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09 • 29 • 2014

New CA Law Allows HOA Residents to Plant Climate Appropriate Landscaping Without Being Fined

The Governor signed AB 2104 into law to clarify that homeowners in common interest developments (like HOAs) can plant “climate appropriate landscaping” without fear of being fined.  Unfortunately some residents have been fined by HOAs for planting drought tolerant landscaping and this law ends that practice. The law will ultimately help improve water supply, water quality, and more.  Landscaping is the largest residential water use, consuming 30%-70% of water usage, depending on where one lives in California. This landscaping can generate urban runoff, the #1 source of ocean pollution. Replacing turf grass and sprinklers and directing rainwater into the landscape can go along way to preventing dry- and wet-weather runoff, reducing flooding, and soaking up carbon from the atmosphere.