Los Angeles officials refused to identify the homeowner who used millions of gallons of water during a single year of California’s crippling drought.
Bel Air
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How investigative reporting can lead to positive change
This past year has been an important – and wild – one for us at Reveal and The Center for Investigative Reporting. Here’s a rundown of some of the dust we’ve kicked up, the changes we’ve spurred and the conversations we’ve started in 2015.
Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought
Here’s what’s happened since we uncovered the Wet Prince of Bel Air
Since we sniffed out California’s largest known residential water user, state water agencies have been compelled to act in response to news organizations’ public records requests.
Posted inEnvironment, The Secrets of the Drought
LA City Council to Wet Prince of Bel Air: We’re coming for you
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to crack down on the area’s biggest water guzzlers, giving the city’s water agency 30 days to report back on ways to rein in excessive use.
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The hunt to find – and fine – the Wet Prince of Bel Air
Four Los Angeles city councilmen are pushing the city’s water agency to crack down on the largest guzzlers, while a volunteer “drought posse” is on the lookout for a Bel Air resident who used nearly 12 million gallons in a year.
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Secret super water users
If you didn’t know California was experiencing a historic drought, driving through the streets of Beverly Hills and Bel Air would only keep you in the dark. Some of the state’s biggest known water guzzlers live here.