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Actually, with respect to Lake Arrowhead, it gets worse. My brother, who lives there, couldn't cut down a tree four years ago without permission from an agency (can't remember which), but for the last year, you get fined if you don't cut down the dead trees. (Because of the density of the homes, trees can be as much as $3,000 or more to cut down a piece.)

(Because of the density of the homes, trees can be as much as $3,000 or more to cut down a piece.)

Unless it's a leaner over the top of the house, that's a ripoff, even in California.

I do my own tree work. I climb and top. My forest is in pretty good shape and getting better every year (our place is a helicopter medical evacuation site). If a fire came through here, I'd get chainsaw, drop a couple of trees near the property line, set up a 1-1/2 hose below the house, get a cup of coffee and watch it crawl through the undergrowth. A fire would be a big help to clear out the weed seed. Adjacent to my place is a eucalyptus grove. Now THAT'S a fuel bomb that would spray seed in the draft for a half mile.