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Committee backs renaming 1500 block of Grove Street for Aubrey Abarcasa Jr.
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve designating the 1500 block of Grove Street as Aubrey Abarcasa Jr. Street to honor a 17-year-old murdered in 2006 and to call attention to gun-violence prevention.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Sept. 9 unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a commemorative renaming of the 1500 block of Grove Street to honor Aubrey Abarcasa Jr., a 17-year-old who was fatally shot in August 2006.
Supervisor Dean Preston, who introduced the resolution, described Aubrey as a student at Raoul Wallenberg High School and a part-time coach at the Bernal Heights Recreation Center. Preston told the committee that on Aug. 14, 2006, unknown assailants fired "30…
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