An algae bloom devastated sea mammals last year. L.A. wants to improve its rescue efforts

"It was a really tragic thing to see," said Councilmember Traci Park

"I want to make sure that we have the essential resources that we are going to need when this happens again."

The bloom consisted of an overgrowth of pseudo-nitzschia marine algae, which produces the neurotoxin domoic acid.

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