Brief

Councilmembers Hernandez, Jurado, Padilla, and Rodriguez moved to rename city-owned managed assets, facilities, and projects in recognition of Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers movement, and the Filipino American labor community. Council adopted the motion 14-0-1 on March 27, 2026. The Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department subsequently submitted implementation documents in September 2026, now pending review in the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee.

Full summary

In March 2026, Councilmembers Eunisses Hernandez, Ysabel Jurado, Imelda Padilla, and Monica Rodriguez moved to rename city-owned assets, facilities, and projects to honor Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers movement, and the Filipino American labor community. Council advanced the motion quickly: the Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee waived consideration on March 25, and the full Council voted 14-0-1 to adopt it on March 27. No specific assets were renamed by the motion itself; instead, it directed the Chief Legislative Analyst, with help from the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department, to develop a community-informed process for identifying and evaluating renaming candidates. In September 2026, the LA Civil Rights Department delivered its recommended framework to Council. The department proposes a four-phase process: convening a 12-to-15-member Farmworker Movement Advisory Committee drawn from farmworker families, Filipino American and Latino community organizations, historians, neighborhood groups, and directly affected property owners and businesses; conducting a 60-to-90-day multilingual public engagement campaign with listening sessions, digital and physical surveys in Spanish and Tagalog, and place-based outreach in Historic Filipinotown, Boyle Heights, East LA, Downtown LA, Chinatown, and the Northeast San Fernando Valley; applying a published set of values-based renaming criteria covering historical accuracy, collective representation, hyper-local relevance, community support, inclusivity, and practical considerations; and finally transmitting a joint report to Council with recommendations for final action. The department explicitly states that no replacement name is predetermined, and that illustrative examples mentioned during the process, including names honoring Larry Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and concepts like Filipino American Labor Way or The Delano Strikers, are not recommendations. The Chief Legislative Analyst is separately developing an inventory of all city assets currently bearing the Cesar Chavez name, which will define the scope of the renaming effort and shape how outreach is tailored by geography. The Department of Neighborhood Empowerment is also assigned a supporting role, coordinating with neighborhood councils in affected areas. Advisory committee members will be selected and approved by City Council members. As of mid-September 2026, the Civil Rights Department's framework report has been referred to the Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee, where Council consideration of the proposed process is pending.

Activity (7)

• 2026-09-10 Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department document(s) referred to Civil Rights, Immigration, Social Services and Neighborhoods Committee.
• 2026-09-04 Document submitted by Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department, dated September 4, 2026.
• 2026-03-31 Council action final.
• 2026-03-27 Council adopted item forthwith.
• 2026-03-26 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on March 27, 2026.
• 2026-03-25 Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee waived consideration of item .
• 2026-03-24 Motion referred to Civil Rights, Equity, Immigration, Aging, and Disability Committee.

Documents (6)

• 2026-09-04 Report from Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department · report
• 2026-06-17 Communication(s) from Public · communication
• 2026-06-15 Communication(s) from Public · communication
• 2026-03-31 Council Action · council_action
• 2026-03-27 Speaker Card(s) · speaker_card
• 2026-03-24 Motion · motion

Council votes (1)

• 2026-03-27 Adopted Forthwith — 14-0-1 · Regular