The Cesar Chavez Mural in Downtown Bakersfield has been defaced.
The mural at the northeast corner of 18th and L streets in Downtown Bakersfield now reads “believe survivors” in gold spray paint across the nose of Chavez.
This comes after multiple allegations of Chavez sexually assaulting young girls and Dolores Huerta during the pivotal times of the farmworker labor movement, which birthed the UFW…