Please start by signing our petition:  http://tinyurl.com/AB1678 On February 14, 2012 Assemblymember Bill Monning (Carmel) introduced AB 1678, which would prohibit mobile vending 1500 feet from an elementary or secondary school from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.  This Bill is flawed in many respects.  If enacted, the Bill would decimate the burgeoning mobile food industry without [...]

Last week, the Manhattan Beach City Council passed new food truck regulations that were fair, equitable and in compliance with California State law.  The new ordinance removed their previous 30 minute time limit and focused on regulations that would enhance public safety.  Ordinances for trash pick up, distance from an intersection and distance from schools [...]

Over the past six months, we’ve been giving the Los Angeles Health Department’s Vehicle Inspection Program (VIP) examples of deficiencies in their enforcement policies.  After reviewing “inspection”  reports we found that inspectors and supervisors were misinformed about basic public health regulations.  Some inspectors did not know the difference between hot water (120º) for warewashing sinkes [...]

Oct 14, 2011 Earlier this year, the SoCal Mobile Food Vendors Association, represented by the law firm of Dermer Behrendt, sued the City of Monrovia alleging that Monrovia’s recently enacted mobile-vending ordinance was an oppressive, vague, and anticompetitive regulation that violates California state law.  Los Angeles Superior Court Case number BC458142. Wednesday, Judge Michelle Rosenblatt [...]

In the beginning of 2011 the Health Department rolled out the new grading ordinance for trucks.  Most of the Nouveau segment of the industry has been graded.  There have been some ups and downs and some inconsistencies, and we’re hoping to make the process more fair and more transparent.  Most of the health inspectors grading [...]

The downtown food-truck scene of today was preceded by more than a century by the horse-drawn tamale carts of the late 1800s. September 08, 2011|By Gustavo Arellano |Special to the Los Angeles Times Southern California’s latest foodie trend has the region atwitter. Lines form long into the night at the latest hot spot for edible treasures, [...]

The blogosphere and mainstream media has been recycling the same, poorly-reason analysis about how “unfair” competition from Gourmet Food Truck is “bad for the local economy” and therefore discriminatory regulations that have the effect of limiting consumer choice are developed or maintained.  Just this week stories coming out of Seattle, Raleigh, Jacksonville, and New York [...]

Councilman Bill Rosendahl introduced a motion (11-1157) on July 1, 2011, to restrict the height and length of vehicles on Olympic and Sawtelle Boulavards.  This motion was introduced under the guise of public safety.  This is clearly an anti-competitive measure to limit the public’s access to their favorite food trucks for the benefit of the [...]

Food Truck advocacy can be a frustrating endeavor.  Old regulations, no regulations or overburdensome regulations create a regulatory patchwork that makes you want to pull you hair out.  For example, in Los Angeles County, there are 88 municipalities, all have their own regulations that have to be abided by.  Advocacy starts with understanding and education.  [...]

We’ve got a new lot!  Space 15 Twenty in Hollywood will now be hosting trucks for lunch at their Truck Stop ( twitter: @truckstop1520). The lot is located at:  1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028. Monday – Friday: 11:30-2:30PM Schedule: http://tinyurl.com/truckstoplot (the schedule will be filled in by the end of 4/29/2011 We’re going [...]