LOS ANGELES—Street vendors have reached a settlement agreement with the city of Los Angeles after a lawsuit was filed challenging restrictions that violated state law, plaintiffs announced July 19.
In December 2022, street vendors Merlín Alvarado and Ruth Monroy, along with three community organizations— Community Power Collective, East LA Community Corporation, and Inclusive Action for the City—sued the city, challenging a number of regulations in the ordinance, which they claim violate SB 946, a 2018 state law that legalized sidewalk vending statewide.
