Who will pay to remove a huge Bay tree that is on the property and near large oaks? We cannot afford this expense but very much want to do whatever we can to stop the spread of the horrible disease? We rent and the landlord will not pay.
Any suggestions?

Re: "In some species, the oak produces an antibiotic to fight the pathogen, but in amounts that are inadequate to do the job... Treatments can boost the tree's production of the antibiotic". Dr. Garbelotto has published a paper on this: Phosphonate controls sudden oak death pathogen for up to 2 years. Web Link

This is a pretty misleading and over-simplified article. So before you start cutting down bay trees, you should read "A Reference Manual for Managing Sudden Oak Death
in California" Web Link
which contains most or all the information contained in the above article, and was published in late 2013. So it's not new, except perhaps to the article's author.

Also, there is no "mobile app" at the URL listed that I can find, nor is there one listed in the Apple app-store. There are a couple Google Earth KZ files and a link to some maps in PDF format. And none of them calculates any risk. But they are useful and interesting to someone interested in SOD.

The link on the story to the SOD Mobile App has been fixed.

The webpage st the UC Berkeley Mycology Lab says the app is available for iPhones (at iTunes) and Android phones (at Google Play).

Thanks for the heads up.