Brief

Councilmember Curren D. Price Jr. moved to rename four streets in honor of Senator Bill Greene. The Public Works Committee approved the item on June 24, 2026. The motion now awaits consideration by the full City Council. No details on Greene's background or connection to the renamed corridors are provided in the file history.

Full summary

Councilmember Curren D. Price Jr., seconded by Heather Hutt, introduced a motion on June 12, 2026 to rename the segment of West 58th Street between South Figueroa Street and South Flower Street as "Senator Bill Greene Street," honoring the late California civil rights leader and longtime state legislator. The motion directs the City Engineer to initiate the formal street-renaming process. Senator Bill Greene was born in Kansas City and raised in Los Angeles. He became active in the civil rights movement while attending the University of Michigan in the early 1960s, working alongside figures such as Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, and James Farmer of CORE. He later broke barriers in Sacramento when he became the first African American desk clerk in the California Assembly under Speaker Jesse Unruh. Greene entered elected office in 1967, winning an Assembly seat previously held by his mentor Mervyn Dymally, and succeeded Dymally again in the State Senate in 1975, serving there until 1992. He chaired the powerful Industrial Relations Committee and was a respected voice on labor law and workers' compensation. Throughout his career he balanced strong pro-labor advocacy with engagement across political and ideological lines, and earlier in his career had worked as a union lobbyist, a city employees association field representative, a Voice of America staff member, and served in the U.S. Air Force. The motion was referred to the Public Works Committee on June 12, 2026, and scheduled for a hearing on June 18. The committee took up the matter on June 24, 2026, allowed public comment, and voted to approve the recommendation, with members Hernandez and Hutt voting yes and Padilla absent. The item is now forwarded to the full City Council for final action. No fiscal impact analysis had been completed as of the committee's vote, and no community impact statements were submitted.

Activity (3)

• 2026-06-24 Public Works Committee approved item(s) .
• 2026-06-18 Public Works Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 24, 2026.
• 2026-06-12 Motion referred to Public Works Committee.

Documents (2)

• 2026-06-24 Report from Public Works Committee · report
• 2026-06-12 Motion · motion