Residents of Rodeo Road in South Los Angeles learned this week that they'd soon have a new address -- on Obama Boulevard.
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to rename that three-and-a-half mile road after the former president. The street runs from Arlington Avenue to Jefferson Boulevard.
Several residents heard about the name change for the first time on the news. Marvette Cutchins has lived on Rodeo Road for 14 years and welcomes the change.
"I think that’s a good surprise, I like to be surprised. When I heard it on the news, I was happy... I remember when Santa Barbara got changed over to Martin Luther King, and I’m happy that it’s changing," she said.
But other residents, like Matthew Smedley, who has lived on the street since 1997, are less enthusiastic.
"Why this street? You know, why not another street? It's always been Rodeo Road since I've been here so… Obama Boulevard just doesn't sound right to me," he said.
City officials expect final approval for the renaming near the end of August.