How a Salvadoran market became the soul of a community — and now fights to survive
LA TimesMother and daughter Berta and Rebecca Mendez have built a life like tens of thousands of others who survive in Los Angeles: selling stuff on the street. If there were rules, ‘Look, don’t sell this, clean it up,’ people understand and change, and they don’t see that.” Then there are the vendors within the parking lot of the Two Guys Plaza. In an effort to meet street vendors’ immediate need to find a new location during the sidewalk closure, organizers from the Salvadoran American Leadership Educational Fund looked for a temporary solution. “What happens is that we don’t agree with the leadership,” said Rosa Gonzalez, who has been selling pupusas at the market for two years. “It’s really obvious that we’re in this mess because the city has not provided the infrastructure or the support to both the business owner there but also to the vendors,” Hernandez said.
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