Sign the Petition
Ξ April 16th, 2008 | → | ∇ Uncategorized |
Led by District 1 County Supervisor Gloria Molina, the L.A. Board of Supervisors has passed new restrictions that will effectively eliminate taco trucks from our streets. Under Supervisor Molina’s new rules, taco trucks will have to change location every hour, or face a misdemeanor charge carrying a $1000 fine and/or jail. Yes, jail.
Taco Trucks are a special facet of Los Angeles, and something we don’t want to lose. Though this ordinance currently affects just unincorporated parts of L.A., that’s 65% of the County. And of course it opens up the doors for legislation closer to home too.
Let’s send Gloria Molina and the L.A. Board of Supervisors a message that we cherish our local vendors and don’t want to see them move away. This new law needs to be repealed!
Click here to sign the petition!
on April 16th, 2008 at 12:20 am
Save the trucks!
on April 16th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
There are always restaurants that succeed, and always restaurants that fail. Shutting down Taco Trucks won’t help those failing restaurants and harms the community.
on April 16th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
This is a joke. I will never vote for another of these representatives if this law is enforced
on April 17th, 2008 at 3:01 am
My family has lived in L.A. since the 1920s. My grandfathers worked in the steal industry building rails and my grandmothers seamstress. My Aunts, Uncles, Parents and Cousins almost all went to school here in East Los. I grew up in Boyle Heights and still live here. My father worked on the Red Line, Staples Center and many of the building built here in the last 40 years.
I am (we are) disgusted that you would attack such a staple of Los Angeles, of East Los, that has been here for so long and so known. Just for a few restaurants complaining because people PREFER the taco trucks.
It’s as though the stores are making excuses for their crappy food and not making improvements.
And to think i voted for you… sheesh.
Ometeo.
on April 17th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Taco trucks are an important installation of the Los Angeles Landscape! Making trucks move every hour will make it virtually impossible for them to stay in business, as people seeking these businesses know where to find them.
Please do not punish taco truck owners and workers who work hard to make Los Angeles a great place to live, work and eat.
on April 17th, 2008 at 3:52 am
This ordinance is truly disgusting and without any moral basis. Taco trucks do not take business from restaurants. They serve different purposes and provide different services. One cannot sit down at a truck and receive table service or consume alcohol, for one thing. Taco trucks have also become an important part of the fabric of Los Angeles, and have provided a way for countless immigrants to start a business and build for the future, while providing a valued service to the community.
on April 17th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I guess the taco trucks are not corporate enough. Not enough kickbacks. What a crock.
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Why provide special protections to restaurants? If they can’t compete with taco trucks, they ought to get out of the restaurant business. The community needs cheap food alternatives, now more than ever.
on April 17th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Save the taco trucks!
on April 17th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Viva los taqueros!
on April 17th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Leave the ‘fayucas’ alone.
on April 17th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Taco trucks are part of our culture!
on April 17th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
It is a dangerous thing when businesses eliminate competition by making a deal with friends holding office. Here’s some advice for those whiney restaurants complainging about the taco trucks: make better food with better service at good prices and suck it up. That’s what we call competition. Keep your hands off my taco.
on April 17th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
why take away some of the best food this city offers?!
on April 17th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Our trucks are an important part of our identity. Our representative should be aware of that.
on April 17th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 17th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
We love the taco trucks, and we’ll be furious hungry people if they’re outlawed!
A hungry man IS an angry man…..
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Taco trucks must be kept.
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Unless there is overwhelming evidence that these business ventures harm the body politic, I cannot conceive of an argument that can hold water. Simply enough, these motor restaurants are highly popular and have become a part of the landscape of Los Angeles County. To place over-bearing constraints on them is not only bad public policy, it is also unconstitutional.
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Carne Asada plate at a restaurant, $10.99.
Two frozen beef tacos at taco bell, $4.99
Fresh and Delicious taco plate at the truck, PRICELESS!
Save the Lonchera Trucks
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
ridiculous
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I think this is just going over the line. This is unfair and not right. I hope this does not pass!
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Life is not complete without tacos.
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Hey, Big Taco lobby! If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. “Peace,” of course, meaning carne-asada tacos of the finest taco truck caliber.
