The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors late Tuesday rejected a ban on artificial turf on county-owned property. The ban, had it been enacted, would have prevented new turf installations and could have impacted existing sports complexes.

Santa Clara County supervisors on Tuesday voted against a ban on artificial turf on all county-owned properties.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors late on Tuesday afternoon rejected a ban on artifical turf. The ban would have applied to all county-owned property and could have prevented the construction of new turf sports fields and required existing turf facilities to switch to grass at the time the existing turf needed to be replaced.

Santa Clara County’s state-mandated housing plans have been approved — nearly two years after the deadline.

A Santa Clara County supervisor will introduce an ordinance on Tuesday that would ban the use of plastics in the construction of athletic fields at county-owned sites

SANTA CLARA COUNTY is preparing to ban artificial turf on all county-owned property, citing health and environmental concerns. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will vote on a policy limiting the use of artificial turf at its Tuesday meeting.