I moved to the middle of no where from Phoenix because it was a nightmare. Leaf blowers at my complex going up and down my corridor hallway, standing on top of the carports and roofs. Going on my patio right next to my windows while im working from home. I take walks and would hear them daily in the neighborhood 6am - 6pm. It was life in hell. Unfortunately I found the sacrafice is to live somewhere that had no manicured landscape at all and is desolate. HOAs., home owners and renters pay a lot for this worthless, destructive air and noise polluting hazard to keep low paid landscapers in business.

Let’s not start with the slippery slope theory. The noise decibels of leaf blowers are not the same as kids playing or even traffic. Even the people using them cover their ears. The discord they cause is disruptive and intrusive on our peace.

I take issue with noise pollution. If we require vehicles to have mufflers to lower the noise, so too should lawnmowers and leaf blowers be less noisy. Reality is there's people that get off on disturbing the peace with loud music, ricer cars, loud V8 engines, etc. These idiots forget there's people that work nights, or may be chronically sick, requiring more sleep than normal. Every neighbor I've had that decided to be loud and disturb my peace and sleep during the day, I returned the favor during night owl hours by blasting drill music in my resident whilst the windows open, and sometimes park my vehicle near their house and blast drill music. They call the police, but the swine never do anything about it. If you refuse to let this night owl sleep during the day, I will refuse to let you sleep at night.

They are loud and completely obnoxious and impact the quality of life of people around them . People who use them become obsessive about ridding property of any leaf and use them excessively. They should be banned along with wood stoves due to horrible impact on air quality.

The Gas Leaf Blower... Pissing off renters and homeowners since 1974.

I use a rake, some people say get a leaf blower but those things drown out my deep thoughts after I smoke a bowl of hashish.

Another thing to consider is how they flat out damage air conditioning coils, I've seen in my line of work landscapers blow dirt and dust pretty much right into running condenser units - absolute idiocy

I sooo hate theses things I cannot believe how these frigging things disrupted my life. I am a 12hr night shift and I can not get a wink in when they start. It brings me to tears. These guys will start up these thing 3 or 4 at a time. Killing all the bird song, quiet moments that me and my pets seek on our balcony. And it’s every day at any hour. I have so grown to hate were I live, which otherwise ain’t would not. Th sacrifice made for living in an historic district with numerous trees means that these workers are wreaking havoc almost every day of the week and any time they feel like, I guess; of course except late evening. They get to go home and sleep in quiet and I’m left to return to work with way less sleep than I needed. These things need to be banned. And I hate that word but so much enjoyment of peace, quiet and just being able to relax with some mental freedom!!! Is lost due to the over use, misuse, unnecessary use of these tools.

I think banning the sale of all gas powered leaf blowers is a good idea. They are too noisy, release partially consumed hydrocarbons into the air, and there is a good alternative, battery powered leaf blowers, much quieter, effective and non polluting. If you are out in the country, that is another thing.

I hate leaf blower very very much!!!

I can't believe this nice gentleman does not discontinue his service. You are a hero for making this. They need to stop for they are everywhere and I don't see the point in living in a society that is mad loud.

This is in all Europe too and we are behind you with the laws to protect us from the noise. We need your help to tell this problem to our mayors and European legislation. It s exactly like the video, each day in a different house a horrible super noisy sound. It s crazy

i'am not a democrat but i hate leaf blowers

I agree with the gentleman about the leaf blowers. We have had enough in our area. Noisy, and gas wasting. Good riddance.

I use a rake but generally the kind of property that's big enough to require a leaf blower is rural enough the noise doesn't matter much, people run generators and worse So really the issue isn't leaf blowers it's lazy people using them in urban areas where they're not really needed There are also electric blowers now which are far quieter

If that's not the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard ----- not having control over one's yard maintenance crew. I really cannot believe this guy can't find a crew that will do what he asks them to do. It's not as if there aren't another few hundred companies/crews that would happily comply with his wishes.

i don't know what's so hard about using a rake or a broom...

