Rancho Santa Fe is Special

Rich Californians balk at limits: ‘We’re not all equal when it comes to water’.  (Washington Post, 6/13/2015)

So far, the community’s 3,100 residents have not felt the wrath of the water police. Authorities have issued only three citations for violations of a first round of rather mild water restrictions announced last fall. In a place where the median income is $189,000, where PGA legend Phil Mickelson once requested a separate water meter for his chipping greens, where financier Ralph Whitworth last month paid the Rolling Stones $2 million to play at a local bar, the fine, at $100, was less than intimidating.

All that is about to change, however.

But not without much grousing, to be sure.

Per capita use of water by Rancho Santa Fe residents is 5 times the state average.


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