Chula Vista park where Columbus statue once stood will be renamed Kumeyaay Nation
Discovery Park in Chula Vista’s Rancho del Rey Community, where a Christopher Columbus statue stood for 30 years, will be renamed Kumeyaay Park of Chula Vista.
“It corrects a romanticized, historical fantasy that these lands were ‘discovered,’ ” he said. “It brings to light what has happened with encroachment and the struggle of the Native peoples of these lands to keep our culture, our values, our language, all these things alive in the face of attempts at termination, assimilation and even extermination.”from Indigenous community members.
In response to the murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the social justice protests that followed, activists across the country tore down or removed monuments of controversial historical figures, such as confederate leaders. Hours before a protest was set to start at Discovery Park, Chula Vista removed the Columbus statue.4-1, with Councilmember John McCann opposed, to permanently keep the statue down and have a task force decide its fate.
The artist’s daughter inquired about the sculpture’s status, but did not respond to subsequent requests from the city, according to city staff. Task force members arrived at their decision last month after rejecting a lone proposal from the San Diego Sons and Daughters of Italy. They declined the organization’s statement of interest saying it was unclear whether the statue would remain in a permanent location and that it lacked details on how the organization would contextualize the monument.
In addition to suggesting a new park name, the task force was supposed to develop and propose city rules for receiving or installing public monuments and naming or renaming city assets.
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