WASHINGTON _ After years of advocating from California lawmakers, President Barack Obama on Thursday expanded the California Coastal National Monument.
The California Coastal National Monument, which runs along the entire California coast, was expanded by 6,230 acres and includes protection of these new sites: Piedras Blancas Outstanding Natural Area in San Luis Obispo County; Cotoni-Coast Dairies in Santa Cruz County; Lost Coast Headlands, Lighthouse Ranch and Trinidad Head in Humboldt County; and Orange County Rocks off the coast of Southern California.
Retired Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., retired Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., Reps. Anna Eshoo D-Calif., Jared Huffman, D-Calif., and other members of the California congressional delegation have pushed for years to protect the sites.
Originally designated by President Bill Clinton in 2000, the site has already been expanded by Obama once, when he added Point Arena-Stornetta in Mendocino County in 2014.
