Newsom signs law to help legalize street vending by simplifying permit process
Until now, state regulations required mobile food vendors to abide by nearly impossible permitting standards. Senate Bill 972 changes that.
Long Beach to back reforms of laws that govern street vendors, but will continue fining ‘bad operators’
The City Council discussed a resolution this week that would direct its legislative advocates in Sacramento to support laws that would make it easier for street vendors to operate in the state.
California bill would support street food vendors and ease current restrictions
State Senator Lena Gonzalez’s bill would ease current restrictions that make it difficult for street vendors to operate legally.
As delta cases rise, popular coffee-cart owners urge Long Beach to stop citing street vendors
Following months of run-ins with city employees that have threatened to cite them for illegal food vending, or impound their coffee cart, Kude and Fernandez made the decision in March to continue to operate in defiance to raise awareness of the plight of the city’s food vendors.
From Venmo to crypto, nonprofit wants to move street vendors away from cash for their safety
A tech start-up and a local nonprofit are partnering to explore the possibilities of using new cryptocurrencies to help street vendors move away from cash—something that usually makes them an easy target for theft.
City Council directs staff to create safety program for Long Beach street vendors
“They just want to go out there and make an honest living and with your guys’ support and protection, it would make things a lot easier for them,” said Tito Rodriguez, who’s known as the Hood Santa because of his philanthropic work.
Long Beach council to seek greater protections for street vendors
The Long Beach City Council is looking at developing a safety program for street vendors that would protect them and their small businesses.
Long Beach community rallies support for local street vendors
Along Cedar Avenue, a line of people formed eager to buy shaved ice, corn on the cob and chopped fruit in a cup.
Street vendor says officers ticketed him after he called for help; police say they’ll void citation
In an Instagram video, Eliu Ramirez says he called police after his cart was vandalized. He thought officers were going to help “and instead they gave us a ticket.”
Long Beach business owner uses earnings from T-shirt sales to donate to local street vendors in need
Within a week of the incident, Betancourt with help from a local artist produced new t-shirts that read “Defend Street Vendors” and “Love of the Streets” in Spanish, and is using the money from the sales to donate to street vendors in need.