Measured Approach: The City of Coachella Ponders Whether to Remove Cesar Chavez’s Name From Buildings, Memorials

Measured Approach: The City of Coachella Ponders Whether to Remove Cesar Chavez’s Name From Buildings, Memorials

Streets, schools, plaques and monuments across California bear the name of Cesar Chavez, the union leader who fought for farmworker rights during the 1960s and ’70s. In some cities—including his birthplace of Yuma, Ariz.—he is also considered a hero. Or, he was considered a hero. In the Coachella Valley, the city of Coachella honors Chavez in all of these ways, and more: It also has affordable housing complexes named after him and is home to wha…