10/29/2019
https://congress.gov...
"When we first began this process, naysayers claimed that there would be great harm to businesses in the mountains."
"The San Gabriel Mountains monument... makes nature accessible to 15 million people."
"What would you tell them about the economic benefits that public lands protections, like a national monument status could bring for businesses of all types that are located nearby?"
"I was part of a decade's long effort to get more resources to these mountains, and we were rewarded in 2014 when President Obama proclaimed it a monument."