3000 children and 500 adults play soccer and lacrosse weekly on Palo Alto turf.

Turf pitches have heavy use, typically 8 to 10 hours at high density.

Palo Alto fields are CLOSED from November through February every year because they cannot handle heavy use / bad weather.

In order to replace one artificial turf field, the city would need to build 3-4 grass fields.

Palo Alto is already dealing with a severe shortage of athletic fields, closing fields will only exacerbate this issue

California is in a drought. Banning artificial turf would require an additional 1.2 million gallons of water use, which contradicts the efforts to conserve water in California.

Grass fields in Palo Alto currently have many holes, dry patches and broken sprinklers, therefore it is more likely to cause injury than turf surfaces.

The County of Santa Clara voted this January NOT to ban turf because of the reasons above.