Homeowners' associations are not allowed to ban drought-tolerant landscaping
by Cory Doctorow from on (#1T29X)
The LA Times' Q&A column tapped a lawyer to answer a reader's question about their crazy-ass homeowners' association, which denied an application to plant a front lawn of drought-tolerant cactii and succulents because it wouldn't be "pretty" and because they "do not want New Mexico, Arizona or Nevada desert landscape." (more")