As residents remain split about the once revered Latino civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, the Stockton downtown library moniker will remain unchanged — though covered for now.
The Stockton City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to remove Chavez’s name from public view at the city’s central library, one which in 1994 was renamed to honor the farmworker icon tied to the Central Valley.
“It’s a tough decision,” said Councilmember Brando Villapudua, one of the council’s four members of Latino descent. “ As a Hispanic male … That was our man.”…