Contra Costa supervisors side with Saranap property owners in dispute over tree removal, home project

Asserting a property owner’s general right to build on his or her land, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has denied appeals by two homeowners in the unincorporated community of Saranap of tree removal permits earlier granted to owners of a neighboring parcel.

Twenty-two trees, most notably two large oaks neighbors wanted preserved for stabilizing a hillside and for their beauty, can come down, with the supervisors’ unanimous rejection on Feb. 25  of the appeal of the county Planning Commission’s recent approval of the tree removal permits.