Environment

Did California's $350 Million Social Experiment Over Lawns Pay Off?

October 31, 2016

(AP) - California water agencies that spent more than $350 million in the last two years to pay property owners to rip out lawns are now trying to answer whether the nation's biggest lawn removal experiment was all worth the cost.

Sacramento Approves Grass For Cash Plan

March 5, 2014 | Marianne Russ

The city of Sacramento is moving ahead with a plan to offer rebates to people who rip out their front lawns and replace them with drought-tolerant landscaping.

Grass For Cash Program Proposed In Sacramento

March 3, 2014 | Bob Moffitt

The City of Sacramento wants to start a pilot program to pay people to replace their front lawns with landscaping that conserves water.