California Weighs Renaming Parks, Streets After Cesar Chavez Amid Abuse Allegations

“I am deeply saddened for the victims of Cesar Chavez who have had to carry this secret for decades while every year people celebrate, march, and dedicate a holiday in his name,” Grove said in a statement on social media. “I hope that people reconsider celebrating Cesar Chavez Day and instead celebrate our incredible farm workers who feed and fuel our nation with Farm Worker Day.”

The California Newsroom has compiled a non-exhaustive list of the parks, libraries, schools, monuments and streets named after Chavez.

Schools

Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Calexico

Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Coachella

Cesar Chavez Academy, Corona

César Chávez Elementary School, Davis

Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Madera

Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School, Bell Gardens

César E. Chávez Elementary School, Sacramento

César Chávez Elementary School, San Francisco

Cesar Chavez Elementary School in El Sereno, California. (Fiona Ng/LAist)

César Chávez Early Learning Center, San José

Cesar Chavez School, Oxnard

Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Greenfield

Cesar Chavez Elementary School, Norwalk

César Chávez Elementary School, San Diego

César E. Chávez Elementary School, Salinas

Cesar E. Chavez Middle School, San Bernardino

Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School, East Palo Alto

Cesar E Chavez Middle School, Planada

Cesar Chavez Middle School, Hayward

Cesar Chavez Middle School, Union City

A Cesar Chavez mural at Jerome Park in Santa Ana, California. (Destiny Torres/LAist)

Cesar Chavez Middle School, Lynwood

César Chávez Middle School, Oceanside

Cesar E. Chavez Middle School, Watsonville

Cesar Chavez Junior High, Ceres

Cesar E. Chavez High School, Delano

Cesar E Chavez Learning Academies, San Fernando

César E. Chávez High School, Santa Ana

Cesar Chavez High School, Stockton

Cesar Chavez Community School, Woodland

Cesar Chavez Continuation High School, Compton

César Chávez Campus of the Fresno Adult School, Fresno

University buildings

César E. Chávez Student Center at UC Berkeley, Berkeley

César E. Chávez Student Services Center at Southwestern College, Chula Vista

César E. Chávez Library at San José City College, San José

A statue of Cesar Chavez on Fresno State University’s campus is covered with black plastic and duct tape on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Samantha Rangel/KVPR)

César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCLA, Los Angeles

Cesar Chavez Student Center at San Francisco State University, San Francisco

César Chávez Building at Santa Ana College, Santa Ana

César E. Chávez Campus at San Diego College of Continuing Education, San Diego

Parks

Cesar Chavez Plaza, Sacramento

Plaza de César Chávez, San José

César Chávez Park, Berkeley

César Chávez Park, San Diego

Cesar Chavez Park, Oakland

Cesar Chavez Campesino Park in Santa Ana, California. (Destiny Torres/LAist)

César E. Chavez Park, Modesto

César E. Chávez Park, Colton

Cesar E. Chavez Park, Long Beach

Cesar Chavez Park, Delano

Cesar Chavez Park, Soledad

César Chávez Community Center, San Diego

César Chávez Center, Riverside

Libraries

César E. Chávez Branch Library, Oakland

Cesar Chavez Central Library, Stockton

Farm labor leader Cesar Chavez pickets outside the San Diego-area headquarters of Safeway markets. It was in protest over the arrest of 29 persons at a Delano, California, Safeway. (Getty Images)