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Committee advances resolution to rename Phelan Avenue to Frida Kahlo Way after heated public debate
Summary
After a lengthy public-comment period with residents divided, the Land Use Committee voted without objection to forward Supervisor Norman Yee’s resolution to rename Phelan Avenue (between Flood and Ocean) as Frida Kahlo Way, citing James D. Phelan’s racist policies and City College ties to Kahlo/Rivera mural work.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted June 11 to forward to the full Board of Supervisors a resolution authored by Supervisor Norman Yee to rename Phelan Avenue (between Flood Avenue and Ocean Avenue) to Frida Kahlo Way.
Yee framed the proposal as an effort to correct an historical honor that conflicts with San Francisco's values of inclusion. Yee and supporters pointed to statements and legislative history tying James D. Phelan (mayor and later U.S. senator) to the Chinese Exclusion Act era and other exclusionary policies, arguing that the city should not reverence that…
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