page_title: Oxnard, California
section_title: Political and cultural
hierarchical_section_title: Oxnard, California / Notable people / Political and cultural
caption_attribution_description: English: César Chávez — speaking at the Delano UFW−United Farm Workers rally in Delano, California, June 1972. Duncan West was there representing the Teamsters who were supporiting the UFW and condeming their IBT leadership for working as thugs against a fellow union. Duncan and his wife Mary were the branch organizers of the LA IS. César Chávez, cofounder of UFW; b. 31 March 1927, d. 23 April 1993. Chavacano de Zamboanga: César Chávez at a United Farmworkers rally 1974. Deutsch: César Chávez Español: César Estrada Chavez فارسی: سزار چاوز Suomi: César Chávez 日本語: セサール・チャベズ、農業労働者連合の集会で、1974年. 農業労働者連合集会におけるセザール・シャベス、1974年. Norsk bokmål: César Chávez. Simple English: César Chávez. Türkçe: César Chávez.
context_page_description: Oxnard is a city in Ventura County, California, United States. On California's South Coast, it is the most populous city in Ventura County and the 22nd most populous city in California. Incorporated in 1903, Oxnard lies approximately 60 miles west of downtown Los Angeles and is part of the larger Greater Los Angeles area.
  It is at the western edge of the fertile Oxnard Plain, adjacent to an agricultural center of strawberries and lima beans. Oxnard is also a major transportation hub in Southern California, with Amtrak, Union Pacific, Metrolink, Greyhound, and Intercalifornias stopping there. It also has a small regional airport, Oxnard Airport.
  Oxnard's population was 208,881 as of 2019. It is the most populous city in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Lucy Hicks Anderson: trans-woman, socialite, and chef, most notable for being tried in the Ventura County court for perjury for marrying a man while "masquerading" as a woman in 1945.
  Lupe Anguiano: former nun and civil rights activist known for her work on women's rights, the rights of the poor, and the protection of the environment.
  John L. Canley: retired United States Marine and recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
  César Chávez: farm worker, political activist and union leader, lived in the Colonia area of Oxnard during his childhood.  Several streets and schools in the Oxnard area and surrounding areas bear his name. A home he lived in is on Wright Road in the El Rio neighborhood, northwest of Highway 101 and Rose Avenue, where Chavez lived with his family in the late 1950s while working as an advocate for local farmworkers. Also the office of the National Farm Workers Association - which later became United Farm Workers — on Cooper Road, east of Garfield Avenue in the Colonia neighborhood. The Oxnard office opened in 1966, the year of a historic march from Delano to Sacramento.
  William P. Clark: politician, served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, United States National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 until 1985.
  Alicia Cuarón: Mexican-American educator, human rights activist, and Franciscan nun
  Jean Harris: credited with protecting Ormond Beach Wetlands and Oxnard State Beach
  Meagan Hockaday: killed by police
  Maria Gulovich Liu: Ventura County real estate agent, OSS agent in WWII
  Armando Xavier Ochoa: was the Bishop of Fresno and was formerly the Bishop of El Paso.
  Alfred V. Rascon: awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military decoration.
  James Sumner: awarded the Medal of Honor—the United States' highest military decoration, after military service, he resided in Oxnard.
  Nao Takasugi: California State Assembly and mayor of Oxnard.
caption: César Chávez at a United Farm Workers rally, 1974
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