San Francisco Considers Renaming Schools Named After Dianne Feinstein, Abraham Lincoln

Following a month of deliberation, a “renaming committee” is considering renaming 44 San Francisco Unified School District schools bearing the names of “controversial” historical figures, including former President Abraham Lincoln and longtime Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, over concerns the figures are no longer “appropriate.”

Last October, the school district commissioned the committee, who subsequently raised the possibility of declaring Dianne Feinstein Elementary’s name “inappropriate,” according to the Washington Free Beacon, over allegations that Feinstein embraced the Confederate flag while serving as mayor of San Francisco in the 1980s.