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Let us stand up for entrepreneurs
on April 17th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I would starve without taco trucks! Leave the taco trucks alone!
on April 17th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Shame on you Gloria.
on April 17th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Gloria Molina is a sell-out! Long live the La Estrella taco trucks in Eagle Rock and Highland Park!
on April 17th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Who doesn’t like the taco trucks?!
on April 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
An essential part of the LA gastro landscape.
on April 17th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I LOVE TACOS! (But only from kick ass taco trucks.) Save them all!
on April 17th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Hands off _my_ carne asada.
on April 17th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
VIVA LA TORTA!
on April 17th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I don’t support the L.A. Board of Supervisors measure regarding mobile food vendors and find this yet another reason to seriously question how Gloria Molina is spending her time as an elected representative.
on April 17th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I do not agree with this petition. I work in an area that the restaurants are HUGELY expensive and the taco trucks are my only affordable option if I do not bring my own lunch for the day. Who can afford $10 lunchs everyday? Not the average working class person.
on April 17th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Since when has a LACK of competition, in food or otherwise, produced BETTER outcomes? Certainly not at the LA City Council, a modern day manifestation of feudal society.
on April 17th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
The argument that taco trucks take away business from brick and mortar vendors is probably true, but it’s because they’re offering a more palatable product.
Every great city has street food - the fact that the LA Board of Supervisors finds the need to prosecute and declare war on the taco trucks and hot dog vendors of are city proves to me they don’t think about the culture and personality that sets us apart. Acts like this strip away the personality and vibrancy of Los Angeles. And there are bigger issues Gloria Molina should be worried about - taco trucks are not one of them.
on April 17th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Instead of wasting your time attacking on immigrants who just come to this country to work, try to come up with new strategies to get the REAL criminals in prison, spend more money on education, and get the state out of these budget cuts. Some people depend on these trucks for living. Put your time, money, and thinking into REAL benefits for the country.
on April 17th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
In a city with so few late-night dining choices, Taco Trucks are very important to me!
on April 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Vaya con carne!
on April 17th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
There’s nothing like eating lonchera tacos under a full moon.
~Peace and Tacos~
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Hmmm, good tacos!
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
The fight for tacos is the fight for freedom.
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Please do unfairly punish the taco trucks.
Alena @ Blooms
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
I think there are better things to focus our budget-strapped law enforcement agencies on than enforcing these kinds of laws.
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Please, please repeal this truly silly use of city resources. If customers prefer taco trucks to a particular ‘brick and mortar’ restaurant, then I guess the customers have spoken.
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
To me, this is like saying, I can’t go to my local mom/pop shop for some tacos just b/c it’s on wheels.
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Taco trucks are part of the culture in LA as well as one of the best places in town to get real Mexican food. I would be devestated if my local taco truck was removed. It has been an important fixture on our street feeding the entire neighborhood of workers for more than 17 years now. Don’t ruin it for us just because you can’t see a way to leach money out of their mostly cash businesses. How dare you.
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
You cant take something form us that we grew up with we wont stand for this anymore.
on April 17th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Seriously, this is ridiculous.
The truck on Huntington Dr. in El Sereno called La Golondrina is an institution…….and there are no restaurants to get tacos open after 9:00 P.M. around there…….you expect me to go to Jack-In-The-Box for tacos or something!.!???! C’mon this is really uncool!
on April 17th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Taco trucks are daily sustainance for the average man, woman, and child in East LA. Not all taco trucks compromise small brick-and-mortar businesses and a blanket ordinance would hurt many trucks. The city should just create a permit system to allow trucks to serve a particular area so long as no nearby businesses object to their presence.
on April 17th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
This is an outrage!
on April 17th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
as integral to our cultural fabric as douchebags driving suv’s!!!
on April 17th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
You’re right she is a sell out. I don’t even eat at taco trucks and I don’t want them gone.
on April 17th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
taco trucks of the world unite and take over.
on April 17th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Sunshine, Palm Trees, The Lakers, The Dodgers, and Taco Trucks thats LA get a grip Gloria ….how about fixing the potholes along Wilshire Blvd?
