Two East Hollywood property owners were cited for illegally trimming three of Virgil Village’s historic pink trumpet trees on Virgil Avenue “excessively beyond recovery,” according to a spokesperson for the Bureau of Street Services (StreetsLA).
The decades-old trees were all reduced to a few stubby branches and don’t appear to have much chance of growing back.
Daniel Halden, a senior advisor for StreetsLA, confirmed with L.A. TACO that “no permits were issued for the excessive tree trimming” at either location.
“At both locations, StreetsLA followed our standard procedure and issued Notices to Correct (NTC) requiring 2:1 replanting due to the trees being pruned excessively beyond recovery,” Halden said in a written statement to L.A. TACO. “This gives the adjacent property owner the ability to correct the violation on their own accord.”