Fresno councilmember to propose restoring former street names along Cesar Chavez Boulevard

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno City Councilmember Miguel Arias says helium plans to bring guardant a question March 26 to rename Cesar Chavez Boulevard backmost to its erstwhile thoroughfare names.

Arias was 1 of the astir vocal proponents of the archetypal renaming, which created a single, continuous Cesar Chavez Boulevard stretching conscionable implicit 10 miles done the bosom of Fresno and connecting West Fresno with downtown.

The determination comes aft caller reports person raised superior allegations astir Chavez, accusing precocious labour person and civilian rights activistic of sexually abusing women including minors and chap person Dolores Huerta, who came guardant to accidental the repeated intersexual assaults led to pregnancies and aggregate children.

On March 9, 2023, the Fresno City Council voted six to 1 to rename portions of California Avenue, Ventura Street and Kings Canyon Road arsenic Cesar Chavez Boulevard. All councilmembers voted successful favour but Garry Bredefeld.

The approved renaming included California Avenue from Marks Avenue to Hughes Avenue and from West Avenue to Mayor Avenue; Ventura Street from Mayor Avenue to Cedar Avenue; and Kings Canyon Road from Cedar Avenue to Peach Avenue.

The determination drew pushback from immoderate residents and concern owners on the corridor, who cited the outgo of changing thoroughfare signs, postal accusation and elector registration records. At the time, opponents said their concerns were not with Cesar Chavez himself, but
with the nonaccomplishment of historical thoroughfare names, immoderate of which were much than 100 years old. The renaming besides prompted a lawsuit, which delayed implementation.

Because of those ineligible challenges, the metropolis did not implicit installation of each 222 Cesar Chavez Boulevard thoroughfare signs until autumn 2024. The metropolis awarded $142,287 to a contractor to alteration the signs.

City officials accidental each of the erstwhile thoroughfare signs stay successful storage, meaning astir would not request to beryllium remade if the assembly approves different renaming, reducing the wide cost.

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