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
this is just like the when they ran the BWHD (bacon wrapped hot dogs) vendors out of LA. street vendors are a cultural human experience. fascism never rest! what’s next the paleta vendors?
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
LA wouldn’t be LA without taco trucks. and i agree, it would be better to spend time and energy fixing our streets and our public transportation system - things that are REAL problems in LA.
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
There is no logic to getting rid of LA’s taco trucks; find me a restaurant who’s business has been legitimately hindered by a taco truck serving food outside a bar/club/venue at 1:30 or 2am, and maybe you’ll have something of case. Totally ridiculous.
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Why does none of the press on this subject fail to mention the superior product and service the trucks provide? Banning them is unfair to the consumer and downright anti-capitalistic.
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I need my taco trucks!
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
LA without Taco Trucks is not LA…..
what are you guys thinking ???
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Save the taco trucks!!
on April 17th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Look, LA is known for various things like our beloved Hollywood sign (which is stupidly being threatened),Palm Tree’s and Venice beach..but a mainstay of Los Angeles is the Taco Truck..this isn’t NY..we need to be able to find good food anywhere at almost anytime..most restaurants aren’t open til 3am but I know of at least 5 taco trucks that are..leave them alone!
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
I might go to a taco truck once or twice a year, so this is a non-issue for me. What defies logic is why you should waste your, and the taxpayers’ time on such an ordinance, rather than dealing with the problems with the gangs on Drew Street and elsewhere. This is far more serious an issue, and one that has far greater impact to EVERYONE in Los Angeles.
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I’m voting taco
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Taco trucks exist because there is a market for them. We should encourage this type of small-business development and not continue criminalizing hard working people who are trying to make an honest living.
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
seriously.
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
yo quiero taco.
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Don’t we have other thing to take care of in this City? Free the Taco Trucks
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Don’t we have other thing to take care of in this city? Free the Taco Trucks!
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
I LOVE TACOS!!! Don’t criminalize working people.
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
What a waste of resources. You can have my taco when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. In fact, I’m going to get one taco from every taco truck in the neighborhood tonight, and boycott any restaurant that sells them, indefinitely, or until you decide to repeal this idiotic and monopolistic law.
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
save the trucks!!!!
on April 17th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
This would be a sad loss for East L.A. and all people who appreciate culture!
on April 17th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Pro-taco!
on April 17th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Don’t make the taco trucks move every hour. That’s stupid. Let them be. How will we know where to find them? The taco truck on Lincoln below Rose rocks - and that is the only way I know to identify it. Don’t force it to move around the neighborhood.
on April 17th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I love the tacos!!! Don’t let the man (or in this case the woman) get you down!!
on April 17th, 2008 at 9:37 pm
As an Echo Park resident, I don’t know if I qualify, but I if there’s no Taco Zone, I might go hungry.
Most of the trucks I eat at are only there in the PM to late night. If there were brick and mortar restaurants open late that didn’t make me sick (Bright Spot, Burrito King, etc…) I could understand. Tacos are part of this land. People come from all over the country to Los Angeles to eat at these formidable establishments. The people who serve these beautiful tacos, burritos, tortas, and mulitas do the work of saints and should be commended, not condemned.
save the tacos people!
Mustang
on April 17th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Some of the best tacos I ever had were purchased from the truck on Western & 7th. This is a living for the people on the trucks - they are working, not taking welfare. I think the city should really look at how to provide some escape from gangs for the children of this city, and leave the working class alone.
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
taco trucks are not only some of the best culture in la, but they provide the cheap eats that keeps my band happy after shows and rehearsals.
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Taco trucks provide jobs for working families and affordable meals to the community. They are an integral part of the Los Angeles landscape. To deprive LA of taco trucks is to erase a vital part of its identity. In addition, targeting taco trucks is like targeting the Latino community and this cannot be accepted!
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
The Taco trucks harm no one in this city but they do provide an economic opportunity as well as inexpensive food for the populace. This law needs to be repealed. I also will add that I live around the corner from two Taco trucks!
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Someone should take Gloria Molina to eat at
one of these taco trucks……
after tasting some real good tacos
I know she’ll change her mind about the taco truck.
Let the best taco win!!!!!!
p.s. who ever takes her, take plenty of money
cuz’ she looks like a heavy hitter.
