A widely-shared social media video showing a San Francisco Public Works employee running after a hot dog vendor and knocking over his cart has sparked backlash online.
"At that time, I was in shock. I was obviously saying something to the guy that had did that to him, because I feel like that's rude for that to happen," she said. "He was just trying to make money."
Yeli said it happened Sunday afternoon, and other vendors were nearby. She started to record after she heard a commotion, and people yelling for help. "Hot dog vendors had came up to me, and they were asking can I see the video of what happened and I showed them and they had even told me that they're very happy and glad that someone finally recorded because they said that had happened multiple times, and they had no evidence of that," Yeli said.Last year, the city launched a permit system in an effort to crack down on illegal street vending.
"It's definitely appalling and I just feel like the way he went about it and I think when he seen that cameras were filming and rolling, he kind of backtracked and he said let me help him pick it up," said Alex Enamorado, an activist who advocates for street vendors."But what are their priorities because there's definitely bigger fish to fry here."Both Yeli and Enamorado are trying to identify the vendor.
"I've seen people breaking into cars, and when I was walking that same day in San Francisco I seen a lot of cars with the windows broken and stuff, and he's attacking vendors when all they're trying to do is survive," said Yeli."When they should be worried about people stealing and people getting away with stuff."Betty Yu joined KPIX 5 in November 2013 as a general assignment reporter.
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