California's two senators have introduced a proposal that would rename a visitors' center at Joshua Tree National Park to honor the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein .The legislation by Sen. Alex Padilla and Sen. Laphonza Butler is being heard Wednesday in a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. If approved, the Cottonwood Visitors Center near Interstate 10 would bear Feinstein's name.
Dianne Feinstein and her legacy'Thirty years after the enactment of Senator Feinstein's landmark California Desert Protection Act, which created Joshua Tree National Park, I can think of no better way to honor her legacy than by ensuring that the Park's visitors are reminded of Senator Feinstein's enduring public lands legacy,' Padilla said.
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