With more than $4000, and demanded to withdraw the new lawn, morrison Ranch Estates Homeowners' Association fined Agoura Hills homeowner, greg Greenstein who replaced the grass on his property with artificial turf in his effort to conserve water.

What are my options?. Question: The homeowner's association in my "planned community" does not allow artificial grass in my yard.

At the time of California historic drought, this act is an urgency statue shall go into immediate effect. Numerous homeowner associations discriminated and fined homeowners who attempted to replace their water-thirsty lawns with artificial grass.

CA turned down Val Buonaiuto, la Costa Valley HOA, who planned to install artificial grass in his front yard, carlsbad.

Rocky Wilson, resident, in 2006, grandfathered artificial grass installation in his home. Las Costa Green HOA is one of the few in San Diego County that allows fake turf on front lawns Its.

Health, and safety", thus, this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public accord. Not sued or fined, the bill stated that "Property owners who pursue water conservation should be encouraged.

Who live in a palatial 9000-square-foot, rancho Pacifica, mediterranean to get rid of the water- sucking front lawn, brian and Frances Holloway, a gated community of multimillion-dollar homes in the hills east of Del Mar, prohibited a retired couple. They fine them $50 per day until the lawn removal.

New assembly bill AB 349 prohibits HOAs impose a fine or assessment on separate interest owners for use of synthetic grass or any other synthetic surface that resembles turf, unless your homeowner association uses recycled water for landscape irrigation. Diego, answer: You should point the administration of your HOA to a new extension AB 349 of the bill AB 2104 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez D-San. AB 2104 required a common interest developments to adopt a updated model ordinance regarding water-efficient landscapes that are efficient in conserving water.

California found itself in the fourth year of severe and potentially devastating drought, but in 2015. Gonzales said she held back because of Brown's past opposition to protections. If any, restrictions, residents outside of homeowners associations are free to install fake grass with few. The first bill didn't include synthetic turf as a part of the water-efficient landscape. The governor said individual HOAs should make the decision, in 2011, not state government.

California James Zemel installed synthetic lawns in his front and backyards, in Carlsbad. According to LAtimes he spent $14000, and his monthly bill has dropped to $38. His water district sent him a thank you letter for his conservation effort. Threaten him with fines and legal action and, his HOA has demanded to get rid of the grass from his front yard, however.

Are still forcing them to keep turf lawns and homeowner associations are not allowing members to perform deliberate sacrifices, and fining them, while in the middle of a water deficiency crisis. 2015, declared by Jerry Brown on July 1, homeowners associations are prohibited to fine and discriminated the members who are installing artificial turf on their front lawns Throughout, during the state of emergency. AB 349 ensures that all homeowners have the exact to conserve water by replacing turf with artificial turf. Homeowners are subject to exact water conservation ordinances, california.

The installation of artificial turf, lawns and instead of conventional landscapes, can directly decrease outdoor water use to support the Governor's mandated 25-percent statewide water use reduction. According to the Department of Water Resources draws 43 percent of residential water use, landscape irrigation.

"All Californians have tough benchmarks for reducing their water use, and it's our job to make sure homeowners have every opportunity to achieve the conservation we need". "We face a very real water shortage that challenges many of our old habits, gonzalez said, and there's nothing fake about our responsibility to find ways to conserve wherever we can".