Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Corralitas Red Car Property: Still Needs Brush Clearance

Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 6, 2017.  Neighbors are downright angry that the Red Car Property owner still has not done brush clearance.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)

Little has changed since May except a few more neighbors cleared brush back from their property lines on the Red Car Property out of self preservation.  In many places the dry grass has been mashed down by people driving cars and trucks across it.
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 6, 2017.  The Red Car Property includes the slope up to the telephone poles that run across the middle of the slope.  Protected native Black Walnut Trees are recovering from the 2016 fire.
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor July 6, 2017.  The large protected native Coast Live Oak is still showing dry branches and leaves toasted by the fire.  However, there is a lot of new growth on the tree.  Looks like LAFD brush clearance contractors and adjacent property owners went a bit overboard cutting down Black Walnuts on the Red Car Property.  
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 6, 2017.  Some Lake View Ave property owners did their brush clearance last week.  Looks like their trucks mashed down the dry grass or they cleared some of it so they wouldn't inadvertently spark a fire with their trucks on the flat part of the Red Car Property. 
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 6, 2017.  Nothing has changed on the Corralitas side
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 12, 2017.  Lest you think things are different today, reports from neighbors along the entire property, as well as photos from above, confirm they still haven't done brush clearance on the Red Car Property.
Photo: Red Car Property Neighbor, July 6, 2017.  Corralitas Walk, a public walk street is sandwiched between the 2 Freeway (to the right of the chain link fence) and the Red Car Property (upslope from the sidewalk).  The upslope neighbor appears to have cleared some brush from the Red Car Property adjacent to their home.  However the brush still needs clearing here too.  The protected native Black Walnuts and Coast Live Oaks on the slope are recovering here too.

We've talked about the failure to do brush clearance on the Red Car Property for the past decade.  Nothing ever seems to change.

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