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Council updates vending ordinance to align with state law, waives first reading
Summary
The council amended the municipal code to replace outdated "itinerant vendor" language, remove prohibited background checks and adopt permitting and hardship-fee waiver provisions consistent with recent California law; the council waived first reading and set a second reading for adoption.
Mayor Moran presided as the council considered revisions to the city27s ordinance regulating sidewalk vending, with the city attorney27s office explaining the changes needed to comply with recent California law. The city attorney said state law now prevents cities from criminalizing sidewalk vending and from requiring criminal-history background checks to obtain vending permits, so the proposed…
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