LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a warning to residents Tuesday amid a severe California drought — conserve water now or face mandatory restrictions on use in the future.

The mayor’s plea to get stingy at the faucet and with hoses comes about two weeks after the release of an unsettling tally — the year that ended in September was one of the driest on record in California, with the state getting less than 60 percent of the average precipitation.

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