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Six months after allegations of sexual assault against the late civil rights leader were made public, the city of Sacramento announced its recommendation to rename the plaza formerly named after Cesar Chavez.
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Union Plaza was the top choice of more than 2,600 residents surveyed earlier this year. The Parks and Community Enrichment Commission will consider the recommendation at its Oct. 1 meeting. If approved it will advance to the city council for final consideration.
“Renaming a public space with this much history deserves a thoughtful and transparent process,” said Mayor Kevin McCarty. “This park has long stood as an emblem of the laborers and organizers who built Sacramento. Union Plaza recognizes the park as a place where Sacramentans have come together for generations and will gather for years to come.”
The second-most supported name in the survey was Dolores Huerta Park, named after the 96-year-old labor and feminist activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association alongside Chavez in 1966.
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Earlier this year Chavez was accused of raping Huerta and sexually abusing children in a New York Times report. The investigation spawned a nationwide reckoning with the legacy of the deceased labor organizer who had become an icon of Chicano rights.
Other commonly suggested names included Farmworker Plaza, People Plaza, Plaza Park and Nisenan Plaza, according to the city. The park was historically called City Plaza and Plaza Park before it was renamed after Chavez in the 1990s.
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