VALLEJO — The Vallejo City Council passed an ordinance to regulate unpermitted street food vendors on Tuesday, after a months-long campaign from restaurant owners who said that Vallejo’s growing street food scene was hurting their businesses.
The council passed the new ordinance unanimously. It was proposed by Vice Mayor Mina Loera-Diaz after restaurant owners complained for months that they were facing unfair competition from unpermitted street food vendors.
The ordinance states that if vending includes food, vendors need a mobile food permit issued by the Solano County Department of Public Health, and it will be mandatory to use hairnets and gloves, to carry a disposable container for trash, and to display their permit on the street-side portion of their cart or table, as well as on a city-issued badge on their clothing. Vendors will not be allowed to have an open flame, which will affect the trompos or vertical rotisseries that many street vendors use…