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Universal Studios might have invoked the wrath of California's Tree Law (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 year ago by MrPhibb@reddthat.com to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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[–] drwho@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They'll just get fined, and it'll be a small fraction of their daily revenue.

[–] Idrunkenlysignedup@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I posted this elsewhere, but according to a quick Google it's up to $18k per tree and from the images I found, it's 5 trees. $90k is couch cushion money to Universal. They DGAF about fines.