California and many other states have passed laws voiding bans on outdoor clotheslines, but that remains a rare mode of drying clothes
San Diego is known for sunny, breezy and warm days. Perfect weather for hiking, surfing, pickleball — and hanging laundry out to dry.” laws over the years. While there were few, if any, predictions of a clothesline boom, an increasing trend in their use was expected.
The law says any rule or local law is unenforceable if it prohibits or unreasonably restricts a person’s ability to use a clothesline or drying rack in their backyard. Not surprisingly, a balcony, railing, awning or any part of a building doesn’t qualify as a drying rack or a clothesline. The environmental impact of using a dryer is not insignificant. If all Americans who currently do not use a clothesline started to use one for 10 months of the year — not always practical in colder climates — that could avoid 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere annually, according to Project Laundry List.People hang clothes out to dry for various reasons, some mentioned here. The legislation in recent years gives more people the choice to do that.
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