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
L.A. should check out how things are done in New York and support these small businesses. Keep the taco trucks on the streets!
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
viva la revolucion!
on April 17th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Taco trucks provide an important service for people whose work schedules don’t allow them to eat dinner at regular times. Plus their food is just so good…
on April 17th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Save them. It’s representative of LA County.
on April 18th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Shame on you Gloria!!! Think of what is INSIDE those trucks. Food on a family’s table the next morning, a sense of great pride for making me a better meal than what’s served for triple the price at a takeout place and whether you like it or not, a beloved LA cultural fixture. Listen to this petition and find a compromise, then turn your attention to more urgent matters, like getting the homeless off the streets. Then perhaps you’ll get re-elected.
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:02 am
I lived in L.A. for several years and go back to visit frequently. The taco trucks are one of my favorite stops. I also eat at good restaurants, but the trucks don’t replace the restaurants - they add an authentic touch of L.A. culture and good food to the neighborhood streets. I love the friendly conversation and atmosphere at the trucks. It seems L.A. has a lot of real problems you would want to spend you time and energy to improve L.A. instead of destroying a tourist delight as welll as an authentic and positive grass roots effort that helps the families that run the trucks as well as the many, many that can’t afford the more expensive restaurants. What a shame!
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:36 am
Taco Trucks are part of the street culture its a def no no to try to hate on them..Save the trucks!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Tacos are street food, and frankly they taste better when you’re standing up on a street corner under a street light. Don’t take that away…
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:57 am
dont forget about the mariscos trucks in venice!!
i dont think i could live without them……
tacp libre!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:18 am
Taco stands are part of Los Angeles culture. Please don’t push them away from our wonderful city. They mean more to the people of Los Angeles then you know.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Passing this law would be a terrible blow to the culture of Los Angeles. It was bad enough when Disney “fixed” Times Square — let’s not make the same mistakes as New York. Keep Los Angeles Los Angeles.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:38 am
no.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:47 am
LA needs it’s taco trucks.
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:45 am
I *heart* taco trucks.
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Taco trucks are so much part of the culture of Los Angeles. To eliminate them would be to further homogenize
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:41 am
If I liked the Westside, I’d go live there, but I DON’T– because it’s the kind of place that would ban Taco Trucks! I stay Eastside because it has soul. Taco trucks are part of the soul of LA. Board of Supervisors, don’t be a soul-sucker.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:03 am
Another example of the city kow-towing to establishment business.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Gloria Molina perdio mi voto. Salva los Taco Trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Taco trucks provide a tasty service to the community.
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Taco trucks bring so much character to a city that could never have too much. Don’t destroy such a classic piece of LA.
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Gloria Molina is out of touch with the community, with the very soul of what makes us a vibrant crosscultural city. Taco trucks build community; taco trucks create positive interruptions in an over-planned, over-built concrete city, where people come together in that rarest of places - outdoors! - to tranquilly share space and a few minutes of positive civic interaction. Taco trucks should be seen, contrary to Supervisor Molina’s position, as role models for other forms of public interaction in the city’s commons. Taco trucks are worthy of community celebration and civic pride.
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:58 am
These trucks are part of the wonderful mix of flavors in LA. We need them as much as they need us!
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:13 am
If there was ever a time to come together for a common cause, to coalesce as a common people, it’s for this - the taco truck. Unido estamos parados!
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Es una desgracia lo que esté haciendo la ciudad a los pobres vendedores de tacos. Ellos nos alimentan todos los días y cómo les agradecen…sin verguenzas.
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Get off of their backs and let them earn an honest leaving!
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Please don’t take away my favorite taco trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Instead of hurting honest, hard working people, Ms. Molina, along with your other fellow Supervisors (and all other politicians) “Why don’t you focus on the real problems facing our communities (homelessness, gangs, rising gas prices)?”
