“Street vending is one of our city’s great traditions and resources and we look forward to being fully recognized for our role as community contributors,” she said. In February, the Los Angeles City Council voted to eliminate the no-vending zones, which included high...
Los Angeles has one of the most restrictive street vending policies in the country. Despite this, informal street vendors conspicuously and continuously mark the urban landscape. Issues regarding the use of public space and local ordinance enforcement are often complicated by the street vendors' ...
city's current street vending laws and eliminate seven zones where street vendors were prohibited from operating: the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hollywood Bowl, Dodger Stadium, LA Live/Crypto.com Arena, Universal Studios/City Walk, El Pueblo De Los Angeles Historical Monument and Exposition ...
Maldonado was on her daily rounds--looking for violators of the city’s street vending ordinance, adopted a year ago with strict rules and stiff penalties. She had spotted a white bus converted into a rolling produce market, parked just ahead in the 400 block of East California Street. “Fr...
Some vendors are skeptical about bringing in city officials to help make the place cleaner and safer, an understandable reaction given the delicate nature of street food vending in the city. Vendors were specifically targeted by the Los Angeles City Council for criminalization last year at ...
Under the ordinance passed unanimously by the council on Tuesday, all types of vending, peddling and selling or soliciting on public streets, sidewalks, parks and other public properties are prohibited. Food catering trucks, however, will be allowed to continue selling as long as they are on pr...