Michael Korte and wife Laura Whitney from Glendora, CA face $500 in fines and even criminal action if they don’t turn their brown lawn green again, which died because they were trying to comply with California water regulations.
Don’t you just love the government’s ability to coordinate their activities?
On Tuesday — when the couple received the letter — state regulators authorized fines up to $500 for overwatering lawns.‘Despite the water conservation efforts, we wish to remind you that limited watering is still required to keep landscaping looking healthy and green,’ the letter stated.
It included pictures of the dead lawn with a red line through it, a weedy line similarly crossed out, and finally an uncrossed green lawn with a sprinkler.
‘It is telling me I’d better get my lawn green and I have 60 days to do it,’ Laura said.Ironically, on the same day the couple received the letter the State Water Resources Control Board gave local agencies power to fine for overwatering lawns to help reduce water consumption as the state is in the third year of record low rainfall.
Should the couple wish to improve their lawn they’ll likely have to water it every day.
‘It seems like you’ll be fined if you overwater but we will be fined no matter what,’ Laura said.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
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WHAT A STUPID CALIFORNIA’S WATERING LAWS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BS……
Only in dumcrat CA
Just plain STUPID.
Paint it green
If the picture is of their lawn they don’t have anything that would green up. To me it looks like mostly dirt with a little grass up front maybe. But if there is a push to conserve water then they shouldn’t water lawn. I always say if God wants me to have a green lawn he will make it rain. I don’t want to pay money to keep it green.
PAINT IT BLACK YOU DEVIL
Get the whole town to just spit on the lawn, and hope for the best.
Paint the grass in the design of the American flag! That will really upset the commies there…