Strict water limits - imposed as the western United States endures its 23rd successive year of drought, worsened by human-caused climate change - are in place across swathes of southern California, including the affluent neighbourhoods of Calabasas and Hidden Hills.
Celebrity reality stars Kim and Kourtney Kardashian were among repeat offenders in June, the newspaper reported, citing notices obtained via a Public Records Act request. Repeat offenders are initially fined hundreds of dollars, but deep-pocketed homeowners who are still not dissuaded can eventually have their supplies physically reduced to a trickle.
Stallone's lawyer told the Times that its report"could mischaracterise and misrepresent the situation" at a property sustaining around 500 mature trees, saying his clients had"proactively" installed a drip irrigation system and let certain lawns die.