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:56 am
These trucks are part of what make this city great. They should be celebrated, not banned. Very few of them are in real, direct competition with restaurants and almost all of them provide an important service to their communities.
on April 18th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
The effort to ban taco trucks is misguided at best. These small-business owners deserve all of our support. The taco truck is to L.A. what the street hot dog cart is to N.Y. — an essential ingredient in making the city what it is.
on April 18th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
This is another form of intimidating immigrants back into the shadows. We gotta build a movement to stop the right-wing, even if some of them are Latinos!
on April 18th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I hope this helps.I will forward this petition over to everyone I know
on April 18th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
SAVE OUR TRUCKS!!!
ATTICA! ATTICA!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Tacos!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I’ve written an editorial on this for the LA Times - it should be out on Monday. Save the trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Hey Gloria Molina how you think King Taco got’s it start….damn when can we get her out of office?
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Let’s see…. Ban taco trucks or provide healthcare to disadvantaged people? Well, obviously, banning taco trucks is more important! Way to go, Supervisor Molina!
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Gloria, What is your beef with taco trucks?
There are plenty more serious problems in our county requiring your attention. Leave the taco trucks alone and focus on our gang problems or the MTA which is a torn in the side of county residents.
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Stop picking on the little guy
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Gloria, taco trucks provide something we all love! Go spend your energy and money on something we all DON’T love like gangbangers, lack of services, food for the poor, and healthcare…need I go on???
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
don’t mess with my tacos. those trucks come in handy towards the end of the month when i’m running low on cash and rent is coming up. thanks.
on April 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
You’d think there would be bigger issues to go after in this city. Like providing more jobs, not taking them away. Save the trucks and the livelihood of all those working in them to provide tasty, affordable food to the people of LA.
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
tacos tacos tacos
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Taco trucks don’t do anything but bring people of the community together which is very rare in the areas that they are in. To take that away from the people would be taking culture away from that area.
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
mmmmm tacos…..
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Stop using county resources for such madness. Save the trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
This is madness! Let the Taco Truck BE!!! This is just a shake down to raise money for the city, and its quite disgusting! The taco truck is a nice, inexpensive eatery around the city… really Supervisor Molina is just robbing from the poor!
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Please stop messing with the livelyhoods of the truck vendors. Everyone needs to earn a living! VIVA LA TACO TRUCKS!
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
please use this money to repair our school systems and not for ISH like this! save our trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
yummmmmmmm taco trucks!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Umm.. I’m hungry
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
It would be a crime to lose the Suadero Tacos at Taco Zone (the truck parker on Alvarado by Glendale Blvd).
on April 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
You’d think there would be bigger issues to go after in this city. Like providing help to those in need and more jobs, not taking them away. Save the trucks and the livelihood of all those working in them to provide tasty, affordable food to the people of LA.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
viva la taco trucks
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
MMMMM. taco trucks are the best…
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
The taco trucks are a necessary institution. They feed people and are providing jobs… please, there are MORE IMPORTANT issues for this city to deal with.
ALL WE ARE SAYING, IS GIVE TACO TRUCKS A CHANCE!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
what a shame. I’d be nothing without taco zone.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Please do not eliminate this LA institution.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
what a joke. You can’t pretend this didn’t use to be Mexico!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Dear Taco Trucks,
I love you.
xoxo
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
This is the reason so much business has gone overseas. This country makes it so difficult for entrepreneurs to thrive. Instead of supporting people trying to make an honest living, they want take advantage of the least defensible, and give aid to the most powerful(BearSterns bailout)
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Tacos - the fabric of our lives.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
i like tacos, saves the trucks!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
SAVE THE TRUCKS!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
save the tacos!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
How can you get rid of taco trucks? That’s one of the many things that make our city what it is. Save the taco trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
bring back the bacon hotdogs too.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Taco trucks are what make LA so special. You’d be ripping the heart out of the city…
Please save the taco truck. PLEASE!!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
EMAIL THAT MOLINA SUPERVISOR LADY!
http://molina.lacounty.gov/
molina@bos.lacounty.gov
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
This is outrageous. It’s like taking away the palm trees, or the sunshine.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Oh no! Not the taco trucks!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
This is outrageous. It’s like taking away the palm trees, or the sunshine.
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Taco Trucks are part of LA!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Keep the taco trucks
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Ridiculous!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Lame
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
What the crap?!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
absolutely ridiculous.
how can you hate on taco trucks?
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
lame!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Just another example of the system trying to keep the brown man down!
on April 18th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
I will not relenquish my al pastor.
