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Fresno council votes to start process to remove Cesar Chavez Boulevard signs after allegations
Summary
After recent reporting and survivor accounts, the council on March 19 approved a motion to begin the formal process to remove "Caesar Chavez Boulevard" signs and restore the roads'9 original names (Kings Canyon, Ventura and California). The council directed staff to begin required public notices and hearings; the measure passed 7-0.
Fresno'9s City Council voted unanimously on March 19 to begin the formal process to remove street signs that currently read "Caesar Chavez Boulevard" and to restore the original names Kings Canyon, Ventura and California for the affected corridors.
Council members said they took the step after recent reporting and survivor accounts that portrayed Cesar Chavez, the late labor leader, as the subject of serious allegations. Council Member Perea, a co-sponsor of the action, said the vote was intended to center survivors and to begin a transparent process rather than to erase the contributions of farm workers. Perea said the council stands…
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