Some California Cities Living in the Last Century by Requiring Lawns to be Green--by Robert Cruikshank

Daniel Wu | July 3, 2008 - 10:43 pm

Tags: sustainability, urban design

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/07/some_califor...

Excerpted from the article...

"It sounds like one of those stories that conservatives often use to
make government look bad - the city of Sacramento is fining a household
$746 for letting their lawn die to save water. But the real issue here
isn't government - it's whether California will abandon wasteful and
even elitist 20th century values to meet the needs of the 21st century.

This basic tension according to the Sacramento Bee: