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 This new law needs to be repealed!
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2314 Signatures 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!
on April 19th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Taco trucks are one of the things I love about L.A.
Banning them is like banning pizza stands in N.Y
on April 19th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
this blows!
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Move every hour?! That doesn’t make any sense at all…..leave the taco trucks alone. They are one of the most distinctive things about LA.
Too much government intervention.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
This is wrong.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
It is unfair to regulate these trucks out of business. They provide goods and services that no one else is willing to provide to the citizens of los Angeles.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
My goodness, one would think that the Board of Supervisors didn’t have more pressing matters to address. Please leave our beloved taco trucks alone.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
tacos!
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
This new law is ridiculous, racist and classist! Our taco trucks provide a huge service- cheap, yummy food, and are a such a unique experience in L.A.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
It seems this country has discovered the power of war.
STOP THE WAR IN IRAQ!
STOP THE WAR ON THE LITTLE PLANT- SMOKE MARIJUANA!
STOP THE WAR ON THE CARNE ASADA TACOS…
for the love of God. It’s bad enough I can only get a bacon wrapped hot dog on the street at 2 in the morning.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Leave street vendors and taco trucks alone!!
Don’t mess with things that you don’t understand and are not a part of. You are here to serve us, but do not presume to know what’s best for us and our communities.
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Taco trucks are a cultural icon and provide some of the best and cheapest food in LA! Hands off please!!!
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
You are kidding right? Leave those hard working guys and gals alone!!!!
on April 19th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
this is yet another attempt to squelch small business who can barely eek out a living.
on April 19th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
leave the taco trucks alone they have great taco’s cheap and always have clean kitchens fresh meat
on April 19th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Keep our street vendors in operation!!
on April 19th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I won’t allow these politcians ruin businesses like the El Flaco taco truck off the 60 fwy on 3rd St. That’s one of the best in town.
on April 19th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
taco truck tacos are the best
on April 19th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Everyone i know loves the Taco Trucks!
on April 19th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
These trucks provide some of the finest food I have ever had.
on April 19th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
My taco truck always rocks me
on April 19th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Don’t ever forget that this is a big part the cuisine and the culture that make Los Angeles a unique and vibrant world city.
on April 19th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
The economy is bad as it is, then why are you doing this? this is unfear and unreal. I cannot believe that the governoment is focusing on banning taco trucks and kicking out immigrants, when the real problem is the war!!! why can’t we see a sign for once that read, “BANNING THE WAR” NOW thats reality. Focus goverment, focus please!! we are not stupid, we know exactly what’s going on!! Change for Good, remember this corrupted world is where your children live in, I know you don’t give a crap about us the people but do this for your own family, unless of course you don’t even have heart for them either. People grow up, stop the selfishness, stop the corruption, stop the gossip, stop the madness, stop the racism, stop the abuse, and start living. GOVERNMENT, I KNOW YOU GUYS WENT TO SCHOOL AND GOT DEGREES AND ARE VERY WISE, AND IF THAT IS THE CASE THAN WHY ARE YOU SOOOO STUPID IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.
on April 19th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Why would you want put more honest, hard working people on unemployment!
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
This is a ridiculous law. Repeal it immediately.
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tacotruck14apr14,0,4600263.story?page=2
The quotes in that article indicate this is an attempt at further gentrification, along with hints of a unique brand of facism: “It just makes the community look like there’s no order.” If this is a move for the sake of capitalism, then what happened to the free market?
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
please, think of the tacos!
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Dear Supervisor Molina and Board
Don’t you take away our lunch truck! What are you doing?? Whose bad idea was this?
The new law restricting food trucks is unreasonable. I am a 25-year Silverlake resident and have worked in Los Angeles for that whole period.
Due to the hectic pace of work, my ability to get a meal at all has often depended on those trucks, and this is no frivolous comment - and they often have to be there for a couple hours. A lot of hard working people rely on those trucks to make their hectic schedules work out.
It is basically unfair to so limit them because they provide a very socially beneficial service.
As you know, in LA just driving or walking to a restaurant can “eat up” a good portion of your lunch hour. Also, morning and evening traffic in Los Angeles often brings commuters to a choice between adequate sleep and an adequate breakfast. Taco trucks make it so you can have an okay meal come to you when you just don’t have time to go eat.
The cultural effect of these trucks is beneficial to this city. If you’ve never been to the truck for lunch you have missed one of the most truly endearing things about Los Angeles, and their food is inexpensive which is very important to many people now that the brilliant government regulatory sector has let rank frauds crash the economy again.
This law seems indecent. I see no epidemic of restaurant failures coupled to an overabundance of lunch trucks. For that reason, I suspect that an unreasonable minority has pushed this law through to everyone else’s detriment.
Let’s be reasonable: what reasonable citizen has a big problem with lunch trucks? Restaurant owners…and that’s maybe about it. Their only reasonable claim should be that perhaps the trucks shouldn’t be closer than a half block or a block from an OPEN restaurant or something, but they don’t have a reasonable claim beyond that.
I seriously want those trucks available and I know my neighbors and co-workers do also.
The restauranteurs aren’t going to bring their restaurant to where I’m working and get me in and out the door in 9 minutes and make me go find my own table, chair and bathrooms, so they aren’t even offering the same service.
Taco trucks have been at it for so many years and served so many people in LA that they should have an easement to continue largely as before, just like ice cream trucks. Or are we going to let Baskin Robbins and Haagen-Dasz suppress ice cream trucks? I want Taco trucks to remain as before.
Thank you,
James Balsam
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
this is ludacrous!
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
we want taco trucks! yay!
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
LA ain’t LA with taco wagons.
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
tacos rule.
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Los Angeles is nothing without them!
on April 19th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I want to buy food from my favorite taco truck:
The one that is open.
on April 19th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Take the Taco Truck out of LA? That would be idiotic!
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Taco trucks are a huge part of LA Culture. Please don’t take them away from an increasingly homogenized society. Plus, all those workers that don’t need to leave their jobsite because the food comes to them, think about that. Allowing people to put more time into work, brings in more tax dollars, right? Leave TacoTrucks alone!!!
on April 19th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I realize important politicians and county officials hardly need to patronize them, but how could we possibly be persecuting Taco Trucks!? LA’s own native contribution to street food and city culture, know and appreciated the world over.
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
The taco truck is one of the few things i still love about L.A. Please don’t try to put them out of business.
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
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on April 19th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
We need our taco trucks!
on April 19th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I need my tacos!
on April 19th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Completely ridiculous and unfair - I urge you to repeal this law immediately.
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:17 am
signed.
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:35 am
i need my fucken tacos.
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Please spend our tax dollars, time and effort on more productive matters.
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:00 am
i love me some taco truckz!
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:17 am
I wonder what the actual aim of this initiative is. Run out all taco trucks and replace them with starbucks vans?
on April 20th, 2008 at 4:06 am
TACO ZONE ON ALVARADO @ SUNSET!
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:42 am
gotta eat!
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:32 am
so important to the character of our city! please don’t destroy this tradition.
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Taco Trucks are a national tresure of Los Angeles. Banning taco truck would be a travesty to Los Angeles culture. Don’t turn our whole city into a mini-mall.
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Don’t let Taco trucks, the better alternative to fast food joints, become the scapegoats for a tanking economy. The restaurants will survive, but once the Taco trucks are gone, they’re gone for good.
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:02 am
With our shrinking economy, a recession looming here are people attempting to make a living in a country in flux. If the restaraunt is serving a quality product it will survice. The taco truck is providing a service to our community, isn’t what this country is all about?
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Here’s how the Board of Supervisors meeting went :
“Um, since we’re too chicken to take on Graft, LA Unified, Transportation, or any other topic relevant to the people of Los Angeles, we’ve got to look like we’re tough on something! Let’s go to Chipotle and discuss it further”.
Ms. Molina ~ it’s time to assimilate back the other way!
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:22 am
save tacos & small businesses
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:29 am
This is just another way to harrass people. Our representatives are supposed to protect us not conspire to further reduce our freedoms. Thank the Lord for taco trucks which provide good food at a decent price.
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Please do not punish the entrepreneurs who were intelligent and resourceful enough to provide our communities with convenient, low priced, delicious alternatives to the other restaurants in town. There are certainly more important issues to focus on (like education funding) than driving these people from the markets, which demand and adore them.
Thank You
Emily Marshall
Long time taco truck devotee.
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:39 am
please save the taco trucks.
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I’m pleased to see that the City of Los Angeles has successfully addressed/eliminated all the major/minor crimes that have, for so long, plagued that fabulous city, so that the City Council can now address such pressing quality of life matters as a taco truck sitting in one spot for more than an hour.
BRAVO, City Council of Los Angeles! Bravo for showing the rest of the United States “how it’s done”!
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:17 am
I will never vote for Gloria Molina now, or in the future, in whatever she runs for.
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:31 am
When there are nightly shoots out in the neighborhood, and the people that live across the street are selling drugs, Supervisor Molina wants to champion the non-issue of taco truck regulation. They are not a blight on the community, they bring the community together and define the Latin flavor of Highland Park and NELA. Could this be in issue of the trucks not paying the city money? As a politician, Ms. Molina should learn to pick her battles, and as a Highland Park resident I know that there are many more pressing issues in this area than late night snacks.
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:37 am
why are you picking on taco trucks? what did they ever do to you?
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:41 am
save pasadena taco trucks please
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Good lord, if they eliminate the taco trucks (they won’t!), what is next?! Please don’t let it be the chili fruit stands…
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:58 am
IM STRICTLY ON THE CARNE ASADA DIET AND TAKING THE TACO TRUCKS AWAY WILL BE A BIG PROBLEM.
***QUE VIVA LA RAZA!!***
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:59 am
MY MOM FEEDS ME TACOS EVERY NOW AND THEN!!
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I LOVE TACOS
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:09 am
What agenda does County Supervisor Gloria Molina have. Who is paying this person? Does she not serve the community? Allow people to make their own choices. “Land of the free” remember…
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Taco Trucks build community, make streets safer, and fill my tummy for cheap. They are a valued part of our urban landscape — support them, don’t outlaw them!
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Perhaps there’s a compromise that works for everyone?
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:12 am
VIVA LA RAZA and Taco trucks
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:13 am
What’s LA without taco trucks?
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:13 am
This is a joke right?
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:21 am
An important point that I think is being missed in this conversation (and what I wrote in my letter to the supervisor):
“Particularly important to me is the fact that these mobile businesses are a way that many people can see the entrepreneurial spirit in action and become inspired.”
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Don’t do it. I was born and raised in LA. These taco trucks are an LA icon. It’s what I look forward to when I’m visiting from New York.
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:22 am
ear Supervisor Molina,
I am writing to express serious concern regarding the actions you have taken against the taco trucks in our neighborhoods. As a member of the Eastside community, I greatly value our local street vendors–for their food, service, and especially culture.
Taco trucks fill many voids left by traditional restaurants, whether it is more authentic, better food, better hours, or cheaper prices. Furthermore, taco trucks create a sense of community on the streets that enclosed, “brick-and-mortar” stores cannot.
Taco trucks are a special and unique facet of East Los Angeles, and something that I cherish about my neighborhood.
I urge you to withdraw your proposal, and instead focus on the more pressing and detrimental issues that are facing our community.
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:34 am
save the tacos.
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Seriously, I’ve been teaching in East Los Angeles for ten years and I know how much the taco trucks mean to the people of Boyle Heights and to those of us who frequent them on a daily basis.
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:38 am
save our tacos
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I hired a taco truck to cater my wedding reception. I feel lucky to live somewhere where the streets are lively with families of diners and shoppers.
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Save the trucks.
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
i grew up on los angeles taco trucks, and losing a reliable neighborhood taco truck is like losing a member of the family!
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Imposing yet more regulations on the business activity of lunch trucks leads to more expensive food, reduces the ability for small entrepreneurs to make a living, and makes our lives more inconvenient. This unnecessary penalty also will harm a tradition that makes our city great.
Why add to the numerous laws and regulations that we have to deal with day to day? Any conceivable problem that a lunch truck might cause can be easily mitigated by members of local communities and law enforcement.
Given our current economic climate, this is also not the time to limit options for business people and their customers.
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
you can’t take away the part of los angeles that thrives with culture. If anything stop building fast food chains.
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I Like Tacos!
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Mexican Word of the Day: WAFER
I wanted to go to East LA to eat tacos with my friends, pero los mensos didn’t “WAFER” me.
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
VIVA LA RAZA
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
y
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Food of the people, by the people, and for the people!
on April 20th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
We think the county has better things to work on than trying to shut down taco trucks. Shame on you Gloria.
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
These taco trucks are fixtures in the l.a. landscape.
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Tacos! Tacos! Tacos!
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
What’s the point of this? Are LA restaurants behind it, trying to stop competition?
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
F*ck the Man! Eat tacos!
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
save the trucks
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
10 year resident of Los Angeles. The cells in my body are by now at least one-fourth composed of asada from taco trucks. Why the hell anyone would even suggest dispensing with this wonderful and delicious tradition is entirely beyond me. Be very angry, and refuse to accept this.
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
the taco trucks are an integral part of the food scene in this town. you talk to any of the food critics and they’ll agree. this is a silly idea.
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Keep um’ rollin’
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Tacos are good. Save the trucks.
on April 20th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Leave our taco trucks alone!
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
It’s a terrible idea to ban Taco Trucks! Aside from being a terrific part of Our Town’s cultural history, they’re a vibrant part of street life, and the LA culinary scene!
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
screw the law..just another example of creeping socialism, fascism, communism, religious fundamentalism, etc…the country’s going broke. we need cheap, good food on wheels..
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
competition is a good thing - and taco trucks win because they provide great food at low cost with friendly service. if the city wants to help out restaurant owners, they should look for a positive method of encouragement rather than a negative means of shutting down people’s livelihood.
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Stupid idea to ban Taco Trucks! Doesn’t Gloria Molina know they’re one of the 64 Best Things About Los Angeles, according to LA MAgazine?
