{"id":221748,"date":"2026-03-26T17:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221748\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:49:16","slug":"lake-highlands-council-member-supports-reconsideration-of-cesar-chavez-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/221748\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Highlands council member supports reconsideration of Cesar Chavez Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cesar.webp.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125270\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cesar.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1174\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-125270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography by Michael Minasi, courtesy of KUT News.<\/p>\n<p>District 9 Councilwoman Paula Blackmon joined several colleagues in signing a memorandum asking the City Council to reconsider the designation of March 31 as Cesar Chavez\/Dolores Huerta Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The memo, addressed to Mayor Eric Johnson, comes after recent sexual assault allegations involving Chavez.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blackmon and the co-signers are requesting that the city remove Chavez\u2019s name from the calendar beginning in 2026, while continuing to honor Dolores Huerta for her contributions to farmworker rights and the labor movement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The council originally approved the joint designation in 2021 to recognize both leaders\u2019 legacy. Since then, March 31 has served as a day of reflection on their advocacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition to removing Chavez\u2019s name, the proposal suggests creating \u201cDolores Huerta Day\u201d on April 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also calls for the revision of Section 34-25 (a)(1)(G) of the Dallas city code to remove \u201cCesar E. Chavez Day\u201d and re-establish the first Monday of September as \u201cLabor Day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The council members also recommend potentially renaming Cesar Chavez Boulevard.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is expected to be discussed at a future City Council meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774547356_947_8ddafd819415d55fa9c7d86e7ec264373e8df34784422adeec47a828c58c2d8f.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSyra Castillo is a senior at Southern Methodist University. She is a freelancer for the Advocate and will transition to the Lake Highlands editor position after she graduates.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photography by Michael Minasi, courtesy of KUT News. District 9 Councilwoman Paula Blackmon joined several colleagues in signing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-221748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221748","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=221748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}