it’s local laws, such as San Diego County that makes it illegal to clear bruah more than 100 feet.
You can’t cut down an oak tree.
My home in Glendale, I mistakenly let a seedling live oak grow and the trunk got to 7 inches, it’s now an endangered species and I can’t cut the damn thing down!
Had another one that was only 6 inches and I chopped the damn thing down!
My friend at KTLA told me they can’t brush clear at Mt Wilson because there is some law you cant clear brush above 4000 feet.... Dont know how true it is...but its obvious something needs to be done up there!
Here's what you do. Call any rain gutter shop that does copper gutters and ask them if you can drop by and buy a 7" copper gutter spike from them.
After dark, hammer the copper gutter spike into the trunk of the tree, and in time the tree will die. Who knows how the copper spike got in there. Kids, crazies, who knows? But, you'll have to chop it down all the same, and you won't get a citation for doing so.