Column: Liberal Santa Monica versus the street vendors
2 years, 10 months ago

Column: Liberal Santa Monica versus the street vendors

LA Times  

Street vendors approach employees at a police mobile command center in a parking lot near the Santa Monica Pier on Jan. 22. “You can’t get a plastic straw anywhere in Santa Monica,” said the 42-year-old lifelong resident, “but all of a sudden, we’re going to lower the standards of what food to sell?” Across the parking lot and the army of officialdom, the “enemy” seethed. “There’s no other work available.” Attorney Cynthia Anderson-Barker, middle, stands with street vendors in the parking lot near the Santa Monica Pier, where she talked to them about their rights. Since the Santa Monica Pier reopened in June 2020 after a COVID-19-related shutdown, the number of vendors illegally selling there has “quadrupled,” Negrete said.

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Fontana’s Black mayor is cracking down on Latino street vendors. Both sides allege racism
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Fontana’s Black mayor is cracking down on Latino street vendors. Both sides allege racism

LA Times  

At meeting after meeting, activists, social justice groups and residents took their turn at the lectern in the Fontana City Council chambers in the fall to sound off against Mayor Acquanetta Warren. “It’s fascist, classist, racist, xenophobic and a grave injustice,” Fontana resident Evan Webb, a staunch ally of local activist groups, told the council at another October meeting. “I …

Street vendors, a core part of L.A.’s culture, often struggle to survive
1 year, 5 months ago

Street vendors, a core part of L.A.’s culture, often struggle to survive

LA Times  

Across L.A., street vendors can be seen on almost every other block. Vendors must obtain a business tax registration certificate, a California state seller’s permit, pay the vending permit fee as well as obtain an L.A. County public health permit. Orozco said the main reason she has not been able to renew her food vending permit is because she is …

How to spend a day in Santa Monica, LA’s trendy seafront neighbour
2 years, 2 months ago

How to spend a day in Santa Monica, LA’s trendy seafront neighbour

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the past, Los Angeles’ neighbour Santa Monica was seen as a sleepy beach town, with a sprinkling of grungy …

Editorial: Most street vendors still can’t get permits. There’s a bill to fix that
2 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Most street vendors still can’t get permits. There’s a bill to fix that

LA Times  

The taco and hot dog stands that dot Los Angeles sidewalks are beloved for their tasty fare. But for the estimated 10,000 street vendors in Los Angeles County, only about 200 have permits to sell food. Despite a 2018 law that removed criminal penalties for street vendors and legalized street vending, the state’s Retail Food Code still makes it nearly …

Attacks on street vendors should be charged as hate crimes, Santa Ana councilman says
2 years, 5 months ago

Attacks on street vendors should be charged as hate crimes, Santa Ana councilman says

LA Times  

Silvia Trujillo, 50, a street vendor, sells fruit and other food and beverage items, in Santa Ana. Councilman Jonathan Ryan Hernandez will raise for discussion a proposed law that would classify all attacks on the Orange County city’s street vendors as hate crimes. In what would be a first for California, Santa Ana city officials considered Tuesday whether they can …

Column: In defense of street food vendors and the right to honest, hard work
2 years, 5 months ago

Column: In defense of street food vendors and the right to honest, hard work

LA Times  

Kelly Parra shows his support in May for street fruit vendor Tomas Escamilla, who was attacked in Woodland Hills. In my hometown of Anaheim, councilmember Jose Moreno — who fought a lonely fight for years against corruption at City Hall and is the chair of the longtime civil rights group Los Amigos of Orange County — shocked supporters when he …

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