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    The new rules for street vending in LA

    LA is a car town, but LA also has street culture, with people walking around, chowing down on bacon-wrapped hot dogs from street vendors. Those street vendors have been on city blocks for more than 100 years .

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Dec 5, 2019 • 1 min read

    LA is a car town, but LA also has street culture, with people walking around, chowing down on bacon-wrapped hot dogs from street vendors. Those street vendors have been on city blocks for more than 100 years. But the rollout of new street vending legislation rules has been confusing. In 2018, LA finally legalized and decriminalized the tradition. But that doesn't seem to have simplified matters much.

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