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The Los Angeles City Council voted to re-establish a moratorium on issuing citations to street vendors who do not have a valid license or permit.
It will remain in place for the remainder of the COVID-19 State of Emergency and six months after that. Tuesday's vote instructed that the Bureau of Street Services to conduct education and outreach campaigns to guide street vendors through the permit process.
Vendors have had rallies calling on the city to put a moratorium on code enforcement, this vote come after recent reports of health officials being accompanied by police and throwing away food and confiscating equipment.
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