Blow hard, blow now, just don’t mow and blow: Second Comment Period opens on Modified AB 1881

Posted on | May 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

California landscapers and other interested parties have until 5pm on May 26 to submit comments on an updated and modified version of the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance AB 1881.

Category: landscape ordinances, Water
Tags: AB 1881 > California > chance of rain > Emily Green > landscape > ordinances

One Response to “Blow hard, blow now, just don’t mow and blow: Second Comment Period opens on Modified AB 1881”

Bob Galbreath
May 13th, 2009 @ 7:13 pm

I contributed to the development process of AB2717 and its offspring, AB1881. I also contributed to 1881’s predecessor, AB 325 in the early 90’s. 1881 is a good plan and I think DWR is to be congratulated for adopting some of its stronger elements such as 0.70 ETo. But AB 325 was a good basic plan and was adopted by all the appropriate agencies but failed over time due to lack of enforcement. I fear that the same lack of enforcement will doom 1881 in the current budget climate. It is easy for an agency to adopt a regulation but much harder to enforce it; even harder for a cash-strapped state to make them enforce it.

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