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.
The memo, addressed to Mayor Eric Johnson, comes after recent sexual assault allegations involving Chavez.
Blackmon and the co-signers are requesting that the city remove Chavez’s name from the calendar beginning in 2026, while continuing to honor Dolores Huerta for her contributions to farmworker rights and the labor movement…