The Pocatello City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to rename a section of 8th Street on the Idaho State University campus. The thoroughfare, previously designated Cesar Chavez Avenue, will now be known as Gutierrez Avenue.
The new name honors Sergio Gutierrez, who served as Idaho’s first Latino judge. Gutierrez was born in Mexico and moved to the United States during his childhood.
City officials announced in March that they would review the street’s name following a report by The New York Times. That publication linked Cesar Chavez to allegations of sexual abuse involving women and girls spanning several decades.