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Yes on taco trucks.
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Taco Trucks are part of the fabric of this community. I beg you, do not interrupt and destroy part of what makes Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Fight for your right to eat street meat!
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Carne Asada good…molina bad!
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Fight the good fight!
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
long live TT
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I’m fighting for my right to eat Suadero in the Vons parking lot.
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
viva la taco truck!
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
What about the rights of those less well-off who want to eat out but would like to save money the old-fashioned way by not going to restaurants? You can’t beat a dinner of three tacos for less than four dollars! Shame on our bought and paid for LA government.
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
There are many other important issues to go after ie: street violence etc, i could name soooooo many others, so please leave the TACO TRUCKS alone!!!!!!!!!!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Keep taco trucks alive!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Ms Molina, these trucks are a Los Angeles institution. By enforcing this law, you take away jobs as well as something the community appreciates and uses. You will be doing more harm than good and also creating several unhappy constituents.
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
TT are part of LA culture, why not take the palm trees down while you are at it.
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
TT are part of Los Angeles culture. Yes, we have one!
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
just one more law..
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
SAVE THE TRUCKS. they are the nexus of los angeles culture. dont let kill natural occurring urbanism! then the government wonders why there is gentrification and whiteflight.
let the city grown and live on its own!
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I hope this legislation is stopped. Taco trucks are one of the few perks which contribute to a community experience in my diverse neighborhood.
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Taco trucks are legitimate business that are thriving because there is a huge demand for their services. To stop their operation based on a technicality is sheer protectionism which serves only to protect a small class of local businesses while shouldering consumers with higher prices and reduced selection. Why shouldn’t brick and mortar restaurants be forced to compete on an equal playing field with the tacos trucks in their neighborhoods.
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Good inexpensive food for the masses should be easy to obtain.
One hour? That’s maybe enough time to park and set up. By the time a line of people show up, it’d be time to leave. This almost feels like an effort to destroy the taco truck.
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
this is an outrage!
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
an hour? come on that’s rediculous.
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
it’s like taking away the palm trees, or the sunshine
on April 18th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
You are restricting, one of the features of Los Angeles that make it such a special place. You are also restricting the progress of the mexican community that is striving to intergrate into our urban fabric.
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
We love tacos!!! I’m all for healthier options, but don’t deprive us of the occasional tacos de diabetes that we so dearly enjoy. Now we will have to go elsewhere and spend our money on tacos outside East LA. Gentrification, no tacos, what’s next?!!! Noooooo…
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
SAVE THE TACOS!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Save the Tacos!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
yay tacos!
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
taco trucks rock. don’t make them move or i’ll starve trying to find my favorite.
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
I’ve had out-of-town friends inquire about these trucks when they come to visit. They are obviously a SoCal (LA) staple and should be held in such regard!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Save our yummy tacos! Don’t deny us local culture!
on April 18th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I love tacos…. SAVE THE TRUCKS!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Save the trucks. They’re an important part of the city.
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Si a los tacos.
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Mmmmm…tacos!
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
save our taco trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I love the taco trucks! Look for my upcoming book where I review the many taco trucks of Los Angels, and have a picture of me with the friendly Taco Truck employees at each location!
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
viva los tacos
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Ridiculous. Taco trucks should not be blamed for a restaurant’s failure. If a restaurant cannot offer a service to compete with taco trucks, then maybe it shouldn’t be in business. This is completely unjust.
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
this is absolutely ridiculous. no rhyme or reason except legal harassment. simply uncalled for. leave them alone. let us eat.
on April 18th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Please, please, please don’t do this. Many people make meager livings off of these trucks and they’re a cultural institution in this town. Save the trucks and save L.A.
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
VIVA LOS TACOS!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Save the tacos!!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I don’t eat anything that wasn’t prepared on four wheels.
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
save our trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Imposing statutes on these trucks will essentially push them out of business. This is just another example of big business using it’s political muscle to push smaller, independently owned businesses out of the market. Stand up for the little guy!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
This is a ridiculous crime against our own people.
Save the trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
This is ridiculous. Save the taco trucks.
