Los Angeles will rename Rodeo Road — not to be confused with the more famous Rodeo Drive — after former President Barack Obama.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday that City Council had voted to rename Rodeo Road, which will now be known as Obama Boulevard.
“We’re thrilled that Angelenos and visitors will forever be reminded of the legacy of President @BarackObama when traveling across L.A.,” he tweeted. Garcetti served a California co-chair of Obama’s 2008 campaign.
It’s official: our City Council has voted to rename Rodeo Road to Obama Boulevard!
We’re thrilled that Angelenos and visitors will forever be reminded of the legacy of President @BarackObama when traveling across L.A. pic.twitter.com/gnVNgBgndn
— Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) August 29, 2018
City Council President Herb Wesson proposed changing the 3.5-mile street in June 2017. It runs through a predominately black community, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Also #OTD in 2008, @BarackObama became the first African-American presidential nominee from a major political party. Today our council gave final approval to our motion to rename Rodeo Road to Obama Boulevard. Proud to take this next step on a day that meant so much to so many. pic.twitter.com/fpGqikmQtD
— L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson (@HerbJWesson) August 28, 2018
It’s at least the second road named after the former president. In July 2017, Illinois lawmakers voted to rename a portion of Interstate 55 as the “Barack Obama Presidential Expressway.”
Obama served as an Illinois state senator before he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, and he was elected president in 2008, before finishing a full term in the Senate.
