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San Diego council renames Cesar Chavez Day to 'Farm Workers Day' and renames Cesar E. Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard
Summary
On April 21, 2026 the San Diego City Council unanimously approved ordinances to rename March 31 from Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Workers Day and to change Cesar E. Chavez Parkway to Chicano Park Boulevard after presentations from the mayor’s office and broad community support from Barrio Logan and Chicano Park leaders.
San Diego City Council voted unanimously on April 21 to strip Cesar Chavez’s name from a city holiday and a downtown corridor and replace them with titles that city leaders and community members said center farm workers and local Chicano history.
The council adopted an ordinance to amend San Diego Municipal Code section 21.0104 to declare March 31 as Farm Workers Day rather than Cesar Chavez Day, and approved a separate ordinance to rename the 0.8-mile Cesar E. Chavez Parkway as Chicano Park Boulevard. The mayor’s office presented both items, saying the actions align local policy with recent state legislation and with community requests.
Lucero Maganda, deputy director of community engagement in the mayor’s office, told…
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