Public Works Committee directs interagency follow-up on sidewalk vending outreach and enforcement

The Los Angeles City Public Works Committee voted to approve a report from the Bureau of Street Services and added instructions directing BSS to work with city and county partners on sidewalk vending permitting, outreach and enforcement and to return with a report in 90 days.

The committee added the direction after a presentation by BSS staff that summarized permitting, outreach and enforcement activities for the city’s sidewalk vending program. “Before you is a report that provides a high level overview of our administration of the sidewalk vending program, including permitting, outreach, and enforcement of the rules and regulations,” David Rivera, assistant division manager, Investigation and Enforcement Division, Bureau of Street Services, told the committee. “We are recommending that this report be noted and filed as it is informational purposes only.”

The instruction to BSS changes that result: committee members asked staff to instead begin interagency conversations and return with actionable updates. Councilmember Hernandez said she wanted more than a note-and-file. “I would like to add an instruction, so that instead of noting…