Chochenyo refers to a division of the Ohlone tribe, who were the original inhabitants of Alameda island.
[2] In 1867, the Alameda Park Tract was subdivided as a residential area for the rich.
[3] In 1894, after a multiyear effort to condemn the properties of absentee owners, the city gained title to land in the park.
[7] In September 2020, after the police murder of George Floyd, the Commission and City Council unanimously voted to rename the park.
At one end of the park is a large concrete bench with a plaque ascribed to it: "In Memory of My Dumb Friends."