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Middleton, Samuel <br /> From: Mai Do <mai@harborinstituteoc.org> <br /> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:41 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: Concerns with Agenda Item #16 <br /> Attachments: HI_Agenda_16_Mar_7_2023.pdf <br /> Dear Mayor Amezcua and Santa Ana City Councilmembers, <br /> On behalf of the Harbor Institute for Immigrant and Economic Justice, I write to express concerns regarding <br /> Agenda Item 416 for the March 7, 2023 Santa Ana City Council meeting. <br /> We understand concerns about ensuring that food entrepreneurs operate legally and safely. With the passage of <br /> SB 972 last year, the City and County now have new opportunities to collaborate to ensure street food vendors <br /> are operating legally and safely. SB 972 has only been in effect for about two months, and Counties are still <br /> in the process of beginning to implement its provisions. <br /> Since CMFO permitting remains the County's responsibility, we urge the City to 1) work alongside the <br /> County to facilitate timely implementation of SB 972 and ensure local street food vendors are made <br /> aware of and can access the County permitting process once the compact mobile food operation (CMFO) <br /> permitting process is developed, and 2) consider establishing a municipal sidewalk vending permitting <br /> program, as well as outreach and assistance for such permitting, to ensure that the street food vendors <br /> who work across the city, especially the many who are local residents, operate with the proper health <br /> permits and are incorporated into the local formal economy while awaiting the establishment of the <br /> County CMFO permitting program which may take some time. <br /> Please see the attached letter. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Mai Nguyen Do <br /> Mai Nguyen Do <br /> Policy & Research Analyst <br /> Harbor Institute for Immigrant and Economic Justice <br /> i <br />