Shortly after we became a city, Santa Clarita went out of its way to make laws that protect our ridge lines.
We live in a very mountainous area of Los Angeles and ridge lines are a part of the view from my house.
What the city tries to do, is keep developers from cutting our mountains down, just to put up homes.
This photo is an interesting shot of the McBean Transfer Station, which is situated immediately adjacent to a housing development and golf course. What they did, is basically protect the small hill that backs up the golf course and reshaped the lower area and planted trees on the new hill.
So you have old "protected" oak trees (another thing we try to keep around the area) and then trees that got planted to replace oaks that got taken down, or just are needed to keep the man made hill from sliding during a rainy season (something we have not seen in years).
These are things I contemplate, while waiting for my bus in the morning.
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