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Don’t shut down the taco trucks…please!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
TAKE THEM AND DIE!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Viva los tacos!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Leave the trucks alone
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
screw you gloria…back away from the taco trucks
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I’m a film maker who lives in Koreatown, and without my taco trucks, I would be lost.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
If this law passes, where will I go now for my Torta de Carne asada and my large Horcahata?!?!?!
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Businesses charge prices that the market will bear. I eat at local taco trucks, El Huarache, York Burger, Villa Sombrero, Senor Fish, and any number of local places for tacos and other Mexican food. Taco trucks are NOT killing local restaurants–they are simply one among many alternatives. Attempting to regulate taco trucks out of existence is not only bad for business, it’s bad for the community and it’s bad PR. I’m sending an email to Gloria Molina right now.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Tacos from trucks are tasty.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
leave my beloved trucks alone.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
if this law passes, a lot of longshoreman are gonna be hungry
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
save the taco trucks and keep LA real.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
They can;t take our taco trucks. I won’t let them.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Taco trucks are great! Especially Leo’s TACOS!!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
This is ridiculous.. It’s reasons like this I no longer affiliate myself with the democratic party.
on April 18th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Best mexican food in town- keep the culture alive in our streets pendejo.
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
LA - taco trucks = Glendale
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Why is the city so intent on controlling and putting down facets of what makes Los Angeles our city these days? Who is city gov. representing these days, anyway? Why is the city messing with businesses that are actually making a profit through good food and low prices?
I love my taco trucks. They’re where friends and I gather to eat and chat. Viva Taco Trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
An L.A. Institution !!!
Please don’t let this happen !!
My 5 year old daughter loves taco trucks !
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
please let the taco trucks be, and let us eat in peace.
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
CARNE ASADA FOR LIFE!
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
While I think taco trucks should be inspected by the department of health and have permits, I LOVE taco trucks and was the co author of a taco truck round up in Time Out LA a few years ago. They are a vital part of LA culture and food. SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS! Please keep our trucks intact and our souls happy. Okay I can see limiting the number in an area, especially if there is am impact on restaurants, but WE NEED THEM. Seriously.
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
SAVE THE TRUCKS!
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
taco trucks ARE los angeles.. personally my single favorite thing about the city!
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Don’t mess with our trucks!
on April 18th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Don’t mess with our trucks!!
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
it seems to me that the taco truck is by definition the most efficient, simple and honest method for getting a taco from grill to mouth.
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
whats a city without a coach i can afford….and oh sooooooo, yes! enjoy!
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Please leave the trucks alone.
on April 18th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
KEEP THE TACO TRUCKS!!!
on April 19th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Please don’t do this to our taco trux.
on April 19th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Please don’t do this to the hard working people who feed us delicious tacos y burritos!
on April 19th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Free market.
on April 19th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Taco trucks are the best thing about LA. They are also the only place to eat at night… and in my neighborhood the only good food around, day or night!
If anything they should be encouraged! If “established” restaurant owners have trouble with business maybe they should make some better food, or get a truck of there own.
on April 19th, 2008 at 1:44 am
This is un-American.
on April 19th, 2008 at 2:03 am
I’m hungry.
on April 19th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Save the taco’s n the trucks that carry them around!
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:08 am
don’t do this
on April 19th, 2008 at 4:07 am
Without Taco trucks, inebriated individuals drive home immediately after the bar or the club. Restrictions on taco trucks will cause drunk driving deaths to increase. Taco trucks very well could be the solution to the War in Iraq; or one of the wars’ effects on a local level, the Los Angeles budget crises. About 750 city workers are soon to be laid off. Perhaps these latter things are even more worthy of discussion amoungst the Board of Supervisors than taco trucks.
on April 19th, 2008 at 4:55 am
Give me tacos or give me Death!!!
Why on earth is Molina going after the lone ranger of fast food when there are so many DIRE situations that need attention. This is serious, Los Angeles has issues with pollution, the price of crude oil rising at an alarming rate,(nationallu at $115 a barrel at the moment) gang violence and theft, yet our ELECTED city officials would target unsuspecting mostly family owned and operated businesses, and spend tax payers money on meetings concerning….what? TACO TRUCKS?! MOLINA WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, FIND ANOTHER PROFESSION. Public service is not for you.
