Kumeyaay Park
Park in Chula Vista, California
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Kumeyaay Park of Chula Vista (formerly Discovery Park) is a 20.4-acre (0.083 km2) park in Chula Vista, California.[1]
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| Location | Chula Vista, California, U.S. |
History
In 2018, the park was the center of a scandal involving an alleged middle school fight club, with students from nearby Bonita Vista Middle School reportedly organizing fights and uploading videos to Instagram.[2]
A statue of Christopher Columbus in the park was vandalized in February, 2019, with red paint splattered on it and graffiti. A bronze plaque previously attached to the statue had been stolen.[3] The statue was put in storage in June 2020 in anticipation of a George Floyd protest.[4] On May 25, 2021, the city voted to permanently remove it.[5]
On November 1, 2022, the Chula Vista City Council unanimously voted to rename it "Kumeyaay Park of Chula Vista", after the Kumeyaay Nation whose unceded territory it sits in.[6][7][8]
