Edin Alex Enamorado: Street vendor avenger

When a group of women harassed a San Diego hot dog vendor in February last year, Edin Alex Enamorado did all the things that have made him feared, admired and reviled — often all at once. He uploaded video of the altercation to his TikTok account showing the women grabbing food without permission and calling hotdoguero Andres Arguelles Alvarez a “loser.” Enamorado also posted what he claimed were the women’s social media handles, telling his hundreds of thousands of followers in a slow, whispered voice-over to “hold them accountable.” Discover the changemakers who are shaping every cultural corner of Los Angeles. “What do we do when street vendors get attacked?” Enamorado asked the people before him and the thousands more who were watching on Instagram Live. Meanwhile, a string of more than 20 robberies of taco trucks and food vendors across L.A. last year — including six on the day Enamorado protested in Rancho Cucamonga — prompted the Los Angeles Police Department to assign detectives from its elite Robbery-Homicide Division to investigate the cases. Afterward, Enamorado seemed dazed, remarking, “I thought it was my homie making a joke.” He took a swig of water, got back on Instagram Live, then returned to Peelman’s house and grabbed the megaphone again.