![]() “We must not go back and undo the progress that has been made to achieve a more inclusive food economy that allows all Californians to thrive and achieve their California Dream,” Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, said in an email. Local health officials can also issue administrative citations, she said. If a particular location is not suitable for sidewalk vending for safety or accessibility reasons, local jurisdictions continue to have the ability to regulate or prohibit vending in those areas.” ![]() The law, she said Wednesday, does not affect “a local jurisdiction’s ability to regulate sidewalk vending in response to objective health, safety, and welfare concerns. Lena Gonzalez who authored Senate Bill 972, the legislation pertaining to health permits for smaller vendors, said the new law “reduces barriers to obtaining a food-vending permit, promotes greater food safety, and improves public health.” The resolution blames the laws for a rise in street vendors - including those selling “food deemed unfit for human consumption” - and who block sidewalks and hinder people with disabilities from using sidewalks, posing a danger to the public’s health and safety. In the resolution, city officials say they want changes to legislation that decriminalized street vending across California as of January 2019, and to another bill that took effect this year, making it easier for smaller vendors to obtain local health permits by, among other things, revising equipment requirements. The resolution asks legislators to amend the laws to give local jurisdictions “the right of self-determination” to enact their own regulations, including rules to maintain sanitary conditions on city sidewalks. In a 5-2 vote, the council majority adopted a resolution that urges state legislators to amend two laws relating to street vendors, seeking more local control. But councilmembers differed on what approach to take next following an influx of unpermitted taco stands in the city. On that, the Santa Ana City Council agreed on Tuesday night. The mom-and-pop street vendors - the paleteros, the eloteros, the ladies selling fruits from rolling carts - all good.īut those other street vendors from outside Santa Ana, who set up big red tents on sidewalks without the needed permits to sell tacos and other hot foods, are bad for the city, according to local officials.
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