@J Scott @Nghi Le or maybe its a tree-hugger thing?  

are there large trees to be removed, trimmed?

There's more in the tree.

Similar theme being, if the people can't figure out simple economics, the government will need to protect us from endangering ourselves. 

I on other hand paid cash for the logs on the spot before we harvested a tree so the market risk was mine.. volume was mine.. so you sit down with a land owner and hand them a 250k cashiers check before you have cut a tree and that goes a long we..

There are also lots that are unbuildable because they are in "Scrub Jay" habitats (a small endangered bird).

Lots of tree damage .

A bit of tree damage and cleanup as well. 

Not sure where this is or how old it is but it does not strike me as reason for major concern, most of the time if there are issues with the line it is from tree roots which happen whether the neighbor is there or not.

You don’t want a hotel opening up next to your house any more than the neighbors you are doing this to.Neither would it be very nice to open up a whore house, crack house, or your own shade tree car mechanic business with 8 cars scattered on the front lawn.Let’s get real here and quit acting like this shouldn’t be a big deal to neighbors.