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The Power of One: Ballona Lagoon and Iylene Weiss |
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Venice Beach, California, USA - The Ballona Lagoon is a tidal stream about 100 feet wide, flowing roughly parallel to Venice Beach, past the Silver Strand subdivision, where houses sell for upwards of $1 million.
All this could not have happened without Iylene Weiss and her small band of allies, who refused to accept what seemed inevitable and fought to save the lagoon.
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"Tell me, 'No, it can't be done,' and that really gets me going." |
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