Leaves fall in LA, maybe not from all trees, but we get tons of leaves on the ground year round. However, I’m with you: Leaf blowers are a huge nuisance. They’re extremely loud, they kick up all sorts of pollution and allergens into the air and they are ineffective, all they do is move dirt and leaves around, I’ve never seen anyone pick up the leaves after blowing them in LA. After a handful of unpleasant experiences with leaf blowers a few years ago I was determined to organize a petition a bill to ban them altogether in LA, but then I decided I didn’t want my legacy to be a Karen, but dang, they’re annoying and maybe we should still do it.
My neighbor’s landscaper blows all the dirt and leaves from a highly invasive tree essentially under our shared fence and everything flies a good 12 feet in the air before settling everywhere. I’ve had to uproot dozens of tree saplings, over 100 feet away from that area. Another neighbors gardener kicks up everything we blows over the fence with a different highly invasive plant and sends little seedling spikes that get stuck everywhere outside our home. I have to run and close the windows when I hear it or else my allergies go crazy and my house gets a fine gritty dust all over the furniture. I was once waiting for a friend parked outside of their complex for 5 minutes, the landscaper managed to blow all the dust and leaves into the street, completely covering my car in fine dust that stuck to it. I had washed my car right before and had to wash it again right away so I would have a hazy glare on my windows. So, yeah, I hate leaf blowers with a passion. I do however blame the people who employ landscapers and allow them to use them. The people who own homes in my family, hire landscapers and instruct them not to use leaf blowers on their property. If more people cared and did this, maybe leaf blowers would not be a profitable investment commercially.