Gov. Brown just ordered a 25% mandatory reduction in water usage

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14. How about reining in the very, very wealthy - the true waterhogs of California?

[font color="black" size="8" face="face"]Meet California's Biggest Water Hogs[/font]


New data shows residents of some wealthy Southern California cities use more than 10 times as much water per day as their northern counterparts.

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Who are the biggest water consumers? From September to October, residents of Rancho Santa Fe, a San Diego County enclave often listed as one of the nation’s richest zip codes, used 584.4 gallons of water per person. Per day.

San Franciscans, on the other hand, consumed a scant 45.7 gallons of water per techie daily, the lowest rate in the state, according to the data.

That means although the Rancho Santa Fe area water district only has 2.3 percent of the population of San Francisco, its customers use the equivalent of 22 percent of the water delivered to the Bay Area metropolis.

Los Angeles residents consumed 92.8 gallons per person a day, for those of you keeping score in the perpetual L.A.–San Francisco rivalry.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/11/04/meet-californias-biggest-water-hogs

I'd be more inclined to believe Gov. Brown's seriousness regarding California's drought if he would include in his order that the California elite drop their water usage as a rule, and not tie that into "higher rates" - which they can easily afford while the vast majority of Californians cannot.