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Limiting or denying The Public access to Tacos is a crime. Taquerias, mobile or otherwise, should be REQUIRED on every city block. Indeed, how can humanity proceed with its quest for the perfect taco without these chariots of tortilla-wrapped deliciousness??
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Please, please, please, hear my hunger! This is one Chino who is in full support of these taco vending angels from heaven.
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Go after something/someone that is hurting the community. Taco trucks bring joy and they have good business because not only are they affordable, but delicious too!!!!
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
wtf…no bueno
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Do these people just get bored and think of more ways to fuck up our city? How about focusing on something else? Like education being practically non-existent and how we can fix that.
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Taco trucks, and the sense of community, local entrepreneurship and civic pride that they create are all a vital part of Los Angeles street culture. Something tells me that Ms. Molina cares not about these things, nor is a frequent patron of these culinary paradises themselves (as is so often the case with anyone wanting to inexplicably restrict or ban something this innocuous). Please focus your attention and our tax dollars on issues that truly affect the citizens of our city and get your meddlesome fingers out of my carne asada burrito. Regards.
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
What would fotify the bar-going citezens of Los Angeles for the dubious 2AM drive home?
How will tourism in Los Angeles survive if the ‘taco tour’ buses from Hollywood and Disneyland cease to operate?
on April 20th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
taco trucks are the only thing open late night where I am from, and so they have be come a cultural norm for me and my age group. Its really terrible and pathetic to block these restaurants from providing taco’s.
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
If The Owners Of The Restaurant Didn’t Want Their clients To Leave And Go Eat At That Taco Truck Then Maybe They Should Make Better Food!
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Growing up my entire life in the eastern outskirts of Los Angeles county, I thought I had it all in terms of food. Then that fateful day when I left my family for the dark foreboding streets of East LA and found enlightenment in the form of a taco truck open at 3am serving tacos al pastor. Please Molina: think of the drunkards.
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
TACO TRUCKS = JUSTICE!
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Viva la taco truck!
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Don’t take a way a part of the L.A. culture. These taco trucks not only represent great food, but a part of what the L.A. experience is- a POSITIVE one.
Don’t take away jobs. Don’t shut down this part of the economy.
Don’t take away our taco trucks.
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
stop this shit!
we all love tacos
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Save delicious & reliable late night eating!
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Taco trucks are one of the most unique and delicious aspects of Los Angeles. The food is often better and more authentic than anywhere else in town, and the fact that they are wide-spread in residential neighborhoods makes them easy to walk to and probably cuts down on pollution from people sitting in drive-throughs with their engines idling. Los Angeles would not be the same city without them.
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Save part of our Angeleno culture. Without taco trucks readily available, I’d have to hop into my car, wasting gas, time, and money… to drive to a different part of the city to eat my lunch.
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Save the taco trucks. Salven las taquerias motorizadas.
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
I’d like to know the motivation behind this rule that to us seems so idiotic.
on April 20th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Street food is an important and historic part of LA!
on April 20th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
catering trucks are a necessity in a city that is really a suburb
on April 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I am originally from LA. I now live in Oregon. I am a devoted regular at my favorite taco truck here in Medford. They make wonderful tacos. Taco trucks across the country are daily serving an amazing lunch and providing a living for the people that work so hard inside them. Save the taco trucks!!!
on April 20th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Please save our trucks: make our home more livable, not less.
on April 20th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Mmmm tacos…
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
One of the main reasons I travel is to experience food culture in other parts of the world. I’m originally from Boston, now living in Tokyo. I’ve been planning a visit to California as I’ve never been, and hearing this news disappoints me. I’m a huge taco and burrito fan, and there’s nothing I would like to try more than food from one of these trucks. Street food, in all my travels, is always the best, most authentic rendition of local food. Not only is it loaded with flavor, but often times loaded with local tradition and culture. It would be a shame if these trucks were removed before my visit. I was unaware of their existence before planning my trip but now they are on my list of things to see and experience.
Alas America, drowning it’s own beautiful culture by dowsing it with poorly written laws and corporate food chains. Is there really any point in visiting if all that’s left after this law is passed is a Taco Bell and Wendy’s? I hate American fast food, but I LOVE real American street food culture.
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
How is this keeping us safe? Leave the taco trucks alone and let us retain SOME freedom of choice.
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
You’ll eventually take the angeles out of this city… leave it alone. Focus on the real problems, please.
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I am shocked that Gloria Molina would support this measure. I am so disappointed. This is so unamerican.
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
What a petty, nasty thing to do to people bringing affordable and often scrumptious eats to under-served communities. For shame. Save the trucks!
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
These trucks are an institution — and need to keep on rollin’
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Please save my midnight snacks!
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I love East LA Tacos!
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
You can have my tacos and burritos after you cut my heart out, most respected madam supervisor.
Epithet, epithet, epithet. Followed by a really nasty epithet.
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
unbelievable
on April 20th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
forcing taco trucks to move every half hour is a needless waste of gas!! and besides, how am i supposed to find leo’s if they’re constantly going to be on the move?
on April 20th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I don’t live in LA, let alone America. I’m from New Zealand and I think this decision sucks. I couldn’t agree more that there are more pressing issues the community should be dealing with. And even on a long list of potentially pressing community issues, I can’t even see a reason as to why ‘taco trucks’ should even be on such a list.
I expect nothing less than riots in response to this. I will be keeping an eye on the news. Don’t let me down, yanks.
on April 20th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
It’s stupid how they are focusing on taco trucks but not on the real issues that are a problem to Los Angeles
on April 20th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Taco trucks can stay!
on April 20th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
Wow Gloria, are you trying to commit political suicide?
on April 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Repeal this ridiculous law, Gloria!
You know you like a good taco truck meal…
on April 20th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Repeal this ridiculous law, Gloria!
YOU KNOW YOU LIKE A GOOD TACO TRUCK TACO!
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
save the trucks!
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I can not fathom (beyond bureaucratic greed) why any council member could even consider forcing the taco trucks out of our neighborhood. It’s embarrassing and shameful to even consider taking away this last truly authentic LA experience. Unlike NYC, restaurants here close so early these trucks supply an essential service - in addition they offer culinary & social treasures to the multi-ethnic residents and tourists of our Eastside homeland. Do you have no concept that it is often the taco trucks themselves that bring local and national tourists to into these Eastside areas (ask Google, New York Times, Chowhound, etc.)? It hardly seems smart to decrease visitation to these areas and make the nighttime streets desolate again like in the gangsta 90s by discouraging the pedestrian traffic that surrounds these oases. Surely there is another way to generate the tons of cash you envision getting rather than punishing these hardworking people and we citizens who count on and love them!
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
As a long time resident in Los Angeles now living in florida I support NOT enacting these regulations against Taco Trucks.
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
This is crazy!! There are thousands of more pressing issues that you politicians should be addressing. Tacos trucks are a special part of our neighorbood. Please withdrawl this petty restriction and focus your energy on something more important.
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I thought Texas laws were ridiculous but banning Taco Trucks!!??!? I sure hope this idea doesn’t spread to Texas, we love our taco trucks too!
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
i think la should focus on real issues like getting rid of heidi montag.
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Please don’t take my TACOS EL GALLITO and al pastor burritos from me!!! It’s one of my favourite things about Pasedena!!!
on April 20th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
please do not take our tacos away.
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
ILOVE EL MATADOR!!! It’s my favorite tac0 truck!
And I like them all… they are so uniquely “Los Angeles”…I’ve written about them extensively in my book, “The Underground Guide To Los Angeles”, which spent nine weeks on the LA Times Best Sellers List.
Thank you,
Pleasant Gehman
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Here’s the letter I sent:
Dear Supervisors Molina and Antonovich,
I am a Pasadena resident of 10 years, and a lover of LA’s indigenous street food: the ubiquitous taco truck. I was very upset to run across the recent LA Times articles describing the new penalties taco trucks face for engaging in their business:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-taco16apr16,1,4570192.story
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tacotruck14apr14,0,4600263.story
I was even more upset to see that the supposed reasoning behind the change in the law was that the trucks compete “unfairly” with stationary brick-and-mortar businesses. They certainly do compete, and their food is cheaper, because their costs are lower. That’s not cheating, that’s capitalism at its best.
I don’t want to be forced to head into a sit-down restaurant just to get a decent snack, and the areas the taco trucks serve are often devoid of late-night eateries. Beyond that, they are a part of LA culture - a part that I value. I believe that plentiful street food is a sign of a healthy city, and part of what defines and differentiates our urban centers. The taco trucks are also one of the few aspects of LA that I feel really caters to non-automotive traffic. As a pedestrian and an urban cyclist, I will especially miss the trucks if they go. I also will not increase my spending on restaurant food. Taco truck tacos are one of the few times I feel that eating out is actually worth the money.
Sincerely,
Zane Selvans
(A white, educated, middle-class guy who can’t speak nearly as much Spanish as he would like)
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
God save the taco trucks!
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Why do the County Supervisors always want to ruin the best things about LA? First Beyond Baroque had to engage in a crazy battle to remain in its current location, now this?? HOW ABOUT FOCUSING ON SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT, LIKE CONTROLLING THE PAPPARAZZOES,WHO CAUSE TRAFFIC JAMS, ACCIDENTS, AND ARE A REAL NUISANCE???
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
My God!!!! What sane person would ban taco trucks?? Tacos are so good and cheap, please save the taco trucks, if not for us, for our children!
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
SAVE THE TRUCKS!
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Could you imagine if you couldn’t get a knish on the streets of NY?
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
taco trucks keep los angeles alive and kicking,they provide good cheap food and a social access to others and keep the moms and pops cooking, real food for the hard working real people.
on April 20th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
This is a travesty for those who own the truck’s livliehoods, and for those who frequent them. What could possibly be your motive for such an inane piece of legislation? Spend your time on things that matter Supervisor Molina.
Thank you,
John LAbine
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Eat Tacos
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
This is just idiotic!
on April 20th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
I can’t believe the most pressing issue in town is Taco trucks. It’s beyond ridiculous!
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Leave it to Gloria Molina to ruin everything!
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Let the taco trucks live!
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
this is outrageous. like many have mentioned above, there are more pressing issues facing our communities (can anyone say hospital closures?).
taco trucks are an integral part of l.a. let’s keep it that way!
on April 20th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
why are you doing this?
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
con razon la gente se rie de nuestra ciudad, si los temas que tenemos pendientes por arreglar son las taco trucks..
get real ! por favor.
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
what are you thinking? i’ve been a musician in this town for 25 years, and taco trucks have always been a quick meal before and a good hang after the show. when my my wife was pregnant, she’d get a craving for tacos al pastor, and we’d have to go find a taco truck in the middle of the night to get them for her.
dave mcsparran
on April 20th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
This is our culture. Don’t tear apart our city.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:11 am
With all of the pressing issues that need to be addressed in this city, I am beyond dumbfounded that taco trucks warrant the allotment of so many of our city’s spare and precious resources. The time alone simply to patrol and monitor taco trucks, the bureaucratic costs involved in levying and collecting fines against the proprietors, and the unnecessary burdens on the already grossly overcrowded county jail and legal system make this legislation appear to be in absolute opposition to the well being and success of Los Angeles and its residents. My taxpayer dollars would surely be put to better use elsewhere.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:28 am
save our taco trucks! paleeze…
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:32 am
To those who would go to the trouble of legislating and policing against great affordable food and beloved cultural icons that do nothing but make people feel good: have you never gotten your hands deliciously greasy at midnight devouring tasty morsels in the good company of the people of LA? Honestly, I think I need to go into business providing safety deposit boxes for you so that you will at least have somewhere to put your souls before you enter the boardroom.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:02 am
As mentioned above by many, I think L.A. has a plethora of other issues to deal with so I think it’s kind of pathetic that I have to sign a petition to keep taco trucks around, as if that’s our biggest problem. But also like many, I would be incredibly disappointed to see the taco trucks be a thing of the past. With that said, if we have a voice on who parks on our streets, which are public space, and the general public feels it is an adored and cherished asset to our community, then City Council should do it’s civil duty and listen to the public. It would be a huge disservice to the community and us patrons who adore these alternative venues that provide delicious, inexpensive and authentic food at all hours while adding much needed culture, a memory.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:13 am
Taco trucks are a part of the LA community and culture. These new laws are outrageous.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:21 am
Taco trucks are a muy rico.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:45 am
A Canadian Gringo signs on. Plus, I would like to sign the petition to bring Taco Trucks to Canada!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:37 am
Best of luck.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:13 am
The simple reason the trucks should be preserved is for the people who _depend_ on them every day for their food.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:49 am
viva la troca !
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:10 am
Re they trying to kill everything good about LA or What ?
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:47 am
This is ridiculous! Taco Trucks and the people running them are kings among men
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:52 am
One of the reasons we visit L.A.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:04 am
They feed tens of thousands of people everyday. The demand is high enough to justify that they remain in business.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:22 am
don’t hate on the tacos or the taco makers!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:30 am
The taco trucks have some of the best food I have ever eaten. The food still has the ‘love’cooked in. Think of all the poverty you will be bringing to the owners of the trucks,and their famalies.Don’t you think our economy is hurting enough already?
