Move Over, Miss Swift! Celebs accused of drought violations in California

[backwardsjoker]

Among the addresses that received "notices of exceedance" was an $18 million Hidden Hills property, which exceeded its allocated water budget in June by more than 1,400% - or 90,000 gallons.https://t.co/qqmRahxsH9
- Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 22, 2022

As with much of the world, California is currently experiencing one of the worst water

Comments

[chll51]

F-ck em all. Omg California is literally on fire and is drying up and people literally don't care. I was driving on the 37 and the dry wetland was sooo effing sad. Ugh.

[trekkiepetrelli]

instead of being fined they should just be cut off lmao then they can't break the rules any more lmao

[xdecadentx]

I was gonna say, that's the way to stop them.

[libre_m]

Exactly - they should have had their water restricted AGES ago.

[sisterruth]

Ugh, this is insanely gross. Also, please ban golf courses (or their water usage).

[chll51]

Omg yes. They waste so much water.

[maeir]

but especially in places like arizona and new mexico! California isn't the only problem state for water usage!

[pumkinbutter]

Golf courses in AZ use more water than anywhere else in the US.

https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/phoenix-golf-courses-use-more-water-than-anywhere-else-in-us

[sandstorm]

“ Kevin Hart's 26-acre property, that exceeded 519% or 117,000 gallons”

Why does he need that much water. Won’t a kiddie pool be enough for him?

[fauxkaren]

They probably have full lawns which requires a lot of water.

[sandstorm]

His lawn can be a little crunchy if he hangs out in a goldfish bowl.

[sweetwaterlane]

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[a_files06]

Are they running water parks in their backyards? Lord, what don't celebs abuse?

[odetothefool]

the grass must be looking green so us poor know it's greener on the other side!

[fauxkaren]

These rich folks have the money. They can hire the best landscapers to create some beautiful drought resistant landscaping.

My fam hasn't watered our lawn in YEARS. lmao. It's super dried up and not curb appealing and my parents want to put in the drought resistant landscaping but it is $$$ to get the nicer looking stuff and to pay someone to design and install it. ANYWAY, that is not a barrier to these rich people!

Stop wasting our water!!

[myrasis]

get some cardboard for free from a store and use it to kill your grass if it's not already dead, you can get free truck-loads of woodchips from Chipdrop if it's in your area to spread on the cardboard and use as mulch to keep things from drying out and killing weeds. buy some drought-tolerant native grasses and wildflowers (or moss, or clover, there are so many kinds of ground cover), reducing the amount of maintenance and giving the pollinators something to eat.

free yourself from Big Lawn Care!!!

[itsme_eloise]

I LOVE clover and wish municipalities would use it everywhere they have grass installed.

[winx]

Pull up, clover hive!
It makes your garden look like a fairytale, the bees love it and it’s hardy as fuck, what’s not to love