For what it's worth, the couple that filed the lawsuit did not dispute the federal height limit; they based their claim that removing the trees would violate the California Environmental Quality Act.
The city had made this statement to local...
Thank you for the correction. Whether or not the trees needed to come down and the homeowners displeasure with their removal is the takeaway. I thought I had read that many concerned citizens were unaware of the intent to remove the trees until...
I like trees, but if I lived beneath a major airport's flight path, I think I'd be more concerned about constant noise than the fate of a few trees. I wouldn't want to live downwind of pig or chicken farm either.