{"id":394141,"date":"2026-07-31T23:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394141\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T23:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T23:56:10","slug":"city-of-austin-seeks-public-input-on-possible-cesar-chavez-street-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394141\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Austin seeks public input on possible C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Street name change"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The City of Austin is asking residents to weigh in on whether C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Street should be renamed<\/a> following sexual abuse allegations against the late labor leader earlier this year.<\/p>\n

City officials announced that they will host three community meetings and launch an online survey<\/a> to gather feedback before presenting the results to the Austin City Council.<\/p>\n

RELATED| UT-Austin removes Cesar Chavez statue after sexual misconduct allegations<\/a><\/p>\n

Residents are being asked two questions:<\/p>\n

Should the city rename C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Street?If so, what name should replace it?<\/p>\n

The discussion comes after several City Council members called for a potential name change following the release of sexual abuse allegations against C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez in March 2026.<\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Street has been part of Austin’s history since the city’s founding in 1839. Originally known as Water Avenue and later as First Street, it was renamed in 1993 to honor Ch\u00e1vez and to recognize Austin’s Mexican-American, Chicano, and Latino communities and their ties to the farmworker movement and civil rights.<\/p>\n

The city will hold public meetings on:<\/p>\n

Aug. 11 at the Austin Central LibraryAug. 15 at Sanchez Elementary SchoolAug. 18 via Zoom<\/a><\/p>\n

Those unable to attend can submit feedback through the city’s online survey<\/a>. Officials said community input will be shared with the City Council to help guide any future decision on the street’s name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 The City of Austin is asking residents to weigh in on whether C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Street…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-394141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394141","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=394141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}