Boyle Heights Street Vendor’s Treatment Raises Concerns about Implementation of New Law
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Instead of educating the business owner about the new law, a street vendor is asked to move
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City Council Set to Approve Historic Sidewalk Vending Ordinance
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"Por favor..." vendor Belén Ortiz implored the councilmembers, "Queremos salir de la sombra." (Please, we want to come out of the shadows.)
Bill Legalizing Sidewalk Vending Statewide Moves Through Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
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Using the hashtag “EloteJustice” and some maize emojis, Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) announced on twitter Monday that S.B. 946 – the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act aimed at legalizing street vending statewide and allowing cities to establish permit programs governing the practice – had passed through the Assembly with bipartisan support. Tuesday night, he sent […]
Proposed Ordinance Treats Street Vendors as Streetscape Amenities Rather than Community Assets
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The gentleman who sets up on the residential corner two blocks from my apartment is a neighborhood fixture. Under the proposed sidewalk vending ordinance making its way through city council, his fruit stand would be illegal.
You Can’t Plan Mexican Hot Chocolate: How Monique López Deploys a Justice Lens in Her Engagement of Street Vendors
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Monique felt it was imperative to begin, as she always did, with the basics: How does this ecosystem work and what does it need to thrive?
Elotero Benjamín Ramírez Assaulted for Second Time in a Year
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Vendor Benjamín Ramírez - the elotero whose degrading assault by Carlos Haka in Hollywood went viral last year - has been attacked again, marking the second serious assault on a vendor in March.