# Abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555 "2026-03-18T18:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/165 "2026-09-03T07:31:20Z")
UPDATE: Cesar Chavez Park in Seattle is now Parque Libertad. > **[Seattle Parks and Recreation Completes Renaming Process for Park in South...](https://parkways.seattle.gov/2026/09/02/seattle-parks-and-recreation-completes-renaming-process-for-park-in-south-park-neighborhood/)** > > Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) has approved a new name for the park located at 700 S Cloverdale St. in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood. The park, formerly known as César Chávez Park, will now be named Parque Libertad.  SPR began the renaming... ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/166 "2026-09-09T23:20:31Z")
After a city council vote today, César E. Chávez Boulevard in Portland (OR) will be renamed Campesinos Boulevard, which means farmworkers in Spanish. I like that it still honors the Latino laborers without the risk of naming it after a person. [https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/09/portland-renames-cesar-e-chavez-boulevard-for-all-farmworkers.html](https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2026/09/portland-renames-cesar-e-chavez-boulevard-for-all-farmworkers.html) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/167 "2026-09-09T23:33:23Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/168 "2026-09-10T01:29:03Z")
I agree with this move. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/169 "2026-09-10T02:19:28Z")
I can’t read more than the first couple of paragraphs without a subscription, so I don’t know if the article addressed this, but renaming a street introduces some additional complications that you don’t get when you rename something like a park. The biggest one, IMO, is that all the homes and businesses on that street all have a new address all of a sudden. I hope the Post Office will continue delivering mail addressed to “123 César E. Chávez Boulevard” or whatever in case some senders don’t get the memo that the name changed, at least for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/170 "2026-09-10T02:28:45Z")
Meanwhile San Francisco still has not made any visible moves to change the name of our Cesar Chavez Street. The Mayor started a group to decide on a new name, and of course the budget will have additional expense of new street signs all along the 3-mile length. They only started in May, and knowing the sludge that passes for activity in our city government, I’m not expecting anything soon. I believe I’ll be writing to the Mayor to suggest Portland’s choice as equally apt for our fair city. @WildaBeast, I’m not worried about USPS being able to deliver mail, they have a protocol for street name changes, and they had no problem when our Army Street was changed to Cesar Chavez Street in 1995. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/171 "2026-09-10T03:17:20Z")
Unfortunately, we went through it in 2009 when it changed from 39th Ave, so residents, businesses, and the Post Office already have experience dealing with it. It’s a brief pain for those involved, but the post office will manage no problem. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/172 "2026-09-10T05:48:29Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I hope the Post Office will continue delivering mail addressed to “123 César E. Chávez Boulevard” or whatever in case some senders don’t get the memo that the name changed, at least for a while Pretty much any street named after Chavez was done relatively recently and changed from something else. Similarly for streets named after MLK which of course won’t be changed. They have done it before and it’s not that big a deal. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/173 "2026-09-10T15:15:07Z")
Mail addressed with Zip+4 will autosort to the right delivery route no matter what, but yes otherwise USPS and the other carriers deal with that multiple times a year in multiple locations. The mapping/driving directions apps can have it done in a couple days if they so choose. > [@TroutMan](#): > > Campesinos Boulevard, which means farmworkers in Spanish. Literally “country people” (“country” as in “rural”). ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/174 "2026-09-30T18:36:53Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > I’m holding out hope for Calle Dolores Huerta, especially after they shot down changing the name of San Andres street for her a couple years ago. > > We finally got rid of Indio Muerto, we can do it again! It will be renamed (in Santa Barbara) Limuw Street. Limuw is the Chumash name for Santa Cruz Island. > **[Santa Barbara to Rename Calle Cesar Chavez to Limuw Street to Honor Chumash](https://www.independent.com/2026/09/30/santa-barbara-to-rename-calle-cesar-chavez-to-limuw-street-to-honor-chumash/)** > > City Council voted 6-1 in support of renaming the street to Limuw Street, the original Chumash name for Santa Cruz Island. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/175 "2026-09-30T19:31:56Z")
Since California still has Farmworkers’ Day on March 31st, has anybody proposed changing the date? The only reason it’s March 31st is that it’s César Chávez’s birthday (its former name). I think moving it to the Friday just before Labor Day would be a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/176 "2026-09-30T20:41:19Z")
Outstanding! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/177 "2026-10-22T06:52:59Z")
San Francisco seems to be looking to go with [Las Campesinas](https://missionlocal.org/2026/10/san-francisco-cesar-chavez-street-las-campesinas-renaming/) which seems fitting. Though apparently it is already getting some pushback from residents who think it is too long or potentially confusing to spell in relation to addressing snail mail and whatnot. Though considering SF already has streets with names like ‘Juan Baptista Circle’ I think that’s a weak argument. Some seem to want to revert to ‘Army’ (how I still think of it cuz I’m old, but still not a great name), others are suggesting something shorter like ‘Dahlia’ or simpler like ‘Esperanza’. Eh, can’t please everyone. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/178 "2026-10-28T18:54:10Z")
Dolores Huerta, the hero in this story, has passed away at 96. [https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-6020543/dolores-huerta-dies](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-6020543/dolores-huerta-dies) ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/179 "2026-10-29T02:49:18Z")
I’m glad she lived to be listened to. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555/180 "2026-10-29T21:26:23Z")
Yeah, me too. I wish she felt like she could speak out sooner, but at least she got to speak out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abuse-allegations-against-cesar-chavez/1028555.md?page=8)