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Dear Medit folks. I have 2 plants of concern  in my nursery, which is in the San Fransisco Bay Area.  One is Melia azederach and the other Retama  ( Genista)monosperma  that I am  considering not selling.( Have not sold them yet.)  I got the idea for the Melia from seeing it in the front yard of a neighbor. So pretty and fragrant!  I saw on the web that it is invasive in various locals, and asked the neighbor if she ever got any seedlings. ( She hadn't) . Asked around  some more and folks I talked to thought it was fine to grow here, as long as it came with a warning not to plant next to a wild area. . Now I have someone requesting I get rid of it- as the birds will eat the seeds and drop them somewhere else where it could be invasive. What do you all think?

Also , I read that the Retama is very invasive in Southern California . Is it as invasive here? There is a nice one growing at Strybing Botanical Garden in San Francisco. What about (potentially invasive somwhere )  trees planted in dense urban environments like SF ?

 Please no hate mail, just some honest and informed  opinions .  

Annie

Zone 10a   Sunset Zone 17

Richmond, California