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Street vendor advocates press council to lift permit caps, speed licensing during same hearing
Summary
Advocates and vendors testified at the same committee hearing in favor of a package of vendor-reform bills (including Intro 4-31) that would expand issuance of mobile food and general vendor licenses, end a long-standing cap and reduce barriers that vendors say force illegal markets and fines.
During a later panel at the same Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection hearing, street vendor advocates urged the council to advance a package of bills that would expand permits and reform a permit cap they described as producing a black market and repeated enforcement actions.
Speakers from vendor advocacy groups and individual vendors said the current cap on mobile…
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