The property was the headquarters of the United Farm Workers (UFW), and home to César Chávez from the early 1970s until his death in 1993.

Cesar E. Chavez National Monument was established by President Barack Obama on October 8, 2012, by proclamation under authority of the Antiquities Act.

The monument is located among the Tehachapi Mountains in Keene, California, about 32 miles (51 km) southeast of Bakersfield.

The center and members of the Chávez family donated properties of La Paz to the federal government to establish the national monument.

[5] Some of the monument's services and programs are still in development, but a visitor center and memorial garden where Chavez is buried are open to the public.