It’s estimated that 50,000 street vendors sell goods in the city of Los Angeles. Despite a street-vending culture that dates to the 19th century, these sidewalk entrepreneurs – the push-cart ice cream man, cooks of bacon-wrapped hot dogs, and purveyors of cut fruit, CDs and myriad other products – operate unlawfully. The Department of Urban … Continue reading Cal Poly Pomona Symposium to Examine Whether Los Angeles Should Legalize Street Vending