PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Portland Public Works Committee is set to discuss renaming Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard this week.
On Tuesday, the Public Works Committee is slated to discuss exempting requirements of City Code Chapter 17.93 in order to rename the street to Campesinos Boulevard within Portland city limits.
According to the ordinance, submitted by Councilor Loretta Smith, the new name is “to recognize and honor the broader legacy of farmworkers, immigrants, Latinx labor leaders, and the collective labor movement known as la causa.”
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City code states that a street may only be named for a prominent person who has had a significant contribution to the U.S. or to the local community; is a real person; and is a person who has been deceased for at least five years…