{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-53087.7","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 53087.7","heading":"","body":"(a) A city, including a charter city, county, or city and county, shall not enact any ordinance or regulation, or enforce any existing ordinance or regulation, that prohibits the installation of drought-tolerant landscaping using living plant material on residential property.\n(b) For the purposes of this section, “drought-tolerant landscaping” shall not include the installation of synthetic grass or artificial turf.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 2. CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 55821.]","PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER AGENCIES [53000. - 54999.7.]","CHAPTER 1. General [53000. - 53170.]","ARTICLE 4. Miscellaneous [53060. - 53087.9.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6d40a73f5a4c894243090012322051eb6c4dd04cacb49d18514255b9458f8f24","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-53087.6","next":"us-ca/gov-53087.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}