Most commenters know nothing of what they speak. To do the job a gas powered blower does would cost more labor and take way more time. Yet the same people complaining here will complain when your landscaping bill gets way higher. Hey I have an idea! Why don't you people take care of your own property yourselves!!! Gas equipment outlasts,has more power and gets further on fuel than any electric or battery model out there. To do one day on the job I would need 25 batteries charged and ready to go at all times. There is no time to stop and charge over and over. Yet I can go all day on a few gallons of gas to run all my gear. Where is the electric coming from that charges these batteries? Nobody wants to talk about that though

As a person who has sensitive hearing i cannot stand the noise of gas powered leaf blowers my Gardner uses two of them oh my gosh the red one is extremely loud and noisy i can't even protect my ears every time i hear a leaf blower my ears start bleeding after that this is why i have health problems already and hearing issues i can't even use an electric leaf blower without my ears bleeding again the gas powered leaf blowers are too much i can't even go outside or stay inside my house because of the fumes from the machines my Gardner uses it's hard enough for me to even sleep in the morning because i keep hearing leaf blowers go off at 7 A.M in the morning and i can smell the fumes from the machines it irritates my lungs and throat and the noise justs makes my ears bleed even more i can't even be by my window or door because of the noise and smell from the machine itself it's bad enough that I'm dealing with other health related issues the gas powered leaf blowers aren't helping with the air quality and those with health problems as well i have to work 70hrs a day and i can't even sleep during the day or night because of leaf blowers and other loud stuff that really makes my ears bleed the last time i got woken up by a leaf blower i had to go to the hospital because i suffered a blown out eardrum which caused a lot of pain and swelling and bleeding i couldn't hear for three months after that I was in constant pain all the time as well i have never suffered anything that painful before in my life it's bad enough that my hearing is getting worse because of leaf blowers and the noises they make and the smell of it really irritates my lungs the most i can't even breathe which leads to my nose to start bleeding as well

Yard Rats...with these leaf blowers are a pain in the Ass.

Every construction site in California has to have a water truck spray any dirt that is disturbed to keep the dust down, and that's a law. Why does Mr. Blower get to comer along and un do what they are required to do. They will immediately fine the construction site, and they don't wait until 2035. WE need this gone now, not just the sale of blowers, what kind of bull is that. Teach these wimps to use a broom and pick it up. The right way.

I worked on a quiet electric leaf blower a decade ago. They weren't as powerful as gas blowers but they worked fine; with the better batteries these days you could totally replace the noisy ones. I remember we tried selling them to the City of Pasadena but they declined due to the cost.

***BAN THEM ALL***

This comment section has got to be a huge joke everyone is in on?

A more realistic solution would be to pass ordinances limiting the days and hours of operation. If it was just me and people like me, we could ban them but there's an entire category of labor that relies on them to compete with others performing the same task for money. I don't understand, however, why there aren't more and better leaf vacuums which seems like it would go a long way to reducing much of the air pollution caused by leaf blowers. I rake my lawn. My next door neighbor once asked me why I didn't buy a leaf blower and I answered, "because they're too noisy and raking is good exercise." He stopped using his and started raking instead. I'd do almost anything for that neighbor now. My neighbor across the street uses an electric leaf blower and it's significantly quieter than the commercial leaf blowers. I'm considering having the tree in my front yard cut down and xeriscaping the lawn. I can remember using a manual edger when I was young and if you kept it sharp, you could edge a lawn faster than if you used a noisy gasoline-powered edger. Also, I think maybe the need for a gasoline-powered lawn mower is caused by having too much grass on a lawn that would be better covered mostly in shrubbery. The entire architecture of the typical American house is obsolete with its exterior oriented facade. I wonder if our society would be a better society if we started building houses with interior oriented designs with courtyard and exterior walls with no windows since cameras are cheaper and provide more advantageous vantage points to view the exterior. It would be more energy efficient, more quiet, more secure, more comfortable, more private, more resistant to storm damage, more cool when it's hot and warmer when it's cold, possibly less expensive, more like an oasis serving as sacred space for your family away from the harsh profane space of the exterior. Would people spend more time outdoors in their inner courtyard than they spend now in either their front yard or back yard? I think they would.

