I am involved in land use planning in Northern California on occasion and it always amazes me how people will decide that their view of a hilltop is more important than the owner's use of his own land.
The most amazing feat of hypocrisy though, (and I have personally experienced this) is the guy that moves up to the mountains from his Bay Area home and builds a home up on a ridgeline viewing the beautiful North Fork American River Canyon. He loves it. All of his liberal friends from the BA come up to visit him. He is in heaven.
Then one day, he notices a tractor on the hilltop across the canyon taking out trees. "What?!?!?.. WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO MY VIEW!?!??"
He immediately goes down to the planning department and claims that his view is being destroyed by that house on the ridge across from his home.
That is the overt action of a hypocrite. The more subtle approach is to build the home, then get involved in local environmental groups who oppose all future building of homes up on ridgelines. Or they oppose building in general. After all, they all have homes.
And then the final hypocrisy, they write letters to the editor of the local paper decrying the high prices of homes in the area after they have managed to shut down all building.
Being a liberal means never having to say, "it's my fault."