San Francisco to Get Tough on Illegal Street Vending

Under a proposed ordinance, illegal street vendors would be given 10 minutes to disperse before their goods are confiscated and they are cited.

Pedestrians on Valencia Street in the Mission District in San Francisco, Calif., on June 5, 2013. Christian Watjen/The Epoch Times

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance April 23 that would crack down on illegal street vendors in residential districts.

The proposal, sponsored by Supervisor Hillary Ronen and Mayor London Breed, passed on its first reading. It must also win approval on a final-passage vote to become law.