Overview
- Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state will formally name the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency building for Dolores Huerta following her recent death.
- The 17‑story, 650,000‑square‑foot headquarters houses roughly 2,500 employees from the Labor & Workforce Development Agency, the Employment Development Department, the Department of Industrial Relations and the California Workforce Development Board.
- The renovated building opened in January 2026 and will carry Huerta’s name as a public tribute to her decades of organizing for farmworkers and working families.
- Coverage notes that Huerta earlier this year revealed she had been sexually abused by Cesar Chavez, a disclosure that reshaped public discussion of her life alongside praise for her work.
- Huerta co‑founded the organization that became the United Farm Workers and received honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and induction into the California Hall of Fame, facts leaders cited to explain the renaming’s significance.