Ideas for Cesar E. Chavez Park’s new name have been narrowed down to three options: Fourth Street Park, Sí Se Puede Park and Farmworkers Park.
Modesto’s Culture Commission unanimously approved on Wednesday to recommend these suggestions to the City Council for consideration. The council will deliberate and decide on the new name at a future council meeting.
Efforts to rename the park were prompted by a years-long New York Times investigation that accused Chavez of sexually abusing children and raping his United Farm Workers co-founder and civil rights icon, Dolores Huerta…