A California city named after a Confederate general will keep its name after a year of debate.
Fort Bragg, which is named for the slaveholding southern general Braxton Bragg, established a citizen’s commission to study a name change after the 2020 death of George Floyd.
The city of 7,300, which is on the northern California coast, was established in 1857 and used as a military post to help quell rebellious Native American populations
, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.
The question of whether to keep the controversial name had sparked passionate divisions, and no consensus has been achieved, the group said.
“As a commission, we came to the conclusion that, at this time, because the citizens are so divided, this commission cannot unanimously recommend a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’,” commissioner Cesar Yanez, told the city council this week, The Guardian reported.
During their inquiry, the commission did agree to a number of other ideas for correcting what they said were past injustices toward native populations, including the restitution of land to coastal tribes and new agreements recognizing tribal sovereignty.