San Jose City Council to discuss naming boulevard after former president Barack Obama

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- San Jose city council will discuss and possibly vote to rename a stretch of road downtown to Barack Obama Boulevard.

A coalition of community advocates has called for the change for a few years now.

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Milpitas City Council will discuss whether to change the name of Dixon Landing Road to Barack Obama Blvd.

The proposed road runs down past the SAP Center and West Santa Clara Street and along stretches of South Autumn and South Montgomery all the way to Interstate-280.

Milpitas in 2019 also voted to name of Dixon Landing Road to Barack Obama Boulevard.

The city council meets at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

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