California pepper tree keep or eliminate?

Today I found a tree in the forest garden, that I didn’t plant. How I overlooked it, I don’t know. Research tells me, that it’s a California pepper tree. Now I am in the situation, that I have to decide if it’s a keeper or if I should remove it.
Does anyone have experience with them?
It’s in my forest garden, in the middle of the hedge. I know it’s not the same as regular black pepper, because I am already growing those and they are on a vine.
What do you all think? I have added photos

This was my grandma's house from 1954 until 2019 when she passed away. I think it's the same kind of tree you're talking about. I have very fond memories of climbing in it especially in 1979.



So I want to come up with a reason to keep it, but I don't have anything better than sentiment.

Wikipedia says it has some uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schinus_molle#Uses

Christopher Weeks wrote:This was my grandma's house from 1954 until 2019 when she passed away. I think it's the same kind of tree you're talking about. I have very fond memories of climbing in it especially in 1979.

Just looking at the size of it, in your picture and reading the wiki, I think I am going to remove it. It’s too close to the road, and we own the road, so if the roots damage it, we will have to pay for it. I also have a lot of the neighborhood kids visiting, and most of it is poisonous, so I am going to ask my husband to remove it.

Do you know any dyers?  It makes a really nice clear yellow from the leaflets.  The birds spread the seeds, which might explain how it got in your hedge - the tree with seeds doesn't need to be close either. . .