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Minutes after the polls closed, Hutt said her campaign was about “bringing commonsense resources to the community,” such as trimming trees and picking up “bulky items” from the curb and sidewalk.

Typically Recreation and Parks officials consult with fire inspectors about how the trimming should be conducted, Tovar said, but that didn’t happen this time.

Note, too, that while Los Angeles County and several municipalities may not provide free yard trees — the county spends almost all of its $20 million budget for trees on trimming or otherwise maintaining its 170,000 street trees, said Deputy Director of Transportation Steve Burger — they will take requests to add trees to parkways in front of homes.

Sierra Madre will bill the homeowner for the work done on the property including tree trimming and cleanup.

And he’s interested in going even further than a 19% trimming.