Because of the size of the yards in Encinitas Ranch many homeowners experience problems with neighboring trees encroaching into their yards either with tree limbs or roots.

While once upon a time the owner of land was the king of his realm, those are days gone by.  Overhanging limbs or roots from adjacent trees were simply instances of trespass, it is not so simple now or so clear.  Now questions of “reasonableness” enter into the mix and wrong calculations can be very expensive.

The article accessible from the link below should be of interest to everyone regarding this matter:

http://www.legal-news-california.tozerlaw.com/tree_law_california.html

The best approach when experiencing these problems is to develop a reasonable agreement between neighbors and to not take any extreme measures. Neighbor to neighbor disputes need to be resolved between the two parties. The HOA has no involvement in such matters.