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
Don’t f*ck with my trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:32 am
I survived for four years eating primarily from a taco truck, and I have yet to find better authentic mexican food elsewhere. Don’t eliminate these vital parts of the southern california economy.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:43 am
Wow! I can not believe that a law would be passed to where someone who is not stealing, can not make a living the legitimate way! What the law makers should be doing is getting the drugs off the steets and the graffiti off the walls! PLEASE LEAVE THE TACO TRUCKS/MAKERS ALONE!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:56 am
Taco trucks are one of the best parts of living in LA. How about focusing on some more important issues like crime, education, poverty, or helping the homeless.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:56 am
Don’t get rid of my taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:58 am
Save the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:59 am
Don’t take my taco truck! They’re the only place to eat after 9:00 in my neighborhood! Their food is good and cheap!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:03 am
The real crooks are the taco bells and the burger kings. They unlawfully poison our kids and create visual pollution throughout the city.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:05 am
$1000 fine is insane! and if restrain LA culture and traditions, you kill the very essence of this city
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:07 am
Don’t do this to LA!! taco trucks are truly the best mexican food in town. especially with cost of leaving rising we still can depend on good, inexpensive food. They already abide with health dept. codes!! what is the problem here!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:10 am
It is a shame that this is happening.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am
Taco trucks are an integral part of LA culture. Don’t take it away from us!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:16 am
Save the taco trucks! It’s one of my favorite parts of LA!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:26 am
Every great city has its great street food. Would NY be NY without its hot dog stands? Well, LA wouldn’t be LA without its taco trucks. Don’t make our city a place NOT to visit by making it utterly homogeneous and forgettable.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:28 am
Getting rid of taco trucks in LA is like NY getting rid of the hot dog vendor! SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS!!! SI SE PUEDE!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:33 am
The trucks are a vital part of our neighborhood. Please repeal this law.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:34 am
Please repeal this law immediately.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:36 am
Save our sidewalk culture
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:45 am
Taco trucks are an important and beloved aspect of our neighborhoods’ culture.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:49 am
Taco trucks are not only integral to LA’s food culture, they provide income to many hard working families!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:50 am
I can’t picture LA as LA without the taco trucks. Please repeal the law.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am
Tacos are good!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am
why don’t worry about getting rid of meth instead of tacos…..I’m an adult and perfectly capable of deciding where I want to eat - and I like taco trucks and stands.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am
I have a big family to support!!!!!
I own a taco truck.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:00 am
Tacos forever!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:01 am
Come on Gloria its about helping the latino’s… not bringing us down!!! Si se puede i arriba mi Los Angeles querido…
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:02 am
Taco Trucks fill a vital role in our community by providing good food at even better prices. Not only that, they are a vital part of our Angelino culture. Taking them out is like taking out the Dodger Dog from Dodger Stadium.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:04 am
I need it!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:05 am
I like and would like taco trucks to stay where they are.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:06 am
Gloria Molina should be ashamed at her self. I wonder who’s special interest she is supporting? It does not matter. She should know that this is a capitalistic free enterprise country and her kind aren’t welcome. “Taco trucks live on”!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:07 am
It’s be a crime against all Angelenos to take away the best and most authentic representation of their food.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am
The trucks are affordable and profitable, they increase wealth for local entrepeneurs. They serve healthy family recipes which both preserve and propagate local culture. If they are further limited, less healthy cheap foods will exploit their market.. places like fast food chains and convenience/liquor stores will sell more burgers and candy. The trucks encourage people to get outdoors for a walk and even use public parks.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:24 am
This law will cause Carnage Asada to LA culture.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:24 am
The more tacos available the better off for everyone.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:25 am
Get your hands off of my tacos!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:26 am
Street food is an important aspect of a community’s every day life, they need to stay!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:26 am
Is this not the land of the free?
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:27 am
Speaking as a recent returnee to LA, the taco trucks are my favorite part of the city. They uniquely define LA’s culture, and the city would be much worse without them.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:33 am
save our taco trucks!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:34 am
Save the tacos! and the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am
yum
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am
Can’t live without my tacos.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:38 am
Viva la tacos!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:41 am
Patroling this sham of a law will be a wonderful use of the five-hundred something new police officers LA is hiring.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
viva la taco!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am
in loving memory of “el capitan”, whittier blvd. cira 1998. save the taco truck!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:45 am
Dios mio man
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:47 am
Leave the taco trucks alone!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:47 am
Taco Trucks = Los Angeles.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
I eat from a taco truck several times a week. The food is great. It is quite inexpensive. The community gathered around the truck is the best.
Si se puede!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am
I think these restrictions are racist and classist. Repeal them NOW!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:53 am
I love Taco Trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:54 am
Dear Supervisor Molina,
I am writing to express serious concern regarding the actions you have taken against the taco trucks in our neighborhoods. As a member of the Eastside community, I greatly value our local street vendors–for their food, service, and especially culture.
Taco trucks fill many voids left by traditional restaurants, whether it is more authentic, better food, better hours, or cheaper prices. Furthermore, taco trucks create a sense of community on the streets that enclosed, “brick-and-mortar” stores cannot.
Taco trucks are a special and unique facet of East Los Angeles, and something that I cherish about my neighborhood.
I urge you to withdraw your proposal, and instead focus on the more pressing and detrimental issues that are facing our community.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:54 am
Aren’t there far more pressing matters that the LA County Board of Supervisors should be attending to? This is ridiculous.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:55 am
These new policies will negatively change the culture of LA streets and neighborhoods.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am
long live the taco truck!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Dios mio, man
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Claiming that the trucks put restaurants out of business is not a reason to put the trucks out of business. How about letting the best taco win?
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am
my family owns a taco truck, and to take a away a family’s income is outrageous. If Molina really cared for her community, she would realize she is doing more harm than good
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:01 am
save our taco trucks please!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am
I need my tacos. Don’t deny me.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am
tacos!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am
This is capitalism at its worst. You tell me another place I can get a taco that tastes awesome for a dollar.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:09 am
save our taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:10 am
I wish we had taco trucks in Michigan!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:10 am
Taco trucks are a Los Angeles institution deserving preservation.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:12 am
Let me know when the sit-ins start, I’ll sacrifice myself for el pastor and carnitas.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:13 am
Save our cultural heritage! Save the trucks.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:20 am
This is an OUTRAGE. Taco trucks provide a very valuable service to me. As someone who rides a bus two hours home to work right now, it is helpful for me to have food vendors on my walk from the bus stop to home. I don’t have time to sit in a restaurant.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:22 am
It’s a pretty simple problem, restaurants. You want me to stop eating at the trucks, then stop serving sub-standard food. I mean, would you pay ten dollars for food worth only half that? There’s a reason everyone goes to the trucks.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:22 am
Even librarians think Gloria Molina is a dumb-ass.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:23 am
saaaave sonia and leeeo and ramboooooo
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:26 am
PLEASE!! Keep the taco trucks!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:28 am
In a country where competition is king for the government to take sides (the Restaurants )is hypocritical.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:28 am
this needs to end.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:28 am
No es justo lo que esta pasando. no solo nos dan de comer, tambien con su trabajo suportan a sus familas! RESISTE!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am
All the great cities of the world offer travelers and locals alike the opportunity to experience the local culture through street food. Often times this food is much more representative of the real culture than any gourmet restaurant, cheaper, and usually better tasting too. Taco trucks are about the only street food available in LA.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:33 am
This is absurd. Stop the madness!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:35 am
Save the taco trucks, POR FAVOR!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:37 am
This is clearly another form of hateful persecution. Note to Gloria Molina: stop making L.A. such an embarrasment!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:38 am
they’re making a living like everyone else.. no need to put more people out of business.. it’s bad enough our economy is going down.. !
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
Why go after these particular vendors like this? As long as they are licensed, inspected, and obey all laws I don’t see why they can’t deliver the goodness! Maybe there can be a compromise on the time, one hour seems too short, maybe make it 4 hours, just move for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:42 am
VIVA LOS TACO TRUCKS!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:44 am
For one thing, its a no brainer. Taco trucks are part of the scheme of our community. It is a service to its citizens and its part of our cultural fabric. Due to capitalism, the food industry is one of the leading profitable enterprises; particularly restaurants. To transition the fate of our taco trucks is uprooting a dependable source for our daily lives. It would be detrimental on a large scale for our Angelinos. It is afterall, engraved in our city’s culture. We need to press on real life issues. issues that affect individuals and not for corporate greed. Politicians need to stop eating out in opulant style, and embrace the “Taco truck culture” maybe this would really stimulate our economy in a positive way”.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:44 am
Gloria Molina is a fool and wholly out of touch. Taco Trucks are easily one of my favorite things about Los Angeles. Imposing stricter fines is moronic and mean-spirited against hard-working Angelenos who deserve better. Save the Taco Trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:44 am
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!
LEO’S TACO TRUCK IN EAGLE ROCK #1
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am
Viva Los Taco Trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:48 am
Way to wage war on the lower class. As an employee for the City of LA who’s citizens pay your salary, you have done a huge disservice to those that got you elected. I hope that when you are hungry at 1 am and you find no restaurants around, there will be a Taco truck to service you, and in that moment you appreciate what a god send they are.
I don’t know who blackened your soul Gloria, but may god have mercy upon them.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:48 am
I live on the Westside and I can’t get by without my trusty taco truck that hangs out down the block from me. Don’t ban this staple of Los Angeles life!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:48 am
I’m crying as i sign this petition. I put Freddy’s Taco Truck as my hero on my Myspace. He can’t be my hero if he’s not there.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:51 am
First they came for the taco trucks …
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:56 am
L.A. is known nationwide as a place where you can find excellent Mexican food in the strangest places — the taco trucks are a big part of that culture! And making the trucks move regularly will only increase pollution, gas use and traffic. Don’t ban the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am
If the Board’s concern is that these business owners are not paying the same taxes and overhead as brick and mortar restaurant owners, then there should be incentives put in place for community economic development that would allow these entrepeneurs to open their own restaurants. Punitive measures are not the answer, and don’t help anyone. They punish these small immigrant owned businesses and the communities they serve, and overload the legal system with unnecessary prosecutions.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am
This can not happen!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am
Mexicans selling food is NOT a crime. Stop cracking down on hard working folks in society and start putting tax money where it counts, towards a better public transportation system. free the tacos! go metro!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:59 am
Taken from the sample letter…
“I urge you to withdraw your proposal, and instead focus on the more pressing and detrimental issues that are facing our community.”
Indeed!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
“I urge you to withdraw your proposal, and instead focus on the more pressing and detrimental issues that are facing our community.”
Amen!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Gloria, you have betrayed your name and afflicted the people. Repent and repeal!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Dear Mrs. Molina,
Please let the trucks stay. They are an important part of our city.
Thank You,
Ryan Conder
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:14 pm
save our street tacos.
shout out to La Estrella on Figueroa and Meridian.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Gloria, you have betrayed your name and afflicted the people. Repent and repeal!
“I urge you to withdraw your proposal, and instead focus on the more pressing and detrimental issues that are facing our community.”
If the Board’s concern is that these business owners are not paying the same taxes and overhead as brick and mortar restaurant owners, then there should be incentives put in place for community economic development that would allow these entrepeneurs to open their own restaurants. Punitive measures are not the answer, and don’t help anyone. They punish these small immigrant owned businesses and the communities they serve, and overload the legal system with unnecessary prosecutions.
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L.A. is known nationwide as a place where you can find excellent Mexican food in the strangest places — the taco trucks are a big part of that culture! And making the trucks move regularly will only increase pollution, gas use and traffic. Don’t ban the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I live in Boyle Heights and I think its unfair to the hardworkers that own and operate the trucks
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pm
This is completely unnecessary
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:19 pm
I eat from a different truck every day. I have my favorites. Heck, the food channel has been celebrating the taco trucks lately. Get with it and go get some tacos and chill.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Leave the trucks alone. It would make sense if, perhaps, they COULD NOT park within 200 feet of a restaurant, and had to submit to country restaurant inspections and carry the letter grade card. Beyond that, don’t mess with free enterprise.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
LA is not LA without a community taco truck
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
save the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
This a tradition that you can’t take away!! Come on GloMo you know you ate tacos growing up. This is part of our culture and what feeds us working class. Sorry if we can’t afford a fancy dinner at Spago’s like all of you up at City Hall. The raza works hard and now you want to bring us down!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I live in Boyle Heights and it is an outrage to hear that this will be occuring to our community!!! These people have the right to maitain their own bussiness, so why should one feel that they have the right to take ther business away from them!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:26 pm
If the restaurants in Echo Park served tacos as good as those served by the TACO ZONE truck on Alvarado, I would gladly eat at them and sit down comfortably. But this truck provides a service and goods that are better than the surrounding competition, so I value their continued existence at a location that I can depend on.
In an era of rising rents, it seems unfair to limit the community’s ability to adapt to them.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Taco Trucks are the best.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Save the Taco Trucks!! We did in denver!! LA needs the Taco Trucks. Tell them to concentrate on something else!! VIVA the TACO TRUCKS!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pm
L.A. is not L.A. without Taco Trucks. They are not just somethin’ we can get rid of and forget. THey have been a part of my life ever since i was a kid and I still support them till this day!
Fight for the cause, Support your local Taco truck by eating there, everyday if you can.
ONE TACO CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
love tacos and the taco trucks. Let’s keep’em coming!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
love them!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:36 pm
We need ‘em!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pm
There’s plenty of public policy out there to be working on…
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Gloria Molina: You don’t run this city, we the people do!!! OBEY US!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
We the people vote you in, we the people VOTE u OUT!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I can’t imagine LA without taco trucks - it would be a tragedy to banish them!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
There are much more important things that we should be focusing on. Leave the Taco Trucks alone!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:45 pm
taco trucks are a part of my daily life. please don’t take them away.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Taco trucks are part of LA culture and should not be banned.
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Please don’t do this
The people running the taco trucks are just trying to make a living like the rest of us, by having them move every hour this will inveterately eliminate them and what will they do then?
Think about what you are doing
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pm
This is rediculous. Why would anybody have a problem with competition??
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Save our taco trucks!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
If they take away the taco trucks from us now they’re gonna wanna take the taco away too!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I mean the taco lady too!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I do not understand why the ordinance was passed. This seems like a dumb law design to interfere with the law supply and demand. We are in Los Angeles. We are mobile. We need mobile food. Hello?
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:58 pm
She just didn’t have anything better to do or she probably lives somewhere where the taco trucks bug her. Anyway, like Chris Gordon says, “we need mobile food”!
on April 21st, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Wow. nothing better to do than pick on the taco trucks. Taco Zone forever….
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
i was raised on taco trucks and they are still a big part of my life
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Taco trucks bring such vitality and character to the neighborhoods they are found in, and it would be a shame to take this away in order to pander to a few restaurant owners. Note that many people choose to eat at taco trucks because their food tastes remarkably good!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Earning an honest living by selling tacos is not a crime. Plus it keeps plenty of Angelinos fed.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Very soon I will be a student again. Taco truck dining factors heavily into my economic survival plan.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:06 pm
where else am i going to get food after hours???
