among the 36 percenters, beverly hills. carter evans shows us how they're cracking down to drought dodgers. >> reporter: in beverly hills, where most megamansions have huge, manicured lawns, the landscape is about to change dramatically. >> a big lawn looks a little odd to us. it just seems inappropriate. >> reporter: facing down the drought, andrea spatz ripped out her lawn. her backyard grass is now replaced with less-thirsty plants. >> we're trying to lead by example. >> reporter: california's water board says beverly hills is one of the state's biggest water wasters. the city is now on notice-- cut consumption 36% by next year, or pay the price. >> the city does not comply with these cuts, that we can be find up to $10,000 a day. >> reporter: julian gold is the mayor of beverly hills. >> 50% or 60% of the water we use goes to watering grass. we can't afford that anymore. >> reporter: the city has already limited lawn watering to two days a week and is considering fining individual water wasters up to $1,000. a lot of these could aff