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Business owners and residents urge Gilroy council to reverse enforcement that restricts food trucks
Summary
Multiple food truck operators, downtown businesses and residents asked the council May 19 to reverse a May 5 decision to apply an older ordinance to mobile vendors, saying the enforcement harms small businesses and discriminates against vendors.
Dozens of speakers at the May 19 public comment period urged the Gilroy City Council to reverse or reconsider a May 5 decision to enforce an existing ordinance against mobile vendors, arguing the action effectively bans food trucks and will harm small businesses.
Speakers included food-truck operators, downtown brewery owners and longtime residents. Giovanni Albanese, a downtown business owner, said the May 5 action was rushed and warned it would “drive our business out” by removing a key component of his…
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