EIGHT-
PENNY
NEWS VOLUME 10 • NUMBER 4 JANUARY 1992
California: Residents of Half
Moon Bay, a small coastal
town near San Francisco,
voted overwhelmingly to
restrict population growth to
3% per year by putting an
annual limit on the number
of homes and apartments that
can be built there.
Meanwhile, though the
drought has eased, Southern
California builders are asking
legislators to require residential
and commercial building
owners to install 1.6 gallonsper-
flush (gpf) water closets
before selling an existing
building. According to a
spokesperson for the Building
Industry Association of
Southern California, the
move would quadruple water
savings over what would be
achieved with the impending
state law that, as of January 1,
requires 1.6-gpf closets only
in new construction. This
would free more water for
new housing.
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