Posted on 11/23/2016 11:10:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A proposal to decriminalize sidewalk vending in Los Angeles is scheduled to be taken up next month, prompted by concerns that people who are in the country illegally and convicted of misdemeanors for street peddling could be deported when Donald Trump assumes the presidency.
The plan, which has been in the works for more than a year, would remove criminal penalties for vending. In addition, the proposal would make it so that vendors seeking a permit would no longer be asked about their immigration or citizenship status.
Council members Curren Price and Joe Buscaino announced the proposed policy, stating that a Dec. 12 public hearing on the issues is scheduled at City Hall.
The plans needs approval from the Public Works and Gang Reduction Committee before its considered by the City Council....
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
>>Lets turn our city into a 3rd world hell hole!<<
More than it is now?
Probably not possible.
Build another wall....
I don’t mean to nitpick but have you ever been to a true third world hellhole? I agree we are on our way but still have a long way to go.
Los Angeles can replace lost Federal funding by taxing the street vendors. L.A. don’t need no stinkin Federal fundin.
So, essentially, they’re acting to protect themselves from the imagined consequences of their own delusions.
The initial proposal is to resume deporting those who have been convicted of felonies (crimes with prison sentences). If there’s ever mass deportation (which appears unlikely), any contact with the INS, whether at traffic court, or standing out front of a building supply store, will put the alien at peril. Being cited for not having a vendors license wouldn’t present a significantly greater risk of becoming a contributor to the busloads headed south than just being on the street in the first place.
The third drunk driving conviction might be, though.
Maybe they’ll also legalize favelas— Get the full Third World experience without having to leave home!
LA is already a third world trash heap.
I've been to cities in Mexico, like Ensenada. Absolutely hated all the beggars and vendors hawking stuff in my face. Hard to turn some down, like the ladies openly breastfeeding a baby and shoving their open palm at me begging for money. The kids running alongside shoving sticks of gum wanting you to buy it. Now it's here, yuck.
If the street vendors are not criminals, they likely won’t even be bothered by the Trump Admin.
Pieces of paper and paid taxes do not prevent foodborne illness. Cleanliness and proper food handling practices prevent foodborne illnesses. Clean, healthy practices are not dependant upon taxes and pieces of paper. Either they exist, or they don’t. Those are the facts.
Licenced food facilities are well known for having the occasional OOPs, and people get sick.
If your facility gains a reputation for upset tummies, you will not be in business for very long. The very nature of capitalist competition will drive you out of business. When your business is good, the very dynamics of capitalism will profit you. People will do their business woth you.
Regulations and taxes were put into place to reduce competition to bigger businesses, to make startups struggle, to put money into the coffers of the good old boys.
These were ways of controlling business growth while securing the financial well being of the good ole boys and eventually the lobbiests at the higher levels of government.
I know this to be a fact because of some education I received in order to be licenced for a particular industry. Anybody with a desire and talent could do this work without a licence. But the purpose of the license was to give state authorities the right to bust a business if they so desired. Especially if that business was operating out of one’s home. Otherwise, that home was constitutionally protected.
Regulations in some cases are definitely necessary, and a nominal fee for paperwork to register a dangerous business os reasonable, as is the protection of laborers. But the system goes far beyond whats truly good and necessary in order to profit itself.
If the regulations are lifted in Cali, then the doors open for citizens as well.
I wish some of the regulations were lifted in my area, too. Maybe then Me and mine would be in a position to get a leg-up on establishing a business, at reasonable cost, with fewer hassles. We could reduce the financial squashing so many of us have been under.
Regulayions regarding cottage industries, even those which don’t demand health and safety controls, have been clamped down on to further reduce and prevent competetion, as well as reducing the profits of those who would benefit from their work.
Those little fruit ice cream carts are everywhere here. De La Rosa or something.
Lol, that’s what I asked.
Parts of it is.
I took my kids to Mexico in the eighties and it sure made them appreciate what they had. They got a lesson in currencies too.
I agree. Hair stylists lobbied states to mandate countless hours of education and fees to cut down on competition. They even require it for hair weaving in some places even though it’s not in the curriculum.
Bingo!
Regards,
Unless you're operating a mobile taco stand instead of a stationary restaurant, in which case you can just relocate to another spot where potential customers don't know you yet.
Long story short: A stationary business has more motivation to provide long-term reliable good service than a "fly-by-night" operation.
Regards,
A big difference from my town (in Washington State) where the city is re-emphasizing restaurant safety, licensing and inspections. And the results get published in the local newspaper.
The more important point is legal equality-- in Chicago (where I used to live) I didn't see many reports of sickness from unlicensed Mexican food vendors.
But if I had a hot dog cart with no license, no sanitation training sticker, didn't pay sales taxes, income taxes, etc., the cops and regulators would be all over my white a-- like white on rice.
Our politicians treat illegal aliens the way citizens should be treated and citizens like serfs.
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