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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It looks like the trees were trimmed without a city permit. I see a big fine in Universal's future with Meijia as Auditor:

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-07-18/sag-aftra-wga-nlrb-complaint-universal-pickets
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I hope the city nails Universal with a huge fine. The company is being incredibly spiteful, cutting back trees which had provided shade to picketers in intense heat. [/quote]

Universal claims the trees are trimmed annually this time of year.[/quote]

Already stories in the LA Times and other places noting that the city says Universal did not have the required city permits to do its own trimming of those trees. The trees are on city property; businesses can trim them but only with a city permit. Universal didn't have one. The timing is also terrible; article after article noting that these are ficus which should not be trimmed in July-Aug. heat; it damages the trees.

Let's not be naive about Universal's motivation here.

They also started their (already planned) construction project which shuts down a lot of sidewalk and access between gates; the LA police dept. has asked them to use barriers to create pedestrian lanes not only for the picketers [i]but for everyone -- NO pedestrians can walk along a large swath of the road on that side[/i]. It's typical for a business to have to create a pedestrian walking lane when it does construction work that cuts off sidewalks. Wonder why Universal is balking, despite the LAPD wanting such lanes?[/quote]

Well, Mejia hit them with the only fine he could and it was only $250 but it made NBCUniversal look really bad in the public's eye and it will go higher if they do it again:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/universal-studios-fined-insane-amount-over-tree-trimming-near-location-of-ongoing-strike/ar-AA1eesby[/quote]

Excellent. They deserve to be called out. Thanks for the article. I note that Universal claims it started putting up awnings and providing water for picketers as of this past week -- when the strikes began (with the WGA) at the very start of May....How thoughtful, I guess? 
And still no pedestrian lanes. [/quote]

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