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Law’s Victor Flatt worries about reductions in California’s national monuments under Trump’s second term

MEDIA | January 24, 2025
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF

California's national monuments may be vulnerable to Trump again
San Francisco ChronicleVictor Flatt, the Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law and the associate director of the Burke Center for Environmental Law, warned that California’s national monuments, rich in natural resources, could face reductions under Trump’s second term. He noted past legal challenges against such actions and predicted similar battles to delay development, potentially deterring private investment.

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