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:07 pm
This would be a travesty!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Eliminate fast food chains that hijack our culture, NOT our taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Unnecessary!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
It’s the peoples choice to go to these taco trucks BOTTOM LINE. To constrict and contrict aside the fact is terribly wrong. Should we also eliminate drive-thru’s because they have an unfair advantage? Should we regulate hours so that every single restaurant should have the same fair hours? If you want fair you have to look at who you are being fair to instead of pleasing people who never frequent these trucks in the first place.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
taco trucks are the spirit of N/ELA
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Food trucks are also generating business…less than restaurants that can afford to pay monthly rent. Don’t take away food truck bussiness by making them relocate every 55 minutes. Plese consider showing more consistency in your decision/law making. Thank you, John
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Taco trucks are part of what LA great.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Where else do you get a quick bite to eat at 2:30 (Don’t say jack in the box..thats disgusting)?
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:18 pm
thank you for your help
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:20 pm
let taco trucks stay put!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
These trucks ARE LA.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Save the taco truck!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:26 pm
LA love’s its taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:27 pm
If you put Taco Zone out of business I will lose my mind.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Save the trucks!!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
The Ladies at Taco Zone are the best and are always friendly. I would go here before a resturant.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm
It would be criminal to eliminate the taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Please do not change the way taco trucks function…..This is a Los Angeles Culinary and cultural phenomenon that must be kept…it brings neighbors together!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Save our taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:39 pm
.save the taco truck.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Leave the Taco Trucks alone!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:40 pm
we need tacos! the peope that run them work hard very long hours and to take their place of business away is cruel!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:45 pm
L.A. without taco trucks is equal to L.A. without Hollywood, it’s such a crucial part of our culture! Plus it’s great, cheap food!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I love Taco Trucks! Keep them going. This law sounds like it’s designed to put them out of business. Surely we can address restaurant’s concerns without this draconian law.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Taco’s Rule!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Save the tacos!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
They come to job sites where workers only have 30 minutes for lunch. They are available late at night when restraunts are already closed.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Please consider how much these taco trucks are a part of our Los Angeles community, especially on the east side of the city. The people that operate the trucks do a great service. We should embrace this unique tradition in our city and allow the operations to continue without the proposed limitations. It would be a very sad change if these restrictions are made. Keep the taco trucks!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Mariscos on 11th St. is my fav taco truck.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
lame!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I LOVE TACOS!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
It’s not just food, it’s a part of our culture & community.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:56 pm
please keep the taco trucks on our streets!
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:56 pm
The TacoTruck is the definition of Los Angeles street food. Without the TacoTruck, Los Angeles has no claim to being the place to find great street food against the likes of New York (pizza), Chicago (hot dogs) and the South (anything on a stick, deep fried).
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Taco trucks are local businesses too! And they make damn tasty food.
on April 21st, 2008 at 1:58 pm
DOWN WITH TACO TRUCK CRYBABIES!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:04 pm
You can’t be serious?
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Yum Yum eat ‘em up! With the diminishing dollar, cheap eats are what we need.
I bet some of the heft Gloria has added on came from a taco truck. Go on a diet Gloria, and give us a break.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:09 pm
not only should we keep all the taco trucks…we should replace all of the parking enforcement cars with taco trucks.
how pleasant would it be to come out to your car with a taco under your windshield wiper instead of a $$ticket$$.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:13 pm
DONT YOU DARE!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:16 pm
The taco trucks are a vital part of the food community in Los Angeles serving a large section of the population, across a multitude of economic, geographic and ethnic boundaries. It’s a unique example of the cultural diversity that makes Southern California such a wonderful place - the hard work & entrepreneurial spirit of the individuals who run these trucks should be supported and encouraged, not inhibited. Keep the Taco Truck Alive!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:18 pm
save the tacos!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Taco Trucks. Por Vida.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Taco trucks bring people together and share a positive and delicious (and afforable)piece of culture with the entire community! Why would we want to inhibit that?
Long live the La Estrella truck at Fig and Meridian and all the rest!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
over regulation of small business is the problem with America. how are we to eat and they to feed their children with the government over regulating them… whats next? hot dog stands? no more bike ice-cream sales? business license for lemonade stands? how about regulating big business huh? like penalty’s for relaters that lie and stick people in loans they KNOW they will never pay off. how about regulating gas company’s to reduction before Americans have to choose between lunch or gas to get to their foreclosing home!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Taco Trucks are a huge part of the LA culture. And a great place to eat fantastic carne asada tacos for a good price. When I moved to NYC, one of the things I missed most were the taco trucks. Please, don’t take them away!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:23 pm
No!!!! Not our taco trucks!!! Anything but my tacoooooossssss…
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:24 pm
NO!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Taco trucks are apart of my earliest memories of life in L.A.
Its like taking away my little disney land…
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm
please don’t abuse your power.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Are you running out of ways to keep enterprising, contributing, hard-working, valuable service-providing minorities down? What’s next; are you going to make them go live out on that big floating trash pile out in the middle of the ocean?
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:28 pm
The rationale for this community destructing action is mindless. Who is Gloria Molina really representing here?
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Gloria, seriously…what are you trying to prove? How do the trucks create a problem? Long live LA ESTRELLA and those late night munchies!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
It’s not right!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:30 pm
save them!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Gloria,
Please desist from your plan to eliminate taco trucks.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Keep the Taco Trucks!!! Let them stay parked with no restrictions!! We want to eat at the Taco Trucks! One hour is not enough time! They’re not hurting anybody!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:34 pm
this new law needs to be repealed… I agree with other petitioners Taco Trucks are part of the LA Culture!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Viva La Taco Truck!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:34 pm
I love taco trucks. It’s what makes that city great. Besides all the awesome things. But, the ears cannot say, i can live without the feet. We are all part of the body. I don’t mean to use a bible quote. It’s also from Deadwood.
Mucho Gracias!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Careful there Gloria!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Why on earth would you want to eliminate one of the few remaining friendly, mom & pop style services that not only offers up good food at great prices… but also adds to the cultural fabric and texture of Los Angeles?
Please don’t change the rules for the taco trucks we love, so that we don’t know how to find them!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:38 pm
don’t chase away an LA institution!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:39 pm
This just seems like an unfair attack on hard working people. I am a big fan of these trucks. I see them a lot at construction sites that I work out of and want them to continue their service.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Taco trucks is one of the things that makes Los Angeles..Los Angeles!
I grew up around that kind of thing. And i cant imagine anything better.
It’s part of our culture and just the way we were brought up.
<33
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I love eating from these trucks on any day of the year. Don’t let a great source for a quick bite to eat for so many people be pushed out like we should be ashamed of it.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Save the carnitas!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
this is an OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:44 pm
regulations booooooooo, tacos yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:45 pm
I always want to own my own taco truck.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:46 pm
You should leave the trucks alone and worry about things that are really harming the community!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:49 pm
this is ridiculous….what about us who can only afford to eat and the taco trucks?!?!? with restaurants raising prices because of rising food costs, rising gas prices, etc at least let us continue eating for cheap…
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Keep the taco trucks!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
They’re actually part of the L.A. mystique.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:59 pm
leave the taco trucks alone, and focus on real issues facing los angeles.
on April 21st, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Shouldn’t the government be more concerned with more important things? Instead they’re making a fuss over harmless taco trucks? Absolutely ridiculous. These trucks are many people’s livelihoods and these regulations are unreasonable, inappropriate and a nuisance. Taco Trucks never did anything but make people happy. Leave them be.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Please don’t take the Trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
this is a mistake. i know a lot of people as well as family/friends from outta town, who love LA for its taco trucks. without this special treat, many will be disappointed.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:00 pm
If they take the trucks away there will probably be the hungriest riots ever in LA.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pm
unnecessary
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
This is some bullshit I cant believe they’re doing this. They’re only trying to make an honest buck.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:02 pm
This is some bullshit I cant believe they’re doing this leave them alone.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Taco trucks and vendors are an integral part of Los Angeles…East, West, South, and everywhere in between. The cultural value these trucks bring are enormous to the city and help make Los Angeles what it is today—–A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE! The individuals who dont like them can move to Arkansas or someplace if they cant stand L.A, however with the LATINO population growing rapidly throghout the U.S, you might expect taco trucks everywhere!!! Move to Antarctica hahaa that might be your only hope…SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Leave my tacos alone!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Viva la taco truck!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:06 pm
people need tacos
do not take away the taco trucks
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Signed
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:13 pm
WE NEED TO DEFEND OUR RIGHTS REGARDLESS
OF THE MISSION WHICH WILL HELP US SURPASS
THE CORRUPTION.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
OH DEAR…NOT ANOTHER SELL OUT TRYING TO OPRESS HER OWN PEOPLE…
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Taco trucks are NOT competition for most B&M restaurants. Mexican restaurants in most areas of the county still serve mediocre (or worse), excessively Americanized food for the price. Moreover, it is very hard to find non-fast-food restaurants open later than 9pm. If the trucks are licensed, let them be!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
save it!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Save our Taco Trucks!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Nothing is more Angelissimo than a taco truck!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
yummy yummy yummy
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:28 pm
yummy yummy yummy best one is Taco zone on Alameda
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pm
i love the taco trucks!!!! they are too much of an integral part of LA.
you simply cannot GET taco truck food at most restaurants. taco trucks have better hours than restaurants, and better prices!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Can we please stop limiting the ways members of the Lower SES make money?
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:30 pm
either trucks are allowed or i will start killing stray dogs and cats to make my own.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
save the tacos and save the world!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Okay, so now LOCAL government is going to join
the feds in crushing what’s left of small business…
not to mention food that remains affordable for
all of us middle class American’s suffering from
skyrocketing grocery and gasoline prices?
SHAME ON YOU.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:31 pm
SAVE OUR TACOS!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:32 pm
York Blvd…good eats.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Quite the money-driven action. I’m not for it
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Taqueros give the community a sense of community, where else do you see a bunch of people who don’t know each other getting along at 11pm?
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:35 pm
This shouldn’t even be an issue.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I love the tacos from these trucks! Find something else to do with your time, city council people.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:43 pm
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on April 21st, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Unbelievable, now we are attacking the culture of taco trucks–please focus your time on more pressing issues. War and violence, poverty, racism, sexism, need I go on???
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
please don’t take the taco trucks away
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:51 pm
The Taco Trucks of LA provide an important, unique and DYNAMITE piece of Los Angeles street culture, and frankly the best Mexican food in town (and therefore in America!) is to be found there…everybody has their fave trucks and we all love to argue and compare notes. Don’t waste time, money and energy squelching one of the rare great things about living in LA!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Not sure what the beef is (?), but I support it! lol
Now support *MY* cause: Ending Male Genital Mutilation (MGM) in America! http://www.circumstitions.com/ “Circumcision *IS* evil!”
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:53 pm
I agree with all this should not be problem.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Instead of spending the time and tax dollars on trying to keep a few people down, why don’t we put that money to use and try fixing the problems with our schools? This isn’t about the taco trucks, this is about the city trying to find ways of avoiding the larger problems that they haven’t fixed.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Taking away these trucks from us will further poverty in LA by taking away the livelihood of the taco-truck people and will eventually hurt the economy because the people in poverty will no longer put money into the economic system. This is so sad. I remember when Gloria Molina was a worthy Chicana. This just proves that she has been a let down to our people and our community.
on April 21st, 2008 at 3:59 pm
The gas is already high, and for the trucks to move every hour it will increase cost of not only gas to the owners needed but the cost of the food to the customers as well. Not to mention change of location will lose customers. This is unnecessary rule, how about making rules that every child should be feed breakfast, snack and lunch at school. Something more important the making people’s lives more difficult.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Did ya know that Taco Bell’s “taco meat” is just ONE (1) grade above cat food???!!! Google it! It’s a FACT!
http://wreckingboy.livejournal.com/318545.html
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Gloria, as you sit in your stupid office probably not giving a shit about any of this, how many taco trucks will YOU ever see in one day or night? How are these trucks ruining and obstructing YOUR life to point of elimination?? This is just such a petty matter. Seriously, its like, come on. There are far more important issues in LA than the fucking Taco trucks, which supply people with food that is far better than your disgusting fast food establishments. This is just one more way for the LA district and the police to make more money and you’re not fooling anyone. Why make life harder for those people already struggling? Your just making a really poor decision and not taking into consideration those who actually SUPPORT and PURCHASE food from these awesome people.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:04 pm
the taco trucks are the yatai of los angeles. without them, we’d be cleveland.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
without the taco truck i wouldnt be able to eat during the work hours…if that happens i will go to your office and shit on your desk, miserable bored douche bags!
ima white guy
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
viva el taco truck!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Viva Pastor!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:13 pm
don’t we have more important things to legislate than taco trucks?
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Da me cinco tacos de pastor con todo por favor. Gracias.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:16 pm
leave the taco vendors alone!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:19 pm
ditto on: don’t we have more important things to legislate than taco trucks?
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:27 pm
selling drugs illegal fire arms fake ids are Illegal .. your trying to add TACOS to that list ///// LMAO …. Fuck it then im gonna have to start my Mafia and become a kingpin selling tacos illegaly.. ill be on the Most wanted list cause i give out free avocado with my tacos.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Taco trucks provide many jobs, and also provide access to good food at a fair price. An excellent alternative to high priced restaurants, and crappy fast food.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Please do not let this racist law get passed.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:30 pm
These taco trucks offer affordable, good food to the masses. The new law would change the face of Los Angeles for worse.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:30 pm
I’m vegetarian now, but used to love the taco trucks. I still support their existence! Viva los taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:32 pm
The taco trucks are not hurting store-front businesses - those businesses aren’t even open during the hours that most taco trucks operate. This just seems racist and classist.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:33 pm
this is just ridiculous
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
wtf, save the taco trucks
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:36 pm
No more tortas?!?!?! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!! I DEMAND… SOUR CREAM AND CHEESE ON MY TORTA!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Save the taco trucks. The same goes for ice cream trucks and those new Korean Ho Dduk trucks serving Korean sweet pancakes.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:37 pm
These are hard working Americans!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:37 pm
please please stop this madness.
they feed us when restaurants are closed.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Please don’t incriminate our Taco vendors.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
go Taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
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on April 21st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
For better public health, we need more street food in America, not less.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Don’t take the wonderful memories of my childhood. I would like my children to have the same Lunchera experiences.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Save taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:53 pm
These trucks are good sources of income for folks who otherwise have less. With an economic recession currently in place it won’t only affect the folks who sell, but us poor folks who consume this affordable means of nutrition.
