Tree vandal suspected of cutting down trees in Los Angeles arrested

Eight trees valued at $300,000. That's $37,000 per tree. That seems a bit high, and I doubt the vandal could afford to pay restitution. But what a senseless criminal act.
 

JustDave said:
Eight trees valued at $300,000. That's $37,000 per tree. That seems a bit high, and I doubt the vandal could afford to pay restitution. But what a senseless criminal act.
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I agree. $37,000 for a tree?? Home Depot sells 100s of tree for less than $100. And I'm sure L.A. doesn't spend $37,000 in upkeep for every tree in the city.
 
Trees have value, not all of which can be measured by how much a saw log is worth. No one has figured out how to determine that value. I hope they at least take that guy's chainsaw away from him.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I agree. $37,000 for a tree?? Home Depot sells 100s of tree for less than $100. And I'm sure L.A. doesn't spend $37,000 in upkeep for every tree in the city.
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It took years of maintenance by the city trimming etc to get them to grow in an urban environment. They'll probably going to replace them with a young tree and not seeds. They'll have to extract and/or mulch the roots/structure, might even require concrete work.

The cost per tree is over time probably 20 plus years for some of them and the city, crews and equipment needed to maintain them/replace them. Depending on where those trees were located they probably had to send out 3-4 man crews including flaggers to divert traffic around the tree/work site every time they did trimming as they will to clean them up and replace them.

The final numbers will be closer to $350,000 or 43K per tree.
 
Addiction/untreated mental illness. You wouldn’t believe some of the things I’ve seen over the years at the county bike park.
 

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