This guy cut down 300 oak trees? I didn't have any idea that many trees were left in Ventura County, let alone the acreage that would be necessary to support that many trees. Sounds like a developer who is willing to take the heat in order to get on with his project. The guy is morally bankrupt and soon to be fiscally as well.
I've got about twenty 100 ft+ fir trees in my backyard and if I cut those down, the neighbors would kill me; who cares what the county would do. They are my trees, however, I am merely the current owner; those trees will be here long after I am gone.
Land use laws are on the books for very good reasons.
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