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On the contrary, the powers that be in Lake Arrowhead have been VERY pro active in forcing homeowners to cut down their dead trees (due to the beetle) or they will come in and cut the trees down at the homeowners expense

And that makes sense. What doesn't make sense is this:

Tom Sullivan talk show in Sacramento this PM: Caller states that one of his best friends took out a large wild blackberry bush because it was too overgrown and too close to house for safety in case of fires. CAL FISH & GAME fined him $7000- that is seven thousand dollars- not a mistype- for "removing bird habitat without their permission and permit.
What's even more stupid about this is that wild blackberries here in Nevada County are considered "Mother Nature's barbed wire", and birds don't nest there. What does lurk there is wild skunks and rattlers. Nevada County has the nighest number of rabid skunks trapped year after year, so no loss there, and rattlers are self-explanatory.
The CDF comes along and tells us to keep a defensable space- 30 feet- away from the house, and the Fish and Game fines us $7000 for removing wild blackberries. You figure out how to stop this madness. We have very little say about our own property.
State of Calif is now adding a minimum of $70 per parcel this year and $35 next year to over 2 million rural property owners in their next tax bills to cover the $50 million shortfall in the CDF budget because the state legislature cut their money. If you do the math, they will collect $140 million to replace $50 million the first year, and $70 million the second year. On top of this "FEE", the counties can charge a "surcharge for a handling fee", amount to be determined.
Davis has left this state truly in a scorched earth position. I predicted he would, but I was thinking more in a financial manner. I never even thought about this kind of fires. But my words were more prophetic than I care to contemplate.

#2065 Incredible!!!

Good grief. Since our relatives are in their late 70s it may be they aren't aware of the total craziness inflicted on the homeowners in Lake Arrowhead.

Will the sheeple rise up and say enough is enough?