Re:How bad is the California drought?
by byoung2 on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @06:08PM
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In the last month, 3 of my neighbors have removed their lawns in favor of rockscape or mulch. LADWP is offering $3 per square foot if you remove your lawn, so that is encouraging people.
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They're doing that here in the bay area too. My question is, do I have to have grass to count as a lawn? I stopped watering my lawn the day I bought the house, so at this point it is just dirt. Can I still the the $3/sqft to put in turf?
"I stopped watering my lawn the day I bought the house"
In some cities, not watering your lawn may get you a fine too: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-brown-lawns-...
Yep it sure can. They sent me a nastygram once so I watered for a week till they inspected and then stopped again. It's such a waste to water things that aren't edible. I was just ahead of the curve -- green is the new brown.
where can i can more info on this deal? I'm based in Mountain View and willing to stop this front lawn nonsense, especially if they'll pay me for it.
A list of Bay Area rebate programs:
http://www.bayfriendlycoalition.org/LYL-rebates.shtml
And the program most relevant to your current question:
http://www.valleywater.org/Programs/LandscapeRebateProgram.a...