Rep. Chu and Senator Padilla Urge President Biden to Expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
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This map showcases both the existing national monument areas and the newly proposed ones. These areas are of great significance due to their natural beauty, cultural heritage, and ecological importance.
![LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger with (from left) Steve Messer, Sandra Cattell, Juana Torres, John Monsen, and Daniel Rossman. Photo credit: Morgan Goodwin.](/sites/angeles.sierraclub.org/files/IMG_9980%20final-01.jpeg)
![Alex Padilla speaking at the San Gabriels Event. On left, Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of CA Natural Resources Agency, and Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo. Photo Credit: Morgan Goodwin.](/sites/angeles.sierraclub.org/files/1689045471412blob.jpg)
![Congress member Chu with Jenny Binstock, Juana Torres, and John Monsen (left to right).](/sites/angeles.sierraclub.org/files/thumbnail%20%281%29.jpg)
Congress member Chu with Jenny Binstock, Juana Torres, and John Monsen (left to right) by John Monsen
John Monsen is a member of the Angeles Chapter Executive Committee and he was co-founder of the Angeles Chapter Forest Committee 22 years ago. He was awarded the Sierra Club California Award for Public Lands Activism in 2022. He has been a leader in 25 environmental and equity campaigns over the last two decades, from taking on the desert-damaging Cadiz water mining project to helping to establish the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
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