Cesar Chavez abuse allegations fuel renaming debate for Bay Area schools, cities

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- From streets to schools, parks, and libraries, the legacy of Cesar Chavez marks the Bay Area and beyond. That legacy is quickly coming undone amid allegations of sexual assault.

Those allegations are leaving questions about what happens to the dozens of institutions and landmarks named after him. There are over 60 in California alone.

Labor rights activist and United Farm Workers union co-founder Dolores Huerta says she was one of Chavez's alleged victims.

"Everything should be named for the martyrs of the Farm Workers Movement," Huerta said in an interview with Latino USA.

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In Berkeley, the conversation has begun among city councilmembers about changing the name of Cesar Chavez Park.

"I'm confident, not having spoken to all my colleagues, but I'm confident we feel similarly and will want to act pretty decisively," Berkeley Councilmember Brent Blackaby said.

In Santa Clara County, the board of supervisors is rethinking Cesar Chavez Day, and there is already a state bill in the works to change March 31 from "Cesar Chavez Day" to "Farmworker Day." Governor Gavin Newsom saying he is open to such a change.

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Here's a list of local Bay Area parks, libraries, schools and streets named after Chavez:

Parks and streets

• Plaza de César Chávez (San Jose)


• César E. Chávez Park (Oakland)


• César Chávez Park (Berkeley)


• Cesar Chavez Street (San Francisco -- formerly Army Street)

Libraries

• César E. Chávez Branch Library (Oakland)


• César Chávez Central Library (Stockton)


• Cesar Chavez Library (San Jose)

Schools

• Cesar Chavez High School (Stockton)


• César E. Chávez School for Social Change (Santa Cruz)


• César Chávez Middle School (Hayward)


• César Chávez Elementary School (Salinas)


• César Chávez Elementary School (Richmond)


• César Chávez Elementary School (San Francisco)


• César Chávez Elementary School (San Jose)


• Cesar E. Chavez Academy (East Palo Alto)


• Cesar Chavez Middle School (Union City)


• César Chávez Student Center, University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley)


• Cesar Chavez Student Center, San Francisco State University (San Francisco)


• Cesar Chavez Middle School (Watsonville)

Here is a map of all the locations of places dedicated to Cesar Chavez in California