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In this photo taken Tuesday, March 11, 2014, Steve Upton, an inspector for the water conservation unit for the Sacramento Utilities department, climbs out of his truck to make an inspection of an alleged water waste while making his rounds in Sacramento, Calif. At least 45 water agencies throughout California have imposed mandatory restrictions on water use as their supplies run dangerously low. In the first three months of the year, Sacramento has received 3,245 water waste complaints with officials issuing 350 violations in a recent two-day sweep to catch people watering their landscaping on the wrong days.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, March 11, 2014, an informational door hanger is left by Steve Upton, an inspector for the water conservation unit for the Sacramento Utilities department, on the front door of a residence that a tipster has alleged to have been wasting water in Sacramento, Calif. At least 45 water agencies throughout California have imposed mandatory restrictions on water use as their supplies run dangerously low. In the first three months of the year, Sacramento has received 3,245 water waste complaints with officials issuing 350 violations in a recent two-day sweep to catch people watering their landscaping on the wrong days.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, March 11, 2014, Steve Upton, an inspector for the water conservation unit for the Sacramento Utilities department, checks on a leaking small valve pipe, near a commercial building, that could cause as much of 100 gallons a month to be lost, while making his rounds in Sacramento, Calif. At least 45 water agencies throughout California have imposed mandatory restrictions on water use as their supplies run dangerously low. In the first three months of the year, Sacramento has received 3,245 water waste complaints with officials issuing 350 violations in a recent two-day sweep to catch people watering their landscaping on the wrong days.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Raffa Chavez, left, and Gloria Sandoval use umbrellas during a late-season storm in Sacramento, Calif. on Friday, April 25, 2014. While bringing much needed rain and snow to California it is not expected to make much of a dent in the state's drought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ** FILE **

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State Senators Mark Wyland, R-Escondido and Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, take a break to confer outside an ethics training session at the Library and Courts building in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has ordered all state senators and top aids to a day of ethics training In the wake of criminal charges against three Democratic senators.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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State Senators Ted Gaines, R-Rocklin and Carol Liu, D-La Canada Flintridge, walk to an ethics training session at the Library and Courts building in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has ordered all state senators and top aids to a day of ethics training in the wake of criminal charges against three Democratic senators. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, left, of Diamond Bar, and Sen. Tom Berryhill, R-Twain Harte, walk to an ethics training session at the Library and Courts building in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has ordered all state senators and top aids to a day of ethics training in the wake of criminal charges against three Democratic senators. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, pauses to talk with fifth grade students from Deterding Elementary School, before he attended an ethics training session in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Steinberg ordered all state senators and top aids to a day of ethics training in the wake of criminal charges against three Democratic senators.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)