…Under a new law signed by Gavin Newsom on Friday, public agencies, restaurants, corporate campuses industrial parks and certain other property owners will be prohibited from watering “nonfunctional turf” using potable water. The law does not apply to residential lawns, apartment complexes, sports fields or cemeteries. The new rules will be phased in beginning Jan. 1, 2027. If this prohibition sounds familiar that’s because it’s currently in place as a temporary measure. The State Water Resources Board instituted the ban as an emergency regulation during the drought in June 2022, but it’s set to expire in June 2024.

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