City Council Approves Renaming 39th Avenue for Cesar Chavez (UPDATED with additional Council quotes)

By HANK STERN

July 08, 2009 at 4:20 am PDT

City Council just voted 5-0 this morning to rename 39th Avenue for Cesar Chavez.

question of renaming a Portland street

UPDATED

unsuccessful efforts in 2007

process

that City Council created in the aftermath of the first failed effort

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