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Board orders county-led task force on unlawful roadside and sidewalk vending, six-month review
Summary
Following presentations on public-health and safety risks, the Board created a six-month, CEO-anchored task force to coordinate enforcement and multiagency responses to unauthorized food vending.
Santa Barbara — The Board of Supervisors on March 4 directed county staff to form an interagency task force anchored in the County Executive Office to address unlawful roadside and sidewalk vending and report back within six months.
Supervisor Joan Hartman introduced the item and asked Gina Fisher, her chief of staff, to present a detailed briefing showing public-health, sanitation and traffic risks tied to unpermitted vending. Fisher and Environmental Health staff showed photographs and temperature readings they said demonstrated food-handling hazards — uncovered cooked rice, unrefrigerated meats and filth inside vendor vans — and explained limits in…
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