It appears that Mr. Treanor doesn't really get the point....or else he would NOT try to stop the million future neighbors' disputes...how else will they learn about government intrusion? Blank outs all over the place in CA (well, duh..he drives a Prius). "You can deny reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality." AR
Wake up Socialist California!!... Oh hell, just fall into the Ocean already.

would we not think that an intrinsic part of land
ownership is the clear access to the sun which
arrives there? I am a tree farm owner, and still
think this. if a neighbor's tree branch extends into
my living room, well, that's encroachment. same
with blocking the sun. -- j

Collateral Damage!

[shakes head]

Here's the sentence that baffled me:
"There was little communication between the neighbors — until Ms. Bissett introduced three redwood trees in 1996."

They live next door and don't even talk to each other? No wonder.

The level of stupidity in this world is just... astounding

I'm sure they cut the trees down, they fell into the solar panels breaking them and both neighbors lived happily ever after.

This is a 6 1/2 year old article (April 2008.) Anything more recent on this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbHDtCTYH...

i am happy that i live almost in the center of 8 acres so i just don't have to have any problems. i though of selling the property and down sizing, i am happy that i didn't. it is very depressing to constantly read about neighbors in a way attacking neihgbors, and it has gotten worse over the years and will probably get in "worser".

From the article: "“My entire goal was to find a more appropriate tree to place between our two properties,” he said. “To have a 60-foot barrier is unreasonable.”" So Mr. Vargas is a control twit.

I lost a 50 year old orchard in Portland to a new neighbor with a newly constructed home. She didn't like the fall leaves or the drainage from my property onto hers. Oh well.

This notion of something on one property interfering with something on another property is an old one. Ordinances are supposed to prevent these from becoming civil cases.

Remind the solar neighbor of the trees' right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

D'OH! I do solar for a living, but I also favor trees over panels. If I were the tree owner, faced with a $1,000/day fine, I'd drop the trees right onto the neighbor's house -- it would look like an accident.

Actually, way before it got to that point, I'd've concocted a system that sprays carbon-black onto the neighbor's solar panels each night reducing their efficiency by 50-70%.

On the flip side, if they were my panels and a neighbor tree'd me deliberately, then soluble copper salts will put an end to any tree in short order. Dead trees don't earn sympathy from anybody and present as a hazard rather than a nuisance.