Arnie’s foreclosure crackdown: drain the pool

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Bad combination: vacant foreclosed house, full swimming pool. Result: mosquitoes, and, possibly, West Nile Virus. To the rescue: the governor.

From the AP via the Mercury News: ‘California officials are asking the financial services industry to make sure the swimming pools at homes in foreclosure have been drained to prevent the spread of West Nile virus. Hundreds of vacant homes with standing water have been reported to authorities in Sacramento and Yolo counties as potential mosquito breeding grounds.’

From Governor Schwarzenegger’s declaration of a state of emergency in counties hit hardest by West Nile:

‘IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Department of Public Health shall work with ... the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and local public health departments to notify lenders, realtors, mortgage brokers and others whose responsibilities include managing vacant homes to ensure that pools and other containers that can hold water are drained and maintained empty to prevent the spread of West Nile Virus.

Hat tip: BetterVillage
Photo Credit: LATimes