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More news of street food under attack. The roving taco trucks of Salinas, California, are in the crosshairs:
Citing safety and health concerns, along with cries of "unfair competition" from brick and mortar restaurants in the area, the City of Salinas is considering an outright ban on "mobile vendors" or a severe restriction on their business. In January, the city set a cap on the vendor permits at the current count of 31 and no new permits will be issued causing a gradual fade-out of taco trucks in Salinas. Next week, an as-of-yet unpublicized proposal is scheduled to go before the city council that will further restrict the taco trucks. The proposal could include possible time restrictions instructing taco trucks to only operate between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., could require that the vendors move their trucks every 15 minutes to one hour, or could cause taco trucks to have to move off of public streets and on to private property zoned for the business.
The image above comes from a Google map listing the city's trucks, the recommended dishes at each, and the vehicle's route, where known.
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2 Comments:
this is sad
Kim Nyland at 4:51PM on 06/12/07
this is government by special interests, like we have in the federal government now. If they do this law it sure as hell won't be for the benefit of the citizens. They are in the majority but they are rolling over like sleeping sheep while the city councilmen push this through. Their motivation has to be some kind of payoff, don't you think? Why does getting in a position of power turn most people into crooks? Or are they crooks to begin with to get into politics at all?
majhordan at 8:27PM on 06/12/07