Frustrations over tree removal program in Paradise

Some people in Paradise are frustrated over the way tree removal is being handled.

Action News Now spoke to Town Councilman, Steve Culleton about his frustrations, and took them to Cal OES to see their response.

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New tonight -- there are some people in paradise who remain frustrated over camp fire tree removal.

Action news now reporter amy lanski took those concerns to cal o-e-s.

00-:09 steve culleton- "we are being burdened again, those of us that are victims in the fire are being burdened again by mre government ineptness."

Steve culleton is a camp fire survivor who says because trees weren't removed quickly, they are now getting snapped from the wind... and then says those trees are not going to be removed.

Culleton "fema alloted the money to do this, they had an esitmated 300,000 trees, and now they have paired down to 100,000 or 75,000 or whatever it is.

They have already allocated the money."

:30-:42 amy standup: "the frustration is about the trees like the one you see behind me, that has the blue dot on it and it is snapped halfway down.

Now there is no gaurentee it will be removed even though it was marked in the original tree removal program."

:42-:56 voice of: jim kyle- pio cal oes "before we have a chance to remove it and it has come down by weather, it needs to be assessed to see if it is still a threat to public right of way.

If it is still a threat it will be removed."

Culleton- "that is my point, you allocated the money, it is not about some budget thing.

You identified the trees, you mapped them, you had arborists certify they are dead.

You tagged them, you marked them they are ready to go, your program got delayed, so now it is winter time and now we have winds and wet dirt, and some of them are falling over.

You still have to haul it off, why would you put it on the home owner."

Kyle- "it stands the most threat while it is still standing, and coming down.

If it is already down it is a new story, we have to see if it is still a threat or not."

Culleton added during the tree removal process, the stump is still left and the homeowner has to deal with it.

Reporting 00-:09 steve culleton- "we are being burdened again, the tree removal program is to get rid of trees that block