Irrelevant response, Anawan. I wasn't expecting a political lecture on my desire or "right" to have a view. I never said I owned the trees. I do not. The owner of the land owns the trees. It is not morally wrong to want a nice view. Just like it is not morally wrong to have a dinner in a...
Also, the view is so valuable, I don't mind having to regularly prune after a topping. I just need to get some expert arborist witness to tell the City of Oakland that redwood trees can be topped.
I am trying to get advice about topping redwood trees. The trees were burned in the Oakland fire in 1991 and grew back and are about 300 feet in front of my property and are now blocking my view, a beautiful view of the San Francisco Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline.
I would like the...