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[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 105 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well if this is actually recent, then it is definitely intentional. Trees are usually trimmed in early spring, cutting them back that much in the middle of summer puts a lot of stress on the trees and risks killing them.

[–] Ferris@discuss.online 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(if memory serves) According to a podcast I listened to yesterday, they don't own the trees. They're public property trees. Trimming was not scheduled.

[–] GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yep. I heard they're actually being fined, sadly only for $250 because old city laws limit how much they can be fined.

If any of these trees dies, I hope Universal is on the hook for replacing it.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope Universal is on the hook for replacing it.

Considering the first fine, I fully expect the second one to be a grand total of tree fiddy

[–] Ferris@discuss.online 3 points 1 year ago

fiddy trees would be better =/

[–] psyqology 2 points 1 year ago

I literally laughed at the joke. Both funny and sad...

[–] GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

Yeah I saw this and while I'm not a tree management expert I'm like "they basically left no leaves on these poor things". With the insane heat we've been seeing, this can't be good.