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Day laborers and street vendors decry code‑enforcement harassment near Home Depot; community groups request meeting with councilmember Ibarra
Summary
Multiple community organizations and day laborers testified that San Bernardino code‑enforcement officers have harassed day laborers and street vendors near the Home Depot on 201st Street. Organizers asked the council to halt enforcement actions in the area and to meet within 15 days to pursue a community‑led solution or a day‑labor center model.
A coalition of day‑labor advocates, vendors and community organizations urged the San Bernardino City Council on May 7 to intervene in what they described as repeated, aggressive enforcement near the Home Depot on First Street.
Speakers included Alexis Teodoro, worker‑rights director at the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center, an organizer from the same center and other community members who described a pattern of code‑enforcement tactics they said included taking photographs of workers’ vehicles, blocking exits, issuing citations to street vendors…
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