{"id":217219,"date":"2026-03-23T22:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217219\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:56:11","slug":"san-antonio-launches-survey-to-rename-cesar-e-chavez-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217219\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio launches survey to rename C\u00e9sar E. Ch\u00e1vez Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Following the publication of an intensive investigation from the New York Times and allegations against C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez, the City of San Antonio is now soliciting feedback to rename the boulevard named for the late labor leader.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on Monday, the city wants to hear from as many residents as possible, especially from those who live along C\u00e9sar E. Ch\u00e1vez Boulevard, located between Southwest 36th St. and South Hackberry St.<\/p>\n

Beginning today, residents can participate and share their ideas about the name of the downtown street.<\/p>\n

The survey can be found here<\/a> and requires less than a minute to complete. The survey is available in English and Spanish and will be open until April 2.<\/p>\n

The statement also indicated that the city would consider changing a street name only for \u201csignificant reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The street was initially designated on the first city plat in 1852 as South Fifth. The name was later changed to Durango in the 1880s before the name was changed once more in honor of Ch\u00e1vez in 2011.<\/p>\n

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Plaque hangs over the San Pedro Creek on Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard<\/p>\n

Participants who complete the survey should consider that a new name should \u201cfit the neighborhood and connect the community\u201d with the following guidelines in mind:<\/p>\n

History and Character: Reflecting local stories, important events, or geography.\u00a0Honoring Legacies: Recognizing national, state, or local leaders and public figures.\u00a0Core Values: Representing principles such as unity or equality.\u00a0Practical Improvements: Fixing spelling mistakes, matching city directions (North, South, East, West), or preventing confusion with similar-sounding streets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city will also be hosting public community meetings on dates and at locations that will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo was the first to file a request with the city manager to begin the process of potentially removing Cesar Chavez\u2019s name from city recognition.<\/p>\n

The City of San Antonio will no longer observe the C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez holiday on March 31. Instead, offices will be closed on Friday, April 3, as a \u201cCity Holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the bombshell news reported last week about allegations that Ch\u00e1vez assaulted and raped young girls and women \u2014 including Dolores Huerta \u2014marches and festivals have also been canceled.<\/p>\n

In San Antonio, the C\u00e9sar E. Ch\u00e1vez Legacy & Educational Foundation announced it would be shutting down all operations. <\/p>\n

The foundation \u2014 which organizes the city’s annual C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez March \u2014 said the decision reflects its obligation to uphold values that has guided work for over 30 years.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, March 18, Governor Greg Abbott announced that the State of Texas will no longer observe the holiday that honors Ch\u00e1vez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio’s newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-217219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-san-antonio","9":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","10":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}