Best grass to plant. Low maintence, hard to kill, Northen CA.?

Question

I'm great at fixing things, but I tend to lack the ability to grow things very well.

I have a patch of dirt on the side of my house that gets daily foot traffic from kids and dogs. Fifteen feet wide, and fourty feet long.

I don't want or need a nice lawn as it's not a play area. I just want to cover it with something durrable that's green with minimal stickers in it, and fairly easy to maintain.

Sun, and shade mix. I was thinking about bermuda grass.
Your ideas?

Answer 1

(I'm not sure if this would grow well in California since it is often found from Texas to Montana but it might be worth looking into)

Buffalo Grass~Buffalo grass is a low growing, commonly only 8 to 10 inches high, warm season perennial grass. Individual leaf blades may reach 10 to 12 inches in length, but they fall over and give the turf a short appearance.

Answer 2

if i was in your situtation i would give up on grass and cover it with a ground cover like differnt low growing plants.