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Religion aside, Serra was probably the most important person in California's history.

I would say that is arguably true. It isn't appropriate to name nothing after him. I think naming 280 after him is fine. I didn't think it was bad to name an important street at Stanford after him. However, I think changing the name to honor Jane Stanford is a good idea. It does no disrespect to Fr. Serra in an of itself. Possibly some of the people arguing for a name change believe that naming it after Serra was horrible, while naming it after the wife of a robber baron is merely bad, and therefore an improvement. I am not in that camp.

[Goose]

Religion aside, Serra was probably the most important person in California's history.

I would say that is arguably true. It isn't appropriate to name nothing after him. I think naming 280 after him is fine. I didn't think it was bad to name an important street at Stanford after him. However, I think changing the name to honor Jane Stanford is a good idea. It does no disrespect to Fr. Serra in an of itself. Possibly some of the people arguing for a name change believe that naming it after Serra was horrible, while naming it after the wife of a robber baron is merely bad, and therefore an improvement. I am not in that camp.