Silly proles. Laws are for little folks. Not rich politicians and their HOAs.
That had to be a 150k job, plus a heck of a lot of hush money for a lot of officials. What a crooked bastard. If the trees were damaged, the property owner can decide what to do.
To improve his view, a California judge authorized the destruction of a forest on adjacent land he didn’t own: It belonged to the County...!