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Leave the taco trucks alone. Focus on cutting less money from our SCHOOLS!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:56 pm
The taco trucks is a great place to chill with friend and family!
on April 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
The Taco trucks are apart of our culture and our community!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Long live the taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I use taco trucks for a quick lunch frequently. The food is good, the people are nice, they add a flavor to our civic centers.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:06 pm
it’s an oversight to think taco trucks don’t provide a necessary service to the communities they’re in. it would be a crime to target simple businesses that give so much to the neighborhoods and working people. leave these essential business owners alone!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Save delicious and nutritious street food!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:13 pm
It’s pointless to take away our beloved taco trucks! It would be such a crime.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Enough with the repression already! >[ Let the taco trucks be!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:15 pm
I’m a second-generation Los Angeles resident and I know taco trucks are part of the unique culture of the city. Without them, L.A. will be more like everywhere else and not wonderfully unique!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:15 pm
IF it weren’t for our roach coaches, a lot of us would be starving for lunch. That’s not cool!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:16 pm
i love tacos.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Dollar tacos are my religion.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:25 pm
FIRST BACON WRAPPED HOT DOGS NOW THIS?? NO MAS!!!! SAVE TACO TRUCKS….SPREAD THR WORD AROUND!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Why don’t you focus on removing Starbucks from every corner of Los Angeles instead.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I like tacos!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Everyone needs to make a living in this country…..since when is selling food on the streets illegal….there should be focus on the criminal activity that happens around the neighborhoood, not of vendors on taco trucks…enough said….
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Most of the places you see are the same fast food franchises. It’s these kind of taco trucks which gives some color to the dull cities.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Badruddin Gowani
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:45 pm
No more taco trucks makes me EMO
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
taco trucks are among the few things i love about LA
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I loved the taco tucks when I lived in Arcata California, please don’t ban them in LA.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Push yourself to deal with the economic/social inequalities that lead people to have to do survival work such as street vendor work rather than criminalizing the victims of these inequalities.
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:55 pm
These trucks are part of the culture and atmosphere of LA. The government wants to get rid of them because they just want a piece of their money. They need to give up the action against Taco trucks and focus on more important things. While you’re at it, bring back bacon wrapped Hot Dogs!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 5:59 pm
this is pure, unmitigated TASTEless RACISM.
Los Angeles’s culture shouldn’t be determined by
aryan east-coasters with no backbone or stomache!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:01 pm
2 al pastor por favor
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:03 pm
save the taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
please do not take away our wagons
its all i have left
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Gloria Molina, Are there not other IMPORTANT situations going on in LOS ANGELES??? All the daily murders that are happening. TACOS TRUCKS???
Leave them alone.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:09 pm
To whom it may concern,
I was shocked when this happened in New Orleans last year, but i never, never imagined something so bigoted and obviously unfair could ever happen in LA. i’m relocating to the city for work, and am seriously considering raising my kids there. That’s because LA embodies the poli-glot, immigrant fueled never-stand-still american metropolis, one where entrepreneurs big and small—shit, people big and small, are supposed to get a fair shot. I think the city is only doing this because they know that the roach coaches can’t fight back. Truck owners are way less likely than brick and mortar owners to be able to fight for their rights in the lingua franca of city hall. So are their customers.
In a democracy, the people are supposed to have the say. In a capitalist society, businesses that innovate beat out those that don’t. In a capitalist democracy like ours, hasn’t the vote been cast? The people like the trucks, so stop legislating against them!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Why would you attack small businesses and your constituents? Did somebody drop a taco truck on your sister?
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Please keep the taco trucks a part of Los Angeles culture!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
A taco truck was what kept my baby alive when I was pregnant. I waddled my way across the street to the taco truck and had 5 tacos al pastor almost every night. Think of all the pregnant ladies that will not be able to fulfill their cravings!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Viva la Roach Coach!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Save them!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Taco trucks have, and always will be, my reason for visiting LA when school is out.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Please, this is ridiculous! SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Taco trucks are what make Los Angeles so great! Save the taco truck!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:17 pm
I love the taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:19 pm
WHY IS THIS LADY TRIPPING ??? GET HER OUT OF HERE. TACO TRUCKS ARE A LOS ANGELES STAPLE. PLEASE LET EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS INJUSTICE. WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Are you TRYING to make L.A. as lame as others would claim it to be!?!?!?!? Taco trucks make up a part of the saving grace of our city. What are you DOING to us!? Everything shuts at 2am. No delivery. And no transportation systems and now THIS. I love L.A….but you’ve GOT to be KIDDING me!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
SAVE THEM FOR FEEDING ME!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
In the name of suadero, let’s save the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
carne asada is not a crime!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Save the taco trucks PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
me hungry!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Sounds like this is city attempting to introduced the same one-sided regulations imposed on “Hispanic” taquerías in New Orleans.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:27 pm
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 pm
some of the best food in LA. keep them as part of our cherished culture…there ain’t that much go around. we’re proud of our taco trucks — i always bring out of town guests to my favorites.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Why must our elected officials take it upon themselves to save us from our own culture?
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:29 pm
i LOOOOOOOve suadero burritos!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:29 pm
a chunk of my heart will die if this happens. how can we fight the city?
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:29 pm
if it weren’t for these taco trucks my family and i would starve. please dont take our taco trucks away! if you do, they’ll be a war in the streets!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:32 pm
Taco trucks are part of the culture in LA. Keep taco trucks on the streets!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:35 pm
it’s kinda sad that it takes taco trucks to make us so outraged at our government.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:36 pm
please save the taco trucks
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:36 pm
save the taco trucks
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:37 pm
This is some bullsh*t! Save the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:37 pm
To exile the mobile food industry; is to destroy culture and family. Don’t contribute anymore to the silencing of the history of underrepresented and marginalized communities.
save our taco trucks, and save our communities’ culture!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
l.a. will be a much sadder place without the taco truck
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Taco trucks! We shall overcome!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
no one in eagle rock, glassell park, or highland park want to lose LEO’s and SONIA’s Taco trucks. Then we’d have no where to eat after all the crackin parties. Save your local taco trucks!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:55 pm
It is one of the most important foods in Los Angeles. It’s like decapitating east la culture. This is not going to benefit the people. What a giant mistake. They will never here the end of it as far as i am concerned. This is a lot of peoples well being. I can’t believe these politicians can sleep at night.
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:56 pm
porque?
on April 21st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
save our tacos!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Why not get rid of the Hollywood sign while you are at it. Taco trucks are a part of southern California. Some of the best tacos come from these trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Please do not take our beloved Taco Trucks away. They are a good source of food for the patrons and good income for the entrepreneurs. More than half of Los Angeles’s residents are of hispanic decent and visit the Taco Trucks regularly.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:10 pm
please que the music, get me a bib, and I’ll take two tacos por favor!
Save the Taco Trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:15 pm
SAVE OUR TRUCKS!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
When I visit your city, I always patronize the taco trucks. Un burrito con asada, frijoles y aguacate. No cilantro, por favor. That’s about the only Spanish I know, but it’s the important stuff.
Repeal your ill advised law. Thanks.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I LOVE TACO TRUCKS!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I support saving our taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
these trucks provide a needed service to the community.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I FUCKEN ♥ LA’S TACOS MAN THEY ARE AWSOME AND CARNE ASADA IS NOT NO DAMN CRIME ONLY CUZ US GHETTO LATINOS WANT TO MAKE A LIVING SHIET FUCK THAT LATINA FOR LIFE RIGHT HERE AND FUCK YEA TO CARNE ASADA!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:37 pm
This issue with the taco trucks is another form of gentrification. The “trokas” provide an alternative for many who are on the go, seeking a good meal at an affordable price. They also help maintain a sense of community (which is begining to waver in many places.) Many of my friends and I would (and still do) routinely go to help out Mrs. So-and-So or Mr. So-and-So who managed their own trucks because we knew that not only did they serve good food, but their own subsistence also depended on their ties with the community.
SHAME ON YOU, GLORIA MOLINA….VENDIDA!!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
carne asada, con todo
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Reconsider this legislation immediately!
Taco Trucks are already required to be liscensed and pass health code . Taking them away would be a mistake and would serve to do nothing but take away some employment opportunities as well as take away a hot meal for those who lack 24 hour cuisine or grocery stores in their neighboorhoods. Living in Echo Park for a year, I frequesnted two neighboorhood taco trucks as I was working night shifts when there were no other fast food places open in my area. Restaurants are not affected by these trucks anymore than they are affected by fast food chains or grocery stores. Let THE PEOPLE decide what foods they choose to eat. This legislation shows a lack of understanding and respect for the communities these trucks serve.
On behalf of the Echo Park neighborhood, I ask you to reconsider this legislation.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:48 pm
people in LA are being rapped & killed. taco trucks are the LEAST of LAs problems. leave the trucks alone.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Save the taco trucks, they are an essential institution to our invigorating community.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Leave our trucks alone. Food is a right of all peoples, and it also our right to have it delivered as we see fit. Are you also going to ban the pizza guy next, and then the chinese delivery? I think not, because dominant cultural norms allow for food delivery. Why not also food delivery, purchase and consumption? Save our trucks.
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Great eats. Sounds like chamber of commerce types have a burr in their asses!
on April 21st, 2008 at 7:58 pm
taco trucks are what makes L.A. a good place to actually inhabit.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:00 pm
save the trucks!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:01 pm
taco taco! how am i supposed to find my favorite taco trucks if they’re not in the same place day after day after day?
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:02 pm
the taco truck is a staple of LA eating!
you can’t take it away - how else will we soak up all the alcohol we consumed earlier in the night?
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Taco trucks are amazing, don’t break a kids dream.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:03 pm
What would LA be without taco trucks? Repeal the ordinance!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Taco Trucks wouldn’t be in competition with restaurants if the restaurants just served the same delicious & affordable food. Maybe the restaurant owners complaining about our taco truck consumption should just find better business models. But in the meantime - TACO ZONE FOREVA.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:07 pm
these tacos from the trucks are the best ! why would you take them? it’s like taking discotheque from saturday night. don’t do it !!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:10 pm
TACO TRUCKS, por vida, C/S!!!
Arriba con los taqueros, abajo con Gloria Molina!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm
keep on truckin
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
This is OUTRAGEOUS!! OUTRAGEOUS!! How dare we continue to allow the raping of an already oppressed population. This has everything to do with stripping the man of color, in this case the LATINOS, of every possible resource available to them. These people work hard to provide a basic need to their community in a space no larger than what a HUMMER takes up. SAVE OUR TRUCKS!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
please don’t do this to taco trucks! it will be hard for me to find my favorite ones if they are moving around every hour! It is a totally different customer base! It’s not going to make me go to restaurants more often. When i want a quick taco from a taco truck, nothing can replace that craving!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
the taco trucks is what make east los different! our people are just trying to make a decent living, cant you focus on drugs, drunk drivers and other major crimes that impact our lives????
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:16 pm
you can’t pull taco trucks out of the streets because there is a demand for them, and people need to make a living. its a fair trade..and these people work damn hard to live halfway decently in the united states.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Free Enterprise.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Taco Trucks are an LA staple. I came here from Philadelphia where we had cheese steak carts on every corner. It gave Philly character. Plus taco trucks rule! Please don’t take the taco trucks away : (
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:29 pm
What is wrong with people? This is where you get the best food! No way are you going to get rid of it!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:30 pm
don’t close our beloved taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:33 pm
No taco trucks in L.A.?
Absolute madness!
Save our taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Save taco trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
save the taco trucks!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Dejen en paz a los taqueros!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Dejen en paz a los pobres taqueros!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Why is our government taking sides on this issue, shouldn’t they be neutral on issues of competition?
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
taco trucks are one of the best things about LA.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:47 pm
When I retire I plan to buy a Taco Truck and tour the US.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:49 pm
I love taco trucks why take em away!!!
Let these people stay with their business. You guys leave hotdog vendors alone why not these people 2.
on April 21st, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I need “EL PiQUE”
!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:04 pm
taco tuesdays are what bike riders live for.
its our life
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:06 pm
we need taco trucks in L.A.!! whenever we go visit, that’s the only good mexican food we can find! the rest are fake california style tex mex places. leave the authentic goodness to the guys on wheels!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:08 pm
This sets a precedent for any business in any town: The non-CoC businesses are fair game. Keep the taco trucks operating - they are the epitome of the American dream…and it’s hard to find a really good torta in a brick and mortar restaurant!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
this is an autrage
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:10 pm
if this happens than the voice of waht i believe is a greater part of our community is being ignored.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
People have the right to develop their own economic means. And when those means serve the community as informal spaces for gathering, and forming community, then those economies should be celebrated. Rather than policing, criminalizing and stigmatizing local informal economic practices, local government should figure out how to meet the actual needs of vendors. Talk to the taco truck vendors. Find out what they need. Don’t criminalize them and stigmatize them.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:15 pm
what is LA without taco trucks? we need these as a source of affordable sustenance and also culture here in the working class and immigrant neighborhoods of LA. i will quote my comrade Xihuatl: “This issue with the taco trucks is another form of gentrification. The “trokas” provide an alternative for many who are on the go, seeking a good meal at an affordable price. They also help maintain a sense of community (which is begining to waver in many places.) Many of my friends and I would (and still do) routinely go to help out Mrs. So-and-So or Mr. So-and-So who managed their own trucks because we knew that not only did they serve good food, but their own subsistence also depended on their ties with the community.”
