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Rules committee directs staff to inventory San Jose public assets bearing Cesar Chavez name
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The San Jose Rules Committee voted 5-0 to send a memo to the full City Council directing staff to inventory all public assets named for Cesar Chavez and to return with a community-driven process for evaluation, with survivors centered in the approach.
The San Jose Rules Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to send to the full City Council a memo directing staff to inventory all public assets bearing the name Cesar Chavez and to develop a community-driven process to evaluate next steps.
Councilmember David Ortiz, who introduced the memo, said revelations about Chavez’s conduct were “deeply painful and disturbing,” and that survivors must be central to the city’s response. “Our responsibility is…
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