The Power of One: Ballona Lagoon and Iylene Weiss

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.

"Tell me, 'No, it can't be done,' and that really gets me going." - Iylene Weiss, environmental activist/preservationist