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Taco trucks are an icon of Los Angeles and an integral part of it’s culture. One person should not be able to control them.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:19 pm
dear supervisor, i think you need to be using your tax payed time more wisely and on more pressing issues in our community than trying to take away great food and culture from tax paying angelinos.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Taco trucks are a trademark of many Latino communities. What’s more, it’s a way to make a living for most.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Congratulations on eliminating homelessness, rape, murder, domestic violence, disease, budgetary issues and for winning the war against terror!
Of course all of these conditions must have been met if you are actually spending taxpayer’s money and wasting your time worrying about taco trucks.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:27 pm
taco trucks not only provide good food, but they are just trying to make a living! where’s the morality in that? taco trucks are NOT a crime
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Wow. So this is evidently the most pressing problem Los Angeles County has? And this is the kind of hard-hitting legislation that Supervisors spend their time dreaming up? Trying to take away something that makes LA what it is? I don’t know where you’ve been eating Gloria, but the trucks beat most Mexican restaurants in the city.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:38 pm
I love Taco Trucks and Street Meat… LA woud never be the same!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I never thought I would see the day but The Man or in this case The Woman is continually crushing the little people once more with more obstacles and walls.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:43 pm
I love Taco Trucks and Street Meat… LA woud never be the same!Taco trucks brings tourist believe it or not… because I bring them to the trucks to taste the real LA
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:50 pm
your closing the doors on the people who struggled so hard to give u the right to be where u are today, how hipocritical of u to take the opportunity away from your own people. no matter how disassocciated you feel from them. you should be ashamed (and apparently you are) of yourself, not for being a hispanic but for being a sellout. remember who u come from.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:53 pm
YOU? Opposing TACO trucks? Come on…….
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
We can’t let this happen! Many who cannot afford to open a more conventional business can operate taco trucks which can give them a better living and even lead to their opening a more conventional business, like a taco stand. An attack on the taco truck is an attack on an important route to prosperity for Los Angeles’ Hispanic community.
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Save free trade!
on April 21st, 2008 at 9:59 pm
save the taco trucks!!!!!!!!!1
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:01 pm
I love you taco trucks. Don’t let the man keep you down!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:02 pm
This is simply unacceptable. Taco trucks are an integral and important part of our community. The politicians who favor harassing these hard working individuals are politicians I will vote against in the next election.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Iconic, egalitarian, indispensable.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:07 pm
taco trucks need more than an hour to serve all the hungry people.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
TACO TRUCKS POR VIDA DAMMIT!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Save Our Taco Trucks
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Save our Tacos. This would be a crime.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:18 pm
WHERE ELSE AM I GOING TO EAT A FAST AUTHENTIC WHOLESOME MEAL?
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:23 pm
i love my tacos…please dont that them away
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Mrs. Molina, isnt there more important things to be concerned about instead of worrying about Taco Trucks??? This makes no sense, a waste of time… Leave the trucks, its decent people trying to make a fair living !!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:30 pm
What’s really behind this?
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:32 pm
What would L.A. be without our taco trucks? They build community! They make L.A. unique! Many will be very upset if elected officials support their closing.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Echo Park wouldn’t be the same…the trucks must stay
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
why be so money hungry and attack the taco trucks?
i mean damn, if we slap some aol/ disney advertisements on da trucks can we call it even?
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Taco trucks rule.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:50 pm
It is a shame that Gloria Molina a Latina, voted in by a majority Latino population, and supported by the community can easily detach herself from her people. The taco trucks in Los Angeles are a symbol and a reflection of the Los Angeles culture. Molina your behavior is a complete betrayal of your people, since taco trucks are mainly operated by Latinos. You are cutting their source of livelihood and robbing their children of financial security. Your attitude is regrettable.
on April 21st, 2008 at 10:56 pm
My work office is located in an industrial area where restaurants are not close by. Without the taco trucks in the area I would have no where go. Please keep them around!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:09 pm
mmmmm…tacos
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Glo Mo is wrong!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:19 pm
what will there be to eat at 1am?
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Taco trucs are NEEDED!
please dont take them away from us!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:21 pm
This sounds like other food corps. are loosing business due to taco trucks and are now trying to put them to an end. There is no toco truck issue, but there are other issues that should be dealt with in the L.A. community. Save the trucks!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
come on now, how can they do that?
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I WOULD WANT THEM 2 RMOVE ALL THEM NASTY ASS MCDONALDSB4 U MOVE ANY TACO TRUCKS!!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:38 pm
first gloria molina whitewashes the meeting of styles project on the river, then she’s after taco truck operators! she is just no fun! but really- this has everything to do with the gold line construction in east la, gentrification, and property values/development. it is so transparent. they are legislating away the culture of los angeles that has been created by its people, and giving development incentives to quizno’s, blockbuster, and coffee bean and tea leaf.
http://molina.lacounty.gov/pages/Photo%20Album/PA2006/East%20LA%20Chamber%20of%20Commerce/East%20LA%20Chamber%20of%20Commerce.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/us/04boyle.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
“The first thing you do is upgrade the area,” Ms. Molina said, “and that will attract private investment.” She said a Starbucks opened in East Los Angeles in March, and a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and a Quiznos sandwich shop opened three years ago.
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Viva La Taquizas A Domicilio!!
on April 21st, 2008 at 11:57 pm
Supervisor Molina,
What beef (no pun intended) do you have with raza? Why all these oppressive restrictions on our taco vendors and especially your total disregard of the arts (the order you made to have the Meeting of Styles Mural whitewashed!)! You along with Villaraigosa, have turned your backs on our communities by betraying our trust and most importantly, NUESTRA CULTURA! If you even have a soul in you, I would advise that you stop attacking us with these heinous restrictions and regulations and LEAVE OUR TACO VENDORS, ARTISTS, and our CULTURE ALONE!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:22 am
Taco trucks bring joy to everyone. This is ridiculous!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:26 am
That you would even think of doing this…
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:36 am
when you outlaw tacos, only outlaws will have tacos
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:37 am
Someone must be stuffing mad $$$$ down that cows throat….
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:41 am
whaaaat? instead of focusing the ever so convenient taco trucks, why dont these politicians draft up initiatives to reduce gang violence, legalize medicinal marijuana, abolish the fuckin’ IRS, or kick out inept incumbents?! Jesusfuckingchrist
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 am
Save the taco trucks!! How will Mexicans eat??..lol
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 am
They need to get off our nuts and get on the gas issue because that’s what’s driving everyone crazy!
Save The Taco Trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:11 am
Long live the taco cart!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:21 am
viva la tacos!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 am
a world without good tacos is a world i would fight to destroy
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 am
It is indeed part of our culture.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:05 am
the taco truck on lincoln and rose is one of my favorite stops when i am in LA.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:30 am
supervisor: it is not taco lover’s fault that you like to eat mc donald’s trashy food
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:39 am
Please, please… I NEED these trucks. They offer me goodies I need to survive. Sad, perhaps, but true. They’re part of LA and deserve to be here, untouched.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:01 am
save the trucks!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:11 am
Taco love!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:01 am
keep the trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
what is the world coming to?? taking my beloved tacos.. =[
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:41 am
Keep the taco truck!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:55 am
c’mon…what’s next, u want my first born?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:01 am
you can take the children… just leave me my taco truck
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:12 am
Taco trucks are one of the pillars of Los Angeles low-cost cuisine. Taco Trucks set us apart from Chicago or New York. L.A taco trucks are known nationwide as the best place to get a taco in the country.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:15 am
This is atrocious!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:17 am
Would so much rather see these trucks offereing good, fast, economical food on the side of the street than a Burger King, McDonalds, or Jack in the Crack
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:23 am
really? this is ridiculous
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
count me in! Please save our taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 am
why punish the taco trucks? besides representing everything that is great about los angeles, they are the lifeblood TO the lifeblood of the city. what kind of message are you trying to send? don’t be your own boss? don’t support your community? don’t eat healthy wholesome for cheap? this is an ugly blow to the american dream
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:38 am
This is an outrage. These people are just trying to make an honest living humbly selling tacos. Providing for a family should be allowed for these people.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
yo gloria, don’t act like you’ve never chowed more than a few tacos off these trucks…get your act together and save the best mexican food in los angeles
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:40 am
Gloria Molina,
I just want to let you know that taco trucks are part of our community and culture. As far as I can remember, taco trucks have always been there for a quick snack, whether it be in the morning or late night. What the Dodger Dog is to dodger stadium, the taco truck is to the L.A. community. Its more than just a taco truck, its a Los Angeles past time.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:45 am
I love the trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:46 am
i am a vegetarian and dont usually support animal cruelty but i believe that the taco trucks are part of the L.A. community and culture so who are you to deny L.A. its cultura? Focus your energy on getting rid of military recruiters in our kids schools, or do something to beautify our barrios, don’t dwell on the small things especially if they do no harm to us. Senora Molina, do not forget where you came from! What would your grandmother have to say about what you are trying to do? Ten verguenza vendida!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Think of the people you’ll be putting off of work and into our unemployment lines. With the country going into recession and the increasing number of unemployment, due you want to be solely responsible for an even a bigger unemployment number and more people going into government monetary assistance? You’re forcing people into a diminishing welfare system and removing money going into it.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
Save the trucks, and an important part of LA culture!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:57 am
Ok?? Why?! These retards make the dumbest of dumbest regulations! How in the hell are lunch trucks effecting us negatively?? Like seriously?! Lunch truck has never done anything to me except provide food for us whenever me and my dad had construction jobs but I guess that’s a crime or something some how? C’mon guys?! WT& for real?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:01 am
Someone needs to investigate who in the hell is paying Molina under the table to do this bullshit law. When i think of LA two things come to mind Pollo loco’s and taco trucks. What fuck is next are they going to start limiting how many mexicans can be out at once? Molina is a fucking sell out and needs to be kicked out of office.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
Taking the twco truck from LA is like taking he hot dog stands from NYC!! It part of LA “culture”
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:08 am
Id rather they take McDonalds off then the beautiful taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:10 am
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on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:11 am
The County Supervisor and other city officials really need to spend as much time worrying about fixing all these darn potholes and join efforts with the big guys to get these STUPID gas prices back to normal. Help the community out by doing that!
UNBELIEVABLE!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:11 am
Numerous people enjoy taco stands, why take enjoyment away from the people?? They are accepted where they are in their locations!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:12 am
Dear Gloria Molina,
Don’t you have anything better to do than to enforce laws that do nothing to serve the public interest? This is nothing more than a jack-move to extort money from legitimate businessmen in order to inject more money into a broke city. The coffers are empty because of the gross mismanagement by YOUR cronies, not Angelenos. Please retire.
Regards,
Carlos Reveco
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:13 am
Another example of TOO much government!!! Leave these people alone and let them make a living!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
Get rid of fast food chains before the trucks, make it easier here for
small business.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:16 am
We need our lunch trucks !!
They also have families to support.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:17 am
Save the taco stand!!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Ms. Molina,
Taco trucks seems like a small fraction compared to the EVERYDAY murders going on in our beloved Los Angeles. Put your energy into saving a loved one!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:22 am
This regulations only seem to disempower people in every level especially those that are only trying to work for food.
There are so many important issues affecting our cities and they chose to oppress the little guy that is only trying to make a living!!! the injustice!!! cannot they see they are only affecting the community for the worst…
WHy not focus on education or something better!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:28 am
i can’t even imagine the LA landscape without taco trucks!! first the farmer’s markets are targeted, now the street vendors…what’s next? these are the things that make our city so great!there is absolutely no upside to cracking down on these guys.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:28 am
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on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
What did the tacos ever do to you? This is outrageous.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 am
Save LA Taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
Don’t forget where you came from Gloria Molina.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 am
The taco truck must survive!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:36 am
SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS AND A VITAL PART OF LA’s EVER DWINDLING CULTURE!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
I am not from the LA area, but I support taco trunks whenever I visit LA. There are certain trucks that receive my repeated business and I find it ridiculous to make those truck move every hour. What will I do without my late night carne asada binge?
