Episode 72 Getting Street Smart About Street Vendors

Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast

California’s vibrant food cultures and many days of sunshine means you have probably seen an individual selling food and goods from a sidewalk or street cart. However, this entrepreneurship led to many debates about whether certain neighborhoods should be off-limits to street (or sidewalk) vendors, how many to allow, and whether brick-and-mortar businesses needed to give permission for these carts to operate nearby. Thanks to new laws enacted in the past five years, local governments now have some answers on how they can and can’t limit these activities. Lozano Smith attorneys Matthew M. Lear and Jack Jackson II join co-host Josh Whiteside as they cover the new laws and consider practical ways for local municipalities to interact with these vibrant vendors.

Show Notes & References

• 1:13 – What is a street (sidewalk) vendor?
• 2:47 – Senate Bill (SB) 946 and the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act
• 4:01 – Restrictions on regulating vendors
• 4:37 – City of Los Angeles lawsuit (Community Power Collective, et al. v. City of Los Angeles (22STCP04289))
• 5:34 – Health and safety inspections
• 7:01 – Penalties for unpermitted vendors
• 12:50 – Where to submit complaints
• 14:32 – California Retail Food Code (Health & Safety Code § 113700, et seq.)
• 15:21 – Compact mobile food operations (SB 972)

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