agenda-report Request of Councilmembers Brock and de la Torre and Mayor Himmelrich that Council direct the City Manager to incorporate into the City’s 2022 state legislative agenda support for legislation or administrative action to enact changes to the California Retail Food Code that would make it more sensitive to the context of sidewalk vending while ensuring food safety, including but not limited to: Streamlining approvals for code-compliant carts, including by giving more discretion to local health authorities; Revising regulations around the slicing of fruits and vegetables and the hot-holding of prepared foods to establish clear and easy-to-follow safety protocols that account for the types of foods commonly sold by sidewalk vendors; Simplifying sink, power, water, and other equipment requirements; and Expanding the definition of safe locations for food preparation. These changes would facilitate increased access to Los Angeles County Public Health permits and approved vending carts and equipment, reinforcing the City’s existing commitment to advancing an accessible, inclusive sidewalk vending permitting program that expands opportunity and lowers barriers to entry for micro-entrepreneurs to vend food, drinks, and merchandise in a safe, prosperous, and legally compliant manner. This advocacy would be wholly consistent with—and in fact complement—the City’s ongoing comprehensive efforts to address the impacts of unpermitted vending on and around the Santa Monica Pier to public safety, public health, and the environment, including advocacy for potential changes to state law that would enable more effective enforcement in this critical location.
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- agenda-report Request of Councilmembers Brock and de la Torre and Mayor Himmelrich that Council direct the City Manager to incorporate into the City’s 2022 state legislative agenda support for legislation or administrative action to enact changes to the California Retail Food Code that would make it more sensitive to the context of sidewalk vending while ensuring food safety, including but not limited to: Streamlining approvals for code-compliant carts, including by giving more discretion to local health authorities; Revising regulations around the slicing of fruits and vegetables and the hot-holding of prepared foods to establish clear and easy-to-follow safety protocols that account for the types of foods commonly sold by sidewalk vendors; Simplifying sink, power, water, and other equipment requirements; and Expanding the definition of safe locations for food preparation. These changes would facilitate increased access to Los Angeles County Public Health permits and approved vending carts and equipment, reinforcing the City’s existing commitment to advancing an accessible, inclusive sidewalk vending permitting program that expands opportunity and lowers barriers to entry for micro-entrepreneurs to vend food, drinks, and merchandise in a safe, prosperous, and legally compliant manner. This advocacy would be wholly consistent with—and in fact complement—the City’s ongoing comprehensive efforts to address the impacts of unpermitted vending on and around the Santa Monica Pier to public safety, public health, and the environment, including advocacy for potential changes to state law that would enable more effective enforcement in this critical location.
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13.C
January 11, 2022
Council Meeting: January 11, 2022 Santa Monica, California 1 of 1
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE - MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk, Records & Elections Services Department
Date: January 11, 2022
13.C Request of Councilmembers Brock and de la Torre and Mayor Himmelrich that Council direct the City Manager to incorporate into the City’s 2022 state legislative agenda support for legislation or administrative action to enact changes to the California Retail Food Code that would make it more sensitive to the context of sidewalk vending while ensuring food safety, including but not limited to: Streamlining approvals for code-compliant carts, including by giving more discretion to local health authorities; Revising regulations around the slicing of fruits and vegetables and the hot-holding of prepared foods to establish clear and easy-to-follow safety protocols that account for the types of foods commonly sold by sidewalk vendors; Simplifying sink, power, water, and other equipment requirements; and Expanding the definition of safe locations for food preparation. These changes would facilitate increased access to Los Angeles County Public Health permits and approved vending carts and equipment, reinforcing the City’s existing commitment to advancing an accessible, inclusive sidewalk vending permitting program that expands opportunity and lowers barriers to entry for micro-entrepreneurs to vend food, drinks, and merchandise in a safe, prosperous, and legally compliant manner. This advocacy would be wholly consistent with—and in fact complement—the City’s ongoing comprehensive efforts to address the impacts of unpermitted vending on and around the Santa Monica Pier to public safety, public health, and the environment, including advocacy for potential changes to state law that would enable more effective enforcement in this critical location.