Please pull the plug on this ordinance and save our taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:41 am
These trucks are an amazing anomaly that only exist in Los Angeles. They are a vibrant source of culture and community. The loss of these trucks would be a terrible blow to the Latino community and all of us that support it. Do NOT do something that will be detrimental to the cultural health of our fair city.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:42 am
This ordinance is ridiculous. Save the taco trucks. There must be better things to do than pick on people trying to make a living by providing us gastronomical ecstasy.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Uno de cesos para Gloria!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 am
Don’t our politicians have anything better to work on? Like maybe Healthcare?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:55 am
I’m sure that this is a backhanded way of getting at illegal immigrants, otherwise I can’t think of any reason to do such a ridiculous thing. It will undoubtedly affect more legals than illegals, not to mention all the citizens who love tacos!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
This isn’t fair to the folks trying to make a living and feed hungry folks! Taco Trucks are not breaking any laws!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:05 am
These trucks are an important part of our economy. They are also a “cultural” mainstay, and should not be unnecessarily regulated. Use my tax dollars for something more important–this is an infuriating WASTE of the money we pay out to our city.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:10 am
Wow..This is so ridiculous!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 am
This is an attack on the cultural heritage of all Angelenos. Over the 9 years that I have lived here, I have regularly visited many of my local taco trucks; each one a different experience and a reflection of the neighborhood. Even after moving away I have often, and repeatedly, gone back to visit my favorites. This is a tragedy.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 am
It’s absurd that this is even being addressed as an issue. Gloria Molina, I’m sure has had her fair share of tacos from the taco trucks. One thing you can count on is NOT a vote from me Sra. Molina! No sea hipocrita!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Obviously absurd.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Honestly, there’s no good reason taco trucks cannot exist, as long as proper safety standards are kept, there is no reason whatsoever they cannot work.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Don’t be rediculous! The best food in this city comes from people selling it on the street.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
Taco drivers are just trying to make an honest living not only that but their tacos are great..they are authentic
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:27 am
Follow up with some more pressing issues facing our community.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:29 am
they crave my hunger @ night after a club when all the other fast food restaurants are closed and im in the mood for good food.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:32 am
I was born and raised in Souther California. I lived in Los Angeles for 32 yrs and still have a home there. My job has moved me to Colorado but my son and the rest of my family still live in So. Ca. I can only afford to come home once a year and I would miss not being able to find my taco truck where I can usually find him. Pls, there are no many other issues Los Angeles needs address now other than fines on taco trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
Whenever friends and family come to visit me in Los Angeles, taco trucks in my area are the first thing that pop into my mind to take them to. They have become an integral part of the Los Angeles community, and is a unique aspect that adds to LA.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Taco trucks are a part of the whole culture and history of Los Angeles. To try and enforce these new laws, is obviously a way for the Municipal Government to try to squeeze more money out of the little guys. To get rid of them is to get rid of the local landscape. These trucks are meeting places for friends or a last outpost for those hungry city dwellers when everything else is closed. I personally look forward to my favorite taco truck being there where it always is parked. The salsa and burritos are some of the best in town.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
It embarrasses me how ignorant some people can be. I am sure 98% of the population has at least once had food from the taco stand, how ridiculous do you have to be to pass such acts. How about you guys concentrate on solving bigger issues at hand for ONCE. I am even more embarrassed that Gloria Molina a “Hispanic” would take such acts. You should be ashamed!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 am
Please do not take away the taco trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:50 am
don’t ruin a good thing.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:51 am
This is one of the reasons I moved here. Don’t take the trucks away!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
This is just unfair.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
TACO TRUCKS FOREVER
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 am
Don’t take away the taco trucks! Their a great part L.A.’s cultural experience. Not to mention the livelihood of thousands of people!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 am
Supervisor Molina please don’t eradicate this dining institution. It is part of what makes Los Angeles unique. Angelenos deserve to have a variety of dining options; this includes taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 am
Ms. Molina,
Stop focusing on minor issues such as Taco trucks in our community and start focusing in reducing the gang violence surrounding schools around the city of Los Angeles.
With that said stop wasting tax payers money on nonsenses.
I have spoken!
He Dicho!
Jorge-
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:13 am
Don’t take away the taco trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
i dont mind taco trucks, but i do mind those lil mobile stands that are indiana and lan franco, also the one on ditman and lan franco. im a east l.a. local residing on lan franco and there are times i cant find parking and have to park blocks away from my home (east l.a. is pretty over crowded as it is and usually have to park one block away..lol) but darn it, 3 blocks!
Im intrested to know how people on these blocks feel. again this comment is not directed to taco trucks because ususally their set up at liqour store parking lots or by laundrymats with their designed parking, but to those mobile bbq grills and even to those taco trucks setting up shop on residential streets…yes i literally can go outside throw my trash and buy a taco because lan frnaco and ditman residents have their own exclusive taco man(sarcasm).
Gloria go after those mobile bbq pit guys, not the taco truck that pays for its lisence.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
save our taco trucks! they are cheap and delicious!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
This is another great source of revenue for our city! Not only is it keeping people employed, but it they are also a staple of our great diverse city!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
save the little peoples right to work.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:41 am
i love tacos …. those things come in handy … my whole family has eaten from those things rotating my not be such a bad idea…. they take up alot of roomm.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:42 am
this is just dumb!!! wat is this society coming too… some of the best tacos come from taco trucks… Gloria i think theres more important things to concentrate on other than taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:43 am
Cost of living in LA continues to rise. Middle and lower income citizens are already facing growing challenges - don’t add to the problem.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
the best thing aboult food…..at 2am
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 am
I love the tacos don’t take them or the hot dogs ! lol
-Blake
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
Ridiculous restriction.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
Let’s focus on more important things to deal with other than Taco trucks. And let’s unite to support the hard working citizens by selling their tacos!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
Taco trucks are one of the culinary highlights of any decent city. Without them, I have one less reason to visit L.A.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 am
The taco truck is a culinary delight of L.A. nitelife & culture!!
taco trucks are landmarks just like burger joints!!
they are essential to small communties & towns…
please keep the trucks where they are!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Taco trucks are one of the culinary highlights of any decent city. Without them, I have one less reason to visit L.A.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:59 am
I remember eating at the King Taco taco trucks. Look where they are at now. Give all these other trucks a chance. Isn’t that what this country is all about.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
It boils down to the established restaurant owners disliking the competition. They claim taco trucks are “unfair competition.” But how is not unfair for the restaurant owners to enlist the County Supervisors to outlaw their competitors?
Not to mention, six months is jail? How is that possibly a fair punishment for operating a taco truck in one spot for too long?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Its just a new way to tax them.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
One of the many unique things of Los Angeles are the taco trucks. Taco trucks help those who are on a budget and those who are willing to work.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
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on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Your messing w/the taco trucks, really?….Really?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
save the local trucks
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
I support the right of people to earn a living and provide a service to the communities they operate in. Leave the Taco Trucks alone.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Protect the taco trucks! Long may the roll!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Viva Cheo’s Tacos on Alhambra Avenue in El Sereno!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
C’mon, it’s not like people who run these things are getting rich. Let them make a living & let people enjoy cheap, delicious tacos! Who came up with this idea anyways? Clearly someone interested in detroying livelihoods & someone’s method of staying of the dole.
Uninterupted tacos for the people!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I am a veteran in the restaurant industry. I have started my career from the bottom up and final feel I have the money to start a little something I can call my own….A truck was my ideal start to evolve to a restaurant without getting to far into debt and now your gonna make my American dream further away and your opportunity for good food, culture, and smiles harder to receive!
I hope Earth day brings some ideas to your head, because there is a hell of a lot more issues to be tackling then taking away peoples livelihood!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
viva los tacos!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Unfortunately, we only have a limited amount of taco trucks on the West side, this law effects more of L.A. than the East side… También comemos tacos cerca de la playa. SAVE THE TRUCKS!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Really? Taco trucks? Is that what our leaders see as an imminent threat to our city??…ummmm guns, drugs, dilapidated schools, HIV rates,High STD rates in youth, unemployment, polution…ring a bell???
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
How about they make changes where they need to be made! Like our school system and State deficit!! Leave us taco/burrito/torta lovers alone!!! I refuse to purchase crappy tacos from actual restaurants!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
When i have customers in town, the first place they want to go to is an actual la style ‘taco truck’.
i make a stop every weekend after socializing to support my local food vendor. they are a los angeles staple, what are they thinking?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
nothing wrong with tacos mane
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Signed… let’s save the taco trucks
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
keep your hands off our food!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
These taco trucks provide good food, at a good value. They are part of the culture and fabric of Los Angeles. To take them away would be a crime.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
LET MY PAISAS COOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Save ‘em
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
taco trucks not only provide a good meal for a good price,
they are also aesthetically pleasing and add culture to our cities.
what a waste of our city governments time and our tax dollars.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Are you crazy? Viva las camionetas de tacos! Say no to whitwashing of culture. These are the same people that would mistake a cultural mural for “gangbanger graffiti”. I need my carne asada! What’s in YOUR stomach?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I LOVE MY TACOS ON ALVARO & MONTANA..XOXXO
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
You people are definetly out of touch with the community taco trucks are a los angleses staple and close to being a tourist attraction. Also in some neighborhoods its the only thing open past 10pm. And for people like myself who work late shifts i dont know what i would do without them. Isnt there some crime or something better for yall to be doin then worrying about taco trucks. Help solve some real issues !
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
This is ridiculous! What exactly is the problem with taco trucks? They must be allowed to stay!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Street food is an essential ingredient of any vibrant urban community; just look to New York, Bangkok, Chicago, and Kingston for examples. Removing the taco trucks from Los Angeles (or regulating them out of existence) is equivalent to New York making its hot dog, shoarma, cheesesteak, pretzel, popcorn, and ice cream stands illegal. The city would seem charmless and homogeneous without them.
I understand the Council’s motivation to regulate the taco trucks further or figure out a way to have them provide additional income to the county or city, but surely there is a more reasonable and practical way to accomplish both goals? Sit down and talk to each other.
Or better yet, focus on an topic that is more important, like the city’s water quality in its pre-war buildings, potholes, or the sewer system, for starters. You know, things that we citizens actually have valid complaints about.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
please let the taco trucks continue!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Don’t take away the only thing that makes this sprawling rubble unique!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
they make the best taco
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Please do not take away the best family buisnes in LA. To deny LA of the Taco truck would be like ridding the world of the ice cream man!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
sometimes this is the only available place to eat at the hours i keep. not to mention that food has always been excellent. it is a community hub, it’s part of the fabric of los angeles and i can’t believe that there aren’t better issues to occupy the city council.
save the trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
The sound of la Cucaracha blaring into the air is the essence of Los Angeles. This stupid proposition not only threatens this iconic melody, but also targets business owners for being smart. It’s anti-American, anti-taco and anti-cool. Fuck this law.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
It’s insane that this is happening . . . What’s next will they be closing down Mexican Restaurants too???
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
dont mess with the citizens of los angeles. we elected you into office and we have the power to get rid of you. who streets are these our streets. the taco trucks stay!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
wtf! if you notice no crime ever happens at the taco truck. people are to busy eating some good tacos! they contribute to the comunity and to hungry people everywhere.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I am outraged. These trucks put food on the table for many families in the Los Angeles communuty–whether it be the vendor making a money to provide for his family, or the consumer trying to feed his. This will negatively affect both vendors and consumers. Not to mention that it will rape hardworking people of making an honest living and will rape the Los Angeles community of delicious and convenient food! This hits close to home, as my friend Ryan wouldn’t survive without the LA taco trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pm
How about an ordinance regulating how long they can hang out right outside a sitdown restaurant instead? Would make 50 times as much sense and wouldn’t unfairly penalize the guys in the trucks just trying to make a living.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Taco trucks = los angeles.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:55 pm
bunch of fascist pigs!
they are only going after them cause they don’t have to pay property taxes or city ordinance! These are people trying to make a living why screw it up for them?
Miss Gloria Molina needs to find something better to do with her time and actually do something meaningful instead of harassing her OWN kind!
shes a joke and one of the biggest douche bags ever!
VIVA LA RAZA!
LMAO!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I know that making laws is the bread and butter of our councilmen, but this law is a little much. I have never had any problem with the tacos I have had from the taco trucks. Let the little people have a job or business. The government does not want them on unemployment. Let them make their money, or will the government want to pay for them to be able to afford to live in LA??!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Taco trucks are a unique part of LA’s cultural and culinary heritage. These regulations will drive them out of business. Please do not let that happen.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:11 pm
i love tacos!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:12 pm
This is ridiculous. What harm do they make by staying in one location for more than an hour? It is less convenient for us and the district!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
They are so much a part of the community!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
save the taco trucks
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
LA would not be the same without tacos trucks. It is not just that some of the best and cheapest food can be found there - communal street food is an important part of mexicano culture that contributes to the richness of east la. priceless: “carne asada is not a crime.”
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:32 pm
First they came for the Taco Trucks, and I was silent…
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
L.A. wont be the same without Taco trucks
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Taco Kisses Fof My Ben!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
i am born and raised in LA, and taco truck food is the main reason i failed at being a vegetarian… twice. but i also have friends who live on the east coast who want to hit up the taco truck first thing when they visit! LA isn’t the same without them!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I’ve come to appreciate the truck’s services. To think that the district poses a threat to the trucks, is truly preposterous; Ludicrous how else are these individuals suppose to make a profit. Much support for the Trucks!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Thats just an attack on her own people, Very Disgusting. I’m sure the Ku Klux Klan is very happy with her..
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Taco trucks are a special characteristic of Los Angeles and a wanted part of our community.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Taco trucks are typical LA icons. The eyesores and cultural invaders are McDonald’s and Burger King. Enough of corporate cultural contamination!
Or is this easier to deal with than the state of emergency health services in the County? FOCUS!
TACO TRUCKS C/S
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Please help keep out taco trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:09 pm
OMG, when I read this on myspace I was shocked. For someone like GLORIA MOLINA who always prides herself on being a “LOCAL LATINA” from the neighborhood would do something like this. I usually expect this from the white washed elective officials in office. I forgot there are many brown nose Latinos in office that give us a bad name. Pushing the taco trucks off the streets is like taking the hot dog stands out of New York City. I am outraged. I will tell my friends and family about this crap…once again by GLORIA MOLINA someone I have never voted for who is holding office.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Who are they competing with at 2 in the morning?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Taco Trucks do not take away patronage from most restaurants because most restaurants are not open 24 hrs a day! The free market has already decided. Taco Trucks service the interest of consumers in the most efficient manner. This is just another instance of the nanny state doing more harm than good.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
I am signing this petition because my wife grew up in Los Angeles, and even though I grew up in Chino my family started out with a vending truck they now own a chain of local taco places to eat at. I have met some taco truck owners that have known my wife since she was a little kid in Los Angeles, I don’t see why a LATINA would pick on people from her own race. We will unite to be out the “man” in office.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I am signing this petition because my father own a taco truck. People who own taco trucks have to pay sales taxes, federal taxes, and and other fees . its not easy money its hard and it takes a lot from your time. so people like Gloria Molina needs to understand that she is effecting many many hard working people who are already struggling enough . Why not say the truth all you guys in office just want more money, or is it personal Gloria Molina.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Viva la Raza…
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
That is messed up! Leave the Taco Trucks alone! What harm are they doing you? They are part of LA.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
these taco trucks have been a part of the LA tradition for ages, and this new law is a bit steep. No I can understand not allowing a taco truck within so many feet of an existing restaurant but not this.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
F the city………..taco lovers unite!!!!…….tako power!!!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Save the taco trucks for Cesar!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
This is ridiculous. The spontaneity and vitality of a community being squashed again. I’m in the bay area, but I wish you all the best.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Leave the taco trucks alone! Please!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
do not take away our taco trucks!!!!!!! they serve us well and offer us good service.They do not bother me so let them be
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Save the tacos, save the world.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Don’t do harm to those who haven’t harmed you! Leave the taco trucks alone!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Let the competition for customers prevail, leave the taco trucks alone !
