Zender Estrada that shows Cesar Chavez on the wall of Maravilla Meat Market on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in East Los Angeles. Rodney Trammell waits for his turn at a barbershop on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Wednesday. Brooklyn Avenue Pizzeria on Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Boyle Heights. The idea to rename Brooklyn Avenue after Chavez was raised by Molina, just a week after his death in April 1993. Proposition 187 — dubbed the “Save Our State” initiative — would be introduced three months after the renaming of Brooklyn Avenue.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 21, 2026 16:01 UTC