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One posted sign warns potential trespassers against entering the portion of the Ballona Wetlands owned by Southern California Gas Co, stating “tampering with natural gas pipelines, valves and fittings is a felony punishable by fine and imprisonment.” A second sign warns of cancer-causing materials in the vicinity, with the multi million dollar homes of Playa del Rey visible in the background only a few hundred feet from oil storage facilities that now house natural gas reserves underground in the depleted Playa del Rey Oil Field.