Kevin Hart, Dwayne Johnson, Gabrielle Union And Other Celebs Accused Of Violating California Drought Rules
A list accusing about 2,000 Los Angeles residents of using excessive amounts of water amid an ongoing drought has been released, and it includes a bunch of celebrity names.
Documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times from the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District reveal that the residents, including Kevin Hart, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Dwyane Wade and Kim and Kourtney Kardashian, were issued “notices of exceedance” stating they surpassed 150 percent of their monthly water budget at last four times since the district issued the new rules to combat the drought at the end of last year.
Those notices were sent to the residents in May and June. The records showed that Hart was about 519 percent over budget, while Wade and wife, Gabrielle Union, exceeded their water budget by 1,400 percent in June.
According to Drought.gov, nearly 97 percent of L.A. is in a state of “severe drought” with 2022 being deemed the fourth driest year in the last 128 years and the first four months being the driest ever recorded.
"People listen to you, people look at you, people value what you do," Mike McNutt, a spokesperson for Las Virgenes, told the Times. "We need you to step up to the plate, to be examples and to be leaders so that other people will follow."
Newsweek reports that Wade and Union released a statement saying they were "doing everything we can to rectify the situation and will continue to go to extensive lengths to resolve the issue."
