Universal Studios might have invoked the wrath of California's Tree Law
Universal Studios might have invoked the wrath of California's Tree Law
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You really love to see yet another unsuspecting victim accidentally invoke the wrath of tree law. Really makes that old episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force (S1E2) hit different. Ain't no joke!
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NO FEET
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If there's one thing I've learned from reddit; it's that tree law is the only thing the us legal system takes seriously
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It's such a petty law but give the reason why they trimmed the trees you love to see the city drop the hammer on on universal
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Tree law isn’t petty. It’s necessary because replacing trees of a similar age is EXPENSIVE. The fines and damages that can add up reflect that.
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For real. These trees represent decades of investment by the city to provide essential services (shade, clean air, etc.) that has now been permanently damaged by these fuckheads. And their “justification” is the most dishonest and despicable part. As an arborist I can tell you that no reputable arborist would trim these trees this way. Ignoring the legality, trimming them this way makes them more dangerous, not less, and any arborist should know that. Shame on them.
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Tree laws are awesome and the coolest lawyers all love tree law
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My wife is a (seasonal) arborist, when I saw the news yesterday I decided not to show it to her because she already struggles with how people treat trees and this would just leave her angry.
Even I, a layperson, saw the job that was done and thought to myself "holy shot they mutilated those trees".
:-(
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They completely butchered them. That's not how trees are supposed to be trimmed
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They'll just get fined, and it'll be a small fraction of their daily revenue.
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I posted this elsewhere, but according to a quick Google it's up to $18k per tree and from the images I found, it's 5 trees. $90k is couch cushion money to Universal. They DGAF about fines.
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Terrible news for the trees, great news for us.