Railyards Public Financing Authority - Regular Meeting

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

The Railyards Public Financing Authority meeting on June 9, 2026, included a discussion on the practice of naming public spaces after individuals, with a commissioner suggesting naming them after movements or the people instead. Public comment also touched on historical movements and figures.

About this meeting

Government Body
Railyards Public Financing Authority
Meeting Type
Railyards Public Financing Authority
Location
Sacramento, CA
Meeting Date
June 9, 2026

Transcript

4 sections

0:00Speaker 3

that have happened. And so I do think we can learn a lot and urge all of you to kind of help us do that research.

0:06 – 0:54Speaker 2

I like dialogues like this because it's important to hear where everybody stands. I also think it's a really important learning point for the city. Stop naming people, stop naming things after people because no one is perfect and somebody's going to find something in someone. There's so many statues that we've seen across the country that have been removed because we're raising these people so high. Instead of naming them after one person, give it to the people. Name it after the people. Name it after the movement. Name it after not one person because that seems to be the theme. Nobody went without hurting somebody. Yeah. Any other comments? Any public comments? Did we go through those public comments? Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you, Donald.

0:54Speaker 1

Yes, we do have a public comment. Thank you, Chair. Yes, we do have one speaker for this item. Lambert?

1:19 – 2:00Speaker 3

As a person who came of age during this time, You know, I'm a baby boomer. It's a lot of things we saw coming up as teenagers, whether it was Vietnam or the Black Panthers or this movement. From my perspective, the people that were in this fight, they should be the ones led by the great Mrs. Dolores Huerta, who I met personally. That's a wonderful person right there. And she took a lot of courage to talk about what she's talking about. She could have went to her grave with that. But those are the people that should be really

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