LAist: Palmdale Looking to Ban Grass Front Lawns

papercut

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:05:40 -0800

This is silly as long as water is priced low enough that people can afford to water lawns in the desert. Nobody will take water conservation seriously until it's scarcity is felt in the water bill.

Colfax

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:13:12 -0800

Forcing people at gunpoint (that's what a law is) to make these types of decisions - no matter how rational is never a good idea.

rdm24

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:42:21 -0800

Brilliant! It'd be no less wise for LA to adopt a similar policy.

panasonicyouth

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:02:50 -0800

I just like lawn-less front yards more from a design prospective.

GarySe7en

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:45:47 -0800

Yes, one small step toward reversing our lawn care culture. Water is going to continue to be a more and more scarce commodity in the future, and we are wasting so much of it to maintain our largest cultivated crop, grass.

Royps

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:59:58 -0800

This is great news. I was visiting a friend's place out in Apple Valley and all the lush grass lawns (on the non-foreclosed homes anyway) looked so ridiculously out of place. Anyway, zero-scaping with native drought resistant plants allows for so much more creativity and diversity in a neighborhood.