{"id":228593,"date":"2026-03-20T14:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228593\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:14:36","slug":"new-york-times-report-prompts-calls-to-rename-cesar-chavez-day-amid-abuse-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228593\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Times report prompts calls to rename Cesar Chavez Day amid abuse allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif (KBAK\/KBFX) A New York Times report alleging sexual abuse by late labor leader Cesar Chavez is prompting swift reaction across California and the nation, including a push at the state Capitol to rename the holiday that bears his name.<\/p>\n<p>California lawmakers have introduced legislation to change Cesar Chavez Day to Farm Worker Day. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New York Times report prompts calls to rename Cesar Chavez Day amid abuse allegations{ }(AP Photo\/Paul Sakuma, File)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/02e7eeb3-d510-403e-b0f1-22b7becf3bc8-AP26077787395537.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New York Times report prompts calls to rename Cesar Chavez Day amid abuse allegations{ }(AP Photo\/Paul Sakuma, File)<\/p>\n<p>Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said, \u201cThat is why I\u2019ll be working with Senate Pro Tem to be introducing legislation to rename Cesar Day to Farm Worker Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he supports the effort. \u201cI&#8217;m certainly supportive of the direction that many are promoting including members of the legislature and I look forward to moving that along in an expeditious way,\u201d Newsom said.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters say the proposal is bipartisan. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New York Times report prompts calls to rename Cesar Chavez Day amid abuse allegations{ }(AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/281bf34e-02f7-4e53-a1bc-425772c83638-AP26077790983114.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>New York Times report prompts calls to rename Cesar Chavez Day amid abuse allegations{ }(AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/p>\n<p>Assemblywoman Alexandra Macedo, a Republican from Tulare, said, \u201cThis is bipartisan, this is the right thing to do the legislation that we are all in agreement on is striking that the state holiday will be referred to as Cesar Chavez and it will be referred to as Farm Workers Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macedo said the change would shift the holiday\u2019s focus from one person to farmworkers. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{ }New York Times report prompts calls to rename Cesar Chavez Day amid abuse allegations (AP Photo\/Paul Sakuma, File)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774016076_7_4f6e32d7-0f0f-4e70-9f2d-537a5005c009-AP26077769057397.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>{ }New York Times report prompts calls to rename Cesar Chavez Day amid abuse allegations (AP Photo\/Paul Sakuma, File)<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe feed and clothe not just California, not just the United States, the entire world and its time that we honor that. So, this is truly exciting for all of us but particularly those in the Central Valley that see this day in and day out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif (KBAK\/KBFX) A New York Times report alleging sexual abuse by late labor leader Cesar Chavez is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-228593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}