Many vendors may continue to feed people since they consider themselves a takeaway business, like the thousands of other brick and mortar restaurants that turned to takeout and delivery only (Via EaterLA)
Pacoima, Sylmar, Sunland-Tujunga, North Hills, among others, and asked for an outright stoppage of all vending within city limits., and what to do with those vendors who have applied for and received permitting both from the City to do business , and from the Health Department to serve food .
Regardless of the language — a full moratorium or a crackdown on anyone who does not possess both a vending and a health permit — the motion effectively tasks the Los Angeles Police Department and Bureau of Street Services to force vendors to crack down on street vendors citywide. A spokesperson named Tran Le for Councilmember RodriguezReached for comment, a rep from Rodriguez’s office said:
Councilwoman Rodriguez believes that a full, temporary moratorium on street vending is necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19. That is why it is referenced in the preamble. However, this would require action by the Governor to supersede State law . Therefore, what is in the actual instructions of the motion are directions to the departments for the City to act within its power to enforce unpermitted vending.
As it currently stands, because the motion does not require a new ordinance it is effective immediately. At issue, Rodriguez said during the meeting, is not the safety of the food but the vending setup, particularly those who “build large groups” around their stands. She later reportedly
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