Biden Establishes California National Monuments [Video]

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes, a person familiar with the decision said Monday.Related video above: Tribal leaders react to Biden apology for federally-run boarding school systemThe proclamation will create the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park and the Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans that were to be announced Tuesday in California.The declaration bars drilling and mining and other development on the 600,000-acre area in Southern California and roughly 200,000 acres in Northern California.The establishment of new monuments were first reported in The Washington Post. Biden, who has two weeks left in office, is in New Orleans on Monday meeting with the families of the victims in the New Year’s attack in …