It’s been a couple of weeks since new rules took effect for sidewalk vendors in the city of San Diego. Enforcement has depended on when and where in the city the vendors are set up.
The ordinance was supposed to get rid of all street vendors in high-traffic places like the Gaslamp Quarter year round, but the enforcement hasn’t worked according to Executive Director Mike Trimble of the Gaslamp's association.
Trimble told KPBS dozens of hot dog vendors show up in the area after 9 p.m. and code enforcement officers are overwhelmed. He said the situation is the same as last month, before the ordinance was enacted.But in beach communities, the outright banning of vendors in certain high-traffic areas can’t be enforced yet because themust first give its approval. The approval could come in the coming months.
“I know I'm prepared to do other things, like markets, that are in San Diego ... ,” Apablasa said. “So I do have a backup plan. But we do have to work with what we can right now until the coastal commissioners pass their part, then we’ll go from there.” Knox said that a group of residents plans to bring up the street vending ordinance during the Coastal Commission's July 13 meeting with hopes that commissioners will speed up the timeline for more wide-ranging enforcement.
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