KFI: In February, the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to decriminalize street vending in an effort to reduce chances of illegal immigrants being deported for criminal convictions.
However, according to the Los Angeles Times, some loopholes in the law can put street vendors at risk of criminal charges. Activists say that while there was a lot of energy to decriminalize the vendors in February, that has faded, and there are still some areas that could put them at risk. more
Wouldn’t it be interesting? If ICE agents dressed up like street vendors and started catching people in the act?
“Activists say that while there was a lot of energy to decriminalize the vendors in February, that has faded, ”
Do they even get health inspections? Maybe the activists all got dysentery and are stuck on the can. Hope they’re not crapping in the gutter, what with the Hepatitis thing. What a third, third, third, third world.
Los Angeles is a Different Country all together, and it always seems to be making it’s own rules. One would think with L.A only an hour and a half from San Diego, that S.D would be L.A junior but it’s not.
The street food is excellent, so if your on vacation or work don’t be shy !!!
Decriminalizing the illegal hot tamale vendors would have the added benefit of reducing the stray cat population.
But if it’s no longer a crime to work, who’s going to pay the inspectors to shake people down for working?
Assholes. Stupid assholes.
Who’s gonna run a restaurant and pay property and sundry taxes and obey all their health OSHA regs, when a competitor can just do business on the sidewalk?
That’s why City Councils need be taken to the woodshed on a regular basis.
Street Vendors…aka LOW HANGING FRUIT!
@Anonymous October 14, 2017 at 7:59 pm
It’s been years since any city’s had a municipal woodshed.
But they all have enough lampposts.