Los Angeles City, County Open Up Pathways for Street Vendors

The list of banned locations just got shorter. Now vendors will be able to work the Walk of Fame, Hollywood Bowl, Dodger Stadium, and more.

A street vendor sells snow cones to customers in MacArthur Park, Los Angeles on May 21, 2020. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

Both the city and county of Los Angeles are creating pathways to make it easier for street vendors to safely sell food and goods.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Feb. 6 to amend the city’s current street vending laws, which ban them from certain high-traffic areas.