Judge Issues Final Ruling Favorable to Los Angeles Street Vendors

Street vendors sell food items in Santa Ana, Calif., on July 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—A judge March 16 allowed a coalition of street vendors suing the city of Los Angeles over its no-vending zones to proceed with a legal challenge to the ordinance.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant finalized a tentative ruling he issued Wednesday, overruling the city’s first legal challenge to the petition brought Dec. 7 by three community groups—Community Power Collective, East Los Angeles Community Corp., and Inclusive Action for the City—and two sidewalk vendors, Merlin Alvarado and Ruth Monroy.