San Diego's amended sidewalk vendor ordinance starts Friday

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San Diego's amended sidewalk vendor ordinance starts Friday

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4 ай бұрын

Enforcement of an updated sidewalk vending ordinance will begin Friday, following clarification of First Amendment concerns and impounding measures.
Unanimously amended by the San Diego City Council in February, the ordinance "provides clarity on which vending activities are safeguarded under the First Amendment as free speech, and impounding measures for rogue vendors that fail to comply with the health and safety regulations," according to a statement from Councilwoman Jennifer Campbell's office.
Campbell said the amendments will "protect permitted vendors who comply with all city requirements and help eliminate unlawful vending activities."
Campbell represents many of the city's beach communities in District 2 and pushed the law forward.
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@MichaelBanfield-xz5sp 3 ай бұрын

How to you report illegal street vending?

@frankmully 4 ай бұрын

Man you guys just love to be free.

@wanderingintheabyss 4 ай бұрын

It used to be that people had specific places they could set up, and they had to go enter into a lottery each month to get those spots. Why isn't that still upheld? It helped prevent noise pollution, which was my least favorite part of being in the park when I was there last.

@calex619pedicabtv 4 ай бұрын

more restrictions on an already expensive city expect more homeless from this

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

also expect tax payers to foot the bill when the expressive activities sue for over bearing restrictions that violate rights. One guitarist gets his guitar confiscated and a law suit is on.

@rybakmm8877 4 ай бұрын

More restrictions - better freedom?

@jasonrogers3101 4 ай бұрын

I just watched the "rangers" run off all the colorful people in O.B. yesterday. Our lives are a work of art. We don't live this way to listen to silly people. We all have the right to the Pursuit of Happiness. And free commerce. Run off people who aren't begging, aren't in line somewhere for something free. But the guy with the tweeker float can stay, and the guy fully crashed out with all his crap can stay. The lady yelling at palm trees can stay, the crusty dude who doesn't bathe can stay... I permit myself to go and do whatever I choose because I am free, I don't need your permit because I already have mine. The "rangers" should be relegated to the said 6 by 8 square area and only talk to people who care to come close enough.

@mikesskyranch 4 ай бұрын

How can the city let venders set up on the boardwalk at the beach and actually block everyone’s view of the beach?

@justagirlsd3000 4 ай бұрын

How are they blocking views? Who’s view? The parking lot?

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

So who's view to the beach? Because when you go to the beach if you go to the touristy areas, the tourists block the view, but if you get a hiking distance away you can pretty much enjoy the view by yourself. So I am not sure how vendors are any different than any other person who sets up a canopy on the beach.

@Paramount531 4 ай бұрын

Sure, why shouldn't Balboa Park or La Jolla Cove look like Avenida Revolucion? San Diego continues to slide towards third world status.

@gwillikers7383 4 ай бұрын

Hey I had good times on Avenida revolucion when I was a teenager 😅

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

But neither place looks like that even when vendors are all over the place and its full of tourists, Revolution has crime on every corner, and is full of stray dogs, and cheap tacos, and beer. ITs pretty dirty, but I haven't had but one bad time on that street, still the areas you mentioned look nothing like that place.

@tristanwwsd 4 ай бұрын

Making America like the place they came from.

@Brainbaskit 4 ай бұрын

Awww, cry some more, whitey!

@Wildchildinc 4 ай бұрын

I mean LA is only 2-3 hours away buddy.

@gwillikers7383 4 ай бұрын

@@WildchildincSmelLA😅

@justagirlsd3000 4 ай бұрын

Good!

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

you say that now, but when you get your ability to feed your family taken away by a politician that has no idea what life is like because tax payers pay all their bills, you wont be saying, "GOOD!"

@deltasource56 4 ай бұрын

commerce is not free speech.. they need to have a business license and the proper permits. as far as singers/performers fine as long as its not in a spot tying up pedestrian or other traffic.

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

So art, and the sales of art is protected speech according to dozens of court cases.

@voiceofraisin241 4 ай бұрын

When I go to the park I want peace, quiet and tranquility. Not some jerk blaring his musical instrument.

@letmedie4524 4 ай бұрын

You sound like the short dude that got mad at the trumpet player

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

So go to a part of the park that doesn't have a tourist attraction where buskers want to be, lots of places in the park where there is no music, buskers or people. Which is where it sounds like you need to go, rather than El Prado!

@deeferguson9272 4 ай бұрын

You’re right. It’s just a nuisance. A harp is one thing; horns are annoying.

@fozzir 4 ай бұрын

Balboa park is not a County Fair. If they are going to allow anyone to sell things it should be in a specific area. They shouldn't be spread throughout the park where litterlly you have to walk around or dodge them to enjoy the beautiful Prado. These vendors give the Prado a 3rd world country vibe and it has to stop.

@johnbeckwith1361 4 ай бұрын

Good gawd. Performing in public is not a 1st Amendment Right. They literally just legalized setting up a performance anywhere they want on public land. This is absurd. And a yet another bad decision from this declining city and state.

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

So several supreme, and district court cases have said otherwise. They have a long list of expressive activities that constitute as protected speech. Not only the speech itself, but the speech of listing a price, or accepting compensation is also protected. Do a little light reading, Sparks Vs White 2007. Also see Burgers Vs Seattle to educate yourself, so you are a little less ignorant to what is and is not considered first amendment rights.

@Brainbaskit 4 ай бұрын

You might want to reread the Constitution because you are sorely mistaken. Music is considered expression, therefore it is protected. Welcome to America.

@cherylspencer3662 4 ай бұрын

Agree

@Ryancaresaboutyou 4 ай бұрын

So sick of seeing people selling stuff near beaches and downtown. Not only is it tacky, unprofessional, and illegal, it harms local businesses. They take away from sales in local areas, do not pay business taxes and lack accountability. I hope the city takes this seriously and really does continue to enforce this ordinance. They owe it to local law abiding businesses.

@merlinawakend 4 ай бұрын

Ya know state law, made that possible, for a very valid reason, people need to make an income, and waiting for others to hire you after spending weeks applying places doesn't cut it. Further more our on country values is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, so to tell people they can't do something that is legal for them to do is against our countries core values!