Located between the Santa Ana Freeway and the city's Chinatown district, the bronze sculpture of Junípero Serra, a replica of the one completed by Ettore Cadorin for the National Statuary Hall Collection in 1930, measures approximately 8' 9" × 2' 2" × 2' 4", and rests on a concrete base that measures approximately 5' 8" × 3' 8" × 3' 8".

[3] A bronze statue by Henry Lion of the Spanish Colonial governor, Felipe de Neve, was also installed in 1932 in the park.

[1] The statue was toppled by a group consisting of members from the Tongva and Tataviam Tribal Nations[5] and Native/Indigenous activists[6] in solidarity with the George Floyd protests in June 2020.

[7] The City of Los Angeles deemed the removal an act of civil disobedience.

On June 30, 2020, the city introduced a motion to address controversial statues, plaques and other symbolic honorifics.