By Street Vendors, For Street Vendors: SB 972, Why it Matters, and What to Know

By Street Vendors, For Street Vendors: SB 972, Why it Matters, and What to Know

by Estefanía López Pérez and Chih-Wei Hsu On any given weekend near the San Fernando Swap Meet, you’ll find Señora Fernanda, a street food vendor specializing in antojitos Mexicanos. Customers line up around her food cart for her to prepare her version of the iconic pambazo, a popular Mexican sandwich stuffed with chorizo, potatoes, and…

La Patrona’s New Food Cart: The Case for Providing Technical Assistance to Street Food Vendors

La Patrona’s New Food Cart: The Case for Providing Technical Assistance to Street Food Vendors

By Karina Guzman Elizabeth, owner of La Patrona, with her new Food Cart (Photography by Jon Endow) On June 17, 2021, Elizabeth, one of our Semi’a Fund microloan clients, realized her dream of becoming a food cart owner after years of being a service worker in the food and consumer goods industries in Los Angeles…