The Street Vendor Buy Out was sponsored by Bay Area businesses and community organizers and all the proceeds were donated to the two vendors who were attacked.
"I feel blessed that all of these people are here now supporting us, me and Carlos," said Saul Reconco, the street vendor attacked near SAP Center.
"They’re just trying to make a living. A lot of people don’t know that street vending was decriminalized in 2018. Senate Bill 946 passed and now Senate Bill 972 passed. That solidified street vending, so I think we need to start getting rid of that stigma against street vending because I didn’t hear anybody complain when Netflix took Blockbuster out of business, and they never had a brick and mortar," said Edin Alex Enamorado, from Los Angeles.
"I saw what happened to both of them on the news and I wanted to help out. I figured the only way I can really help out is to show up and also sponsor the food for the Buy Out," said Leila Kirsch, owner of Vennu Yoga Studio.
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