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Ballona Wetlands Flood Plain: In 1952 they were really wet!

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Ballona Lower Wetlands in 1952. Notice Lincoln Blvd is a levee road surrounded on both sites by water.

When a developer uses the word "restoration" do you think they mean the wetlands state before Marina Del Rey Harbor was built in 1954?  Or does the developer mean bulldoze current animal homes, and replant a careful, artful designed and manicured modern native plant selection, and hope the animals come back?  Suitable as a tourist attraction and for hotel guests to gaze upon from their hi-rise rental rooms?

Seven Ballona Wetlands Power-Point Presentations prepared by Patrica McPherson, President of Grassroots Coalition

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About Patricia McPherson. In 1989 Patrica started the Wetlands Committee for Sierra Club, Los Angeles Chapter. It focused on acquisition and preservation of the Ballona Wetlands. (In 2003-4 the wetlands were successfully purchased with public funding.) In 1993 she founded Grassroots Coalition (GR).

Marina del Rey, CA: Fisherman's Village - NOW

CREATE A FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE RECREATION AND VIEWING AREA - OPPOSE Over-Development

FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE COMMENTS taken from the web:

Why can't we spruce up the existing buildings in Fisherman's Village and focus on a view of the Ballona Wetlands on the other side of Fiji? Don't we have enough commercial? I'd rather see herons! Anonymous

I just went there with my kids for the first time in like 20 years, and I was amazed at how unchanged it was. I rather liked it, frankly. These renderings look like nothing but a big array of parking structures." Anonymous

NO MORE OVER-DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIOUS RECREATION AND HABITAT AREAS like The Shores

Marina Del Rey city public park land leased by the County of LA to a private developer for The Shores a 5 Storey Hi-Rise Residential Building painted with high visibility Blue.

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