Joanna C
Los Angeles, CA
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:13 am
what a great idea!
let’s make sure that while we make it impossible for vendors of low priced, delicious food around the city, we also crack down on any free parking or non-private beach access.
how do these people get into office?
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:18 am
i like tacos
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:30 am
What will the world be without our taco trucks!?!?
Some of my fondest memories involve taco trucks, do not strip us of our carne asada
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:06 am
this blows
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I love the taco trucks, the food, the prices, the friendliness of eating and engaging on the sidewalk, not a sit down affair and with anyone and everyone else standing in line.
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:26 am
save the world - one taco truck at a time.
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Not cool.
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:33 am
what has this city come to? Taco trucks are an important part of our city!
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Businesses charge prices that the market will bear. I eat at local taco trucks, El Huarache, York Burger, Villa Sombrero, Senor Fish, and any number of local places for tacos and other Mexican food. Taco trucks are NOT killing local restaurants–they are simply one among many alternatives. Attempting to regulate taco trucks out of existence is not only bad for business, it’s bad for the community and it’s bad PR. I’ve also sent an email to Gloria Molina.
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:40 am
This is the most ridiculous use of voter’s time and money. Instead of policing people who are working had to make ends meet. Why not use the money to solve the issues of graffiti and gang issues in the area?
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Don’t these people have enough problems? Gas prices, food prices, etc.?????
They are ONLY TRYING to earn a living…Yes, I said EARN, better being an entreprener than holding up a bank, or robbing a convenient store!!!!!
Give them a BREAK!!!!
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Taco Trucks are part of our culture. and what’s wrong with hard working people trying to earn a living.
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:51 am
These hardworking people are just trying to make a living. Why do you want to take this away from them?
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Way to attack brown people trying to make a living.
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Taco trucks are not hurting anyone. There are more important things for the government to worry about than taco trucks. They make the best tacos. Don’t take them away!
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I count on several taco trucks for my dinner after work, and I count on them being in their usual spots every night. This new law would kill their business and would kill my consumption of delicious burritos that I count on. What’s next? Taking away my bacon wrapped hot dogs?
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:43 am
If it were not for these trucks, I would have starved at age 12.
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Construction workers don’t have the time to head over to Chipotle. Keep the trucks in place!
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Please don’t allow a major cultural facet of our city be destroyed!
on April 19th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Taco trucks are a vital part of Los Angeles culture. No tourist or vistor leaves without having that Angelino experience.
They also represent a portion of our economy and serves to keep many many people employed and sustained in an unstable economy.
Do not destroy this part of Los Angeles.
Our city would be so much the poorer in many ways.
on April 19th, 2008 at 11:22 am
When I first moved to LA only a year ago, I practically got down on my knees to thank the Culinary Gods for the gift of the taco truck. They are a shining beacon of deliciousness to those who both love food and need/want it provided cheaply. Want to ban cheap quick food? Why not start with the disgusting fast food ‘restaurants’ like McDonalds?
on April 19th, 2008 at 11:32 am
this can’t go down. tacos are my favorite food and this place has the best. i think all these supervisors or whatever really need to just take a second to get real.
on April 19th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Taco trucks are too important to lose. Doesn’t city government have more important things to focus on?
on April 19th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Many business professionals and entertainment execs working in the mid wilshire area frequent these trucks daily for lunch, preferring them over the mediocre restaurant options nearby.
on April 19th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
save the taco trucks
on April 19th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Taco truck are part of America’s free market. Destroying them through law shows how much power big business or corporations have on the government. That is not a fair market.
on April 19th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Carne Asada for life!
on April 19th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
——-READ THIS ONE——–
you guys suck with your petty laws, seems like this is a raciest move by your self appointed egotistical
bullshit, you should be doing something about gangs, and crime, and quit fucking with Mexicans.
——READ THIS ONE——
on April 19th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
taco trucks are one of the best and most distinctive things about l.a.
on April 19th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
there is no reason why taco trucks would be a threat to restaurants. they are very different services and are not in competition with each other. please allow us residents to obtain our food from a variety of these trusted sources.
on April 19th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I want my carne asada tacos! From the trucks!