I'm sorry but how the in the world are Gardners supposed to get the yards clean and other stuff I'm sorry but that's absurd i use a leaf blower to clean up my balcony and how is my uncle from Mexico supposed to use a leaf blower to clean up the backyard and stuff I'm sorry but that law is absurd and very ridiculous how are Gardners supposed to keep people's yards and parks and other places clean they can't use a rake because that's time consuming and not very helpful I'd rather use a leaf blower than use a rake I'm sorry but I think a leaf blower would get the job done faster and more efficiently and ain't no way they are planning on banning lawnmowers and weed whackers these lawn care workers need their equipment including machinery and chainsaws when cutting down trees as well that law banning leaf blowers is ridiculous

Leaf blowers are not the problem. I believe it’s the person leaf blowing that doesn’t know how to properly leaf blow and in which direction.

People need counseling.

As someone who practices regenerative sustainable organic gardening and farming in Los Angeles county the use of leaf blowers is disgusting. The pollution it puts out is more than a diesel truck. Look it up. We complain in California that we want to be a green state and have only electric vehicles even going as far as politicians saying they want to ban V8 automobiles but you’re going to allow leaf blowers? It’s asinine. In California we pretend to care about the environment but it’s just a joke. Wake up people.

never seen them used in Europe. We have trees too. Don't know why Californian "gardeners" think they need them. Maybe they're too fat to use a rake?

Leaf blowers help out the hard workers picking up your lawn Karen go away

I might switch to electric in the future..

Waahhh it's loud.. I can't enjoy my nappy nap during the day

Are you serious? What’s next lawnmowers? This is insane

Because the DemocRATS that run the LA City council won’t allow police to enforce the noise laws…as the gardeners are non-legals from MX & Central America & enforcing the law would be RACIST!!🤣

People who don't like leaf blowers always have messy properties

The newer electric ones are much better!

obviously not Everyone hates leaf blowers or there would be nothing to complain about. Get over yourselves

I run my leaf blower just ro run , upsetting Democrats is great fun

Way to bite the hand that feeds you. Gotta keep the rich people happy, while everyone else's lives are getting harder

This was just completely Pathetic 👆🤦‍♂️

their use often conserves time and water and is efficient

Complaints to Gardner, Gardner rakes and brooms not same quality Job , Hippie owner doesn't like work typical Duche Anti Blowers.

Just wanted to stop by after finding out that this is an ordinance and say. Invest in some noise cancelling earbuds. Being bothered by noises is a sign of Autism. Most of this comment section is just a bunch of Karens on the spectrum

Leaf blowers are here and they won’t go away They are a big help

Ban leaf blowers, then how you gonna enforce it? Certainly don't involve the police in this kind of non-violent "criminal" activity.

Gas leaf blower powerful than electric blower. Electric blower not enough blow on bigger yard. Pay more money electric bills than gas leaf blowers. Battery blowers run in 40 minutes then dead battery. People are stupid! Gas leaf blowers run longer and blow faster than battery & electric blowers. Take 2 days blow leaves on bigger yards. If people complain about noise then people need to work on their own bigger yards. People are lazy!! for work on their own yards!! YOUR CHOICE: "People let landscaping use leaf blower blow leaves faster or People work on their own yards. People use their rake leaves & riding mower mulch leaves on their yards" If people not want to mow on their yards then city will fined money to people. RoundUp sprayed smell more than leaf blower and get cancer from RoundUp sprayed!!

First world problems 🥃

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