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California drought restrictions breed enforcement. Will it be even?


California drought restrictions breed enforcement. Will it be even?

Water authorities have been installing flow restrictors on the homes of the region’s wealthiest residents for using too much water

From working-class neighborhoods to the celebrity haunts of Malibu, residents in the Los Angeles area have been getting visits from what is essentially the water police as California remains in a near constant state of drought.

Six million Southern California residents are under the toughest water restrictions in the nation. And because of the patchwork of different agencies overseeing different areas, that means different rules for everyone, sometimes even neighbors who live across the street from each other.



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