Signed last year, California’s Assembly Bill 3074 bans derogatory names for school mascots.

By next July 1, more than 100 schools throughout the state that go by Redskins, Chiefs, Chieftains, Braves, Big Reds, Savages, Squaws, Tribe, Apaches, Chippewas and Comanches must find new nicknames.

Clairemont High School is one of them. The San Diego Unified School District has formed a committee to change the name.

It’s a big change for Clairemont, which has leaned into its nickname since its 1958 opening. The school is located on Ute Drive. The mascot, a chief wearing a headdress, is a far cry from an offensive caricature.

Clairemont’s new nickname is likely to be approved by January. It’ll be interesting to see which way school officials go.

San Diego-area schools have generally named thei

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