LOS ANGELES (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will establish two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes. It’s part of his efforts to conserve at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 through his “America the Beautiful” initiative. Proclamations set to be signed on Tuesday will create the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park and the Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California. The declarations bar drilling and mining and other development on the two locations. Biden is set to visit Los Angeles and California’s Eastern Coachella Valley on Tuesday before returning to the White House.
