Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl (center) walks along Ballona Creek on a recent nature walk at the Ballona Wetlands. Councilmember Rosendahl is wearing a Sierra Stewards t-shirt, which is given by the Sierra Club to regular participants in various clean-up and non-native plant removal, in the Ballona region. Rosendahl is here conferring with his Environmental Deputy, Deborah Weinstein, and his new field deputy for Playa del Rey, Westchester and Playa Vista, Isaac Lieberman. photo by Marty Rubin
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