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:05 pm
If taco trucks are taking away so much of the business from sit-down restaurants, maybe some restaurant owners should consider opening their own cart. Obviously the overhead costs of running a truck are far less than a sit down establishment, but the amount of profit is also less without seating. Please leave these citizens of the community alone so that they can also own businesses and not unfairly be deprived of their livelihoods.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
What’s next? Come now!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
hell to the nah!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Taco trucks are a needed part of the community. In a free-market economy, local business should take heed and compete fairly!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I love me my fresh tacos! Long tive the taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Tacos are better from trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
It is a disgrace that they are doing this injustice to our taco trucks. People make a living out of this when there is nothing else to work on. Tacos are good, save them!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Stop with this nonsense and leave the taco trucks alone
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Can the board focus on finding the killers that do drive-by’s that kill innocent people or clean up graffitti or fix the potholes in the street? Once that’s done, then let’s go get some taco’s and talk about it!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Ms. Molina there has to be a better solution than the one being proposed, America is based on compromise, be creative and the solution will find you.
P.S. dos tacos Al Pastor please…..con todo
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:55 pm
I think there are about 5 of these in my neighborhood. I would certainly miss them. They are convenient, open later than establishments, visually appealing and delicious.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Taco stands may seem tacky to some not accustomed, but tacky is forgotten once you take a bite of that taco that represents a tasty glimpse into culture; evidence of hard work just likethe everyday Joe contributes to the work force!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
tacos are not a crime
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:07 pm
This is a shamefully unnecessary and fundamentally stupid idea. Taco trucks are a fair, honest and safe business and should not be taken away from the city.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:10 pm
how is it that tacos are now a crime?!?
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm
My husband and I get cravings for the carnitas quesadillas at our nearby truck. If the truck were not there we wouldn’t go to a Mexican restaurant instead. We would just have to suffer at home. The trucks fill a different need than restaurants. There is room for both in our vast city.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Leave the people who are making a decent, honest living alone and focus on the ones who aren’t
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
My head says no, My heart says no, My tongue says no, and My barriga says hails no. You can take tacos away from the street of LA because they are part LA’s culture.
PS. Ke vivan los Tacos,,, From: la pansa
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:28 pm
this is bullshit i will not settle for taco bell!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
betrayed by a mexican, chingado only in america eyy
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
tacos are not a crime. gustavo, javier and joaquin make my tacos and i will not settle for less theyre taking not only taco trucks but theyre disrespecting people who make an honest living doing what they do best. america is supposed to be the land of opportunity not the land of discouragement to its natives, leave them be.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I completely agree with the statement “Getting rid of taco trucks is like getting rid of Hot dog vendors in NY!”
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
gotta go, on my way to get some tacos, mulitas & champurrado…=-P
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I demand taco stands!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
taco trucks are the best!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Gloria Molina is TRIPPIN’!!! Boo!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 pm
I’ll die without tacos
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
save the trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 pm
These new laws are unfair!!! L.A. needs taco trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Enough is enough! Let the latinos make a buck!! Always trying to keep us down!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I love my neighborHOOD taco trucks
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I LOVE THE TACO TRUCKS!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Craving the carne asada just reading this!! Can someone put a truck close to 1st and vermont!! (my job)All the restaurants SUCK! Plenty of teachers that would buy tacos while we leave no child behind!!! Loosen up Gloria!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
I thought it was a joke when I heard that there were people actually out there that would like to get rid of the taco truck. Have we forgotten that Carls Jr came from a hot dog cart, King Taco was once a Taco truck. Frankly it is unamerican to even suggest such a thing. Imagine if there was a group trying to create laws to prohibit the hot dog stand in the Karl Karchers day. Wake up people! Stand tough on this issue. There is a far bigger picture than how this goes against our culture and community. It goes against what it is to be an American and pursue the American dream. Lets not forget that.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Dejen mi puta camioneta en paz!!!! DEJENME TRABAJAR!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Get real. This cannot be high priority.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:10 pm
To think I once voted for Gloria Molina back when she was just starting. Now she pays me back by penalizing all my fave taco trucks! They are not hurting anyone….just trying to earn a loving like everyone else =)
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
eso es save the tacos trucks para el loro!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Keep the tacos cheap and easy to get. I don’t want to end up giving my money to Star Bucks or McDonalds.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:20 pm
This is quite possibly one of the most ridiculous laws that has ever been passed by a city council. Removing taco trucks from the streets of LA would be the same as removing hot dog vendors from the streets of New York City or cheese steak vendors from the streets of Philadelphia.
The food and service industry has always been about competition. If there weren’t competition between restaurants, food providers, service providers, clothing stores, and gas stations, what would be the motivating factor for proprietors to provide quality items / service at good prices to consumers?
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According the the LA Times:
Merchants in East L.A. say the law is long overdue in an area striving to develop a strong business community. “I don’t want to put anybody out of business, but it’s the fairness of it all,” said Tony DeMarco, vice president of the Whittier Boulevard Merchants Assn. “It’s a big victory for the merchants, and it’s going to clean up the area.”
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Obviously, the strong business community doesn’t include small business people. It is amazing that anyone would characterize this law as a positive thing much less as “fair.” How much money does a taco truck really make? If they were really making enough money to put a fully established restaurant out of business, they probably would not be working such long hours in such small, cramped spaces. I also doubt that if a restaurant was in the red, the extra business that normally goes to a taco truck would actually be able to save them.
This is not about fair business. This is about the classist attitudes of merchants, business owners and LA’s city council. This is about greediness of merchants and the bad judgment of law makers. Instead of scapegoating taco truck owners, business associations and city councils should be addressing the real reason behind slow business and the downward spiral of our economy - the high gas prices. High gas prices not only increase the prices of food supplies, but also deplete the pockets of would-be consumers. But of course, instead of fighting the big guy, they will bully the easier targets.
I am so disgusted by this.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
TACOSMENTE!!!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
I heard Gloria Molina is an active member of PETA, and the reason shes doing this is because shes been seen eating meat and she wants to belie all these rumors. Lets work on worthful and reasonable restrictions and not on this stupidity.
-el pocho
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
These mobile cafeterias are part of the LA culture, as much as the hardworking vendors of bacon-wrapper hotdogs outside of clubs!
Cheers to Leo’s and Cheers to Sonia’s!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
these people are making an honest living and we must support our cultural melting pot
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I’m Hungry!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 pm
This is an outrage. This cannot be allowed.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
this is an outrage!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Stop the gentrification.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I WONDER HOW MUCH $$$ THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION “DONATED” TO HER ???
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
WE should start LA RIOTS AGAIN!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
What?? these are cuisines that are hispanic pride!!! injustice!!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:37 pm
taco
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Keep the Carne coming!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Save those trucks.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Taco Zooone!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I <3 the taco trucks!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:01 pm
What is Los Angeles without it’s beloved taco trucks? To get rid of or to regulate these mobile urban cafeterias would be a crime. Viva LA TACO TRUCKS!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 pm
they should be worried about gangs and drugs, maybe Ms. Molina figures the only way she can lose weight is to remove the taoc trucks,
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Another useless law targeting people just trying to make an honest living.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Taco trucks are a grace note to L.A. life. We should cherish them.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Gentrification is not the answer.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
please keep the taco trucks in business.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:25 pm
what a waste of our tax dollars! There are so many other pressing issues to focus on such as housing, schools, crime etc. etc.
Please don’t create more useless bureaucracy that will never be enforced, or unfairly enforced.
The trucks are many times a part of the community and often provide a place to meet and socialize. I will even go so far as to say they give young club goers a chance to “sober up” before driving home on public roadways. The trucks are often open later hours than typical restaurants. They provide fast, affordable, and delicious food!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
My school offers no decent food, and there are no restaurants in the area. The only real food we have is from our local taco carts! Allowing the taco carts to stay, is also allowing poor students to feed themselves. If for nothing else, the carts should remain at least for students’ sake and for those working who have no where else to eat.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
I can’t believe that the Los Angeles city council is trying to drive a community of people out of work and hurt the residents of Los Angeles by getting rid of taco trucks. They fill a need. Regulation of cleanliness, and reasonable measures to ensure public health is one thing. This, however, is ridiculous and outrageous.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Banning L.A. Taco Trucks is violence on many level. First, it is violence on the pocketbooks of families relying on this income as their primary source of income! Impoverishment, in deed. Second, banning Taco Trucks is violence of culture! How intimate are Taco Trucks in Chicano/ Latino Communities in Los Angeles? How ruthless is removing them from the cultural field of Los Angeles! Lastly, how much does this reek of the continual anti-immigrant/ anti-Latino/ anti-Chicano culture that is pervasive in this society, especially under a “latino” mayor!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 10:58 pm
This Law is ridiculous. Get rid of it.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
How sad…
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:07 pm
Don’t penalize those who work hard.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Save the taco trucks
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Small businesses should be encouraged, not discouraged. The TacoTrunk provides cheap, affordable food to students and I am very disappointed that they are not allowed to make a living anymore.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
The taco trucks and fruit carts serve the best food in the city!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
YOU CAN NEVER STOP THE CARNE!!!! CARNE IS NOT A CRIME!!! VIVA LA TACO TRUCK!!! VIVA LA TACO TRUCK!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Perhaps if local restaurants are losing business they should be encouraged to improve their product/service to compete…also the fruit trucks are the best option for something healthy within miles of USC med school.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Viva Sams!!!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 pm
SAD
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
please repeal this law
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 pm
I’m originally from LA and still spend a lot of time there. Tacos are a staple food of my culture that is beloved by all peoples. Just like we love hot dogs and burgers. These trucks are part of the cultural fabric of Los Angeles. Whether they be feeding hungry working men at a job site or feeding crowds outside a club or at a park We love these trucks. We also love the people who operate them and the wonderful food and service they provide. As long as they are serving safe, clean food we support them. Remember that they feed us so they can feed their own families. Please don’t do this to such a small but beloved part of our community. Thank you.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Whatever happened to free enterprise? Brick-and-mortar establishments have many competitive advantages that taco trucks do not. Why not let the market (i.e., the customers) decide? ALL vendors pay taxes and license fees to the city. If you can show us an example of one sitdown restaurant which was forced out of business due to a taco truck, I’ll eat my hat wrapped in a tortilla.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Protesting the stop of the taco trucks….i think we have bigger problems to face.
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
This is a staple of our L.A. culture. Save the trucks!
on April 22nd, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Drop Burritos
Not Bombs.!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 am
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on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:05 am
This is honest work that helps many individuals make an honest living. King Taco and other businesses scapegoat our brothers and sisters for this failing economy and simply seek to expell their competition. Don’t blame the taco vendors, but blame your local, state, and federal government for creating this structure of poverty and oppression.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 am
It is a shame that the government is attempting to take away jobs instead of creating opportunities.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:18 am
Why don’t we focus on freeway shootings before addressing the taco truck menace to public safety.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:25 am
This is an unjustified attavk on small entrepreneurs.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:51 am
not a good look on your part lady. Whats your problem anyways?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:31 am
they too need to live
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:14 am
It is truly an outrage! Molina and the Supervisors need to be stopped. They do not understand the culture behind it.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:28 am
THATS B.S This Law is ridiculous. Get rid of it.
I GUESS THEY GOT NOTHING TO DO” THATS SOME HATING SHIT
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:07 am
I’m glad openair.org has been useful in this.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 am
There’s no reason not to allow the taco trucks to operate as before. If they do take business away from the restaurants, then the restaurants are providing undesirable service at too high a price.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:12 am
Taco trucks fo lyyfe.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:21 am
¡Sí se puede!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:21 am
is this really the best use of police resources our city can come up with?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:21 am
1. There are no restaurants near County Hospital! How am I supposed to get food?
2. Aren’t Taco Trucks restaurants too?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:24 am
um, taco trucks are LA culture. Taking them away is silly
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:34 am
Viva los Tacos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:57 am
Some of the best food in socal! We would be stupid to eliminate this piece of culture we have.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:05 am
Tace Taco!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:05 am
I love taco-trucks, I am broke and they keep my belly full on the cheap.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:07 am
Taco trucks are one of the things LA is known all over the world for Please do not take away a vibrant element of street life in East Los Angeles, as well as a source of delicious, cheap eats. Our city needs its flava! . Thank you.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:18 am
Let’s respect and embrace the culture of the taco truck!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:18 am
Back off, LA city! Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 am
…tacos….sigh…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 am
slkdfj
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:23 am
HOW DARE YOU TAKE AWAY MY LATE NIGHT B&C (bean and chee)
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:30 am
save the taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:32 am
This is a travesty.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:35 am
SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 am
Stop wasting time and tax dollars on this ridiculous proposal.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:41 am
Don’t we have bigger problems to worry about in this city?!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 am
This law is a disgrace. These trucks provide a wonderful food service and virtually no parking disturbance. These fines are way out of proportion to the crime and a disturbing source of revenue for the city.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 am
please take guns off the street and rid our communities of drugs and domestic violence first. then you can worry about tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:48 am
There aren’t more pressing concerns than stopping people trying to make a living while feeding others affordable and delicious food?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:50 am
Getting rid of the taco trucks is not something that should be a priority on your agenda, considering all the important issues surrounding los angeles right now.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 am
Taco trucks have the best food ever! It’s part of the ambiance of LA.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:55 am
Save the taco trucks! They’ve done nothing wrong!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:56 am
Please consider what the people of L.A. want.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 am
This puts hard-working people out of business. If local restaurants are concerned about losing business, then they should step up their quality and the variety of foods they offer. That is the way that business works.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:03 am
Save the taco truck. This is unfair, most of us can’t afford to eat in overpriced restaurants. With the high cost of gas, milk, eggs etc. and the increasing rate of foreclosures and unemployment.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:05 am
Go-Go Gadget I LOVE TACOS!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:15 am
Please don’t take them away
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:16 am
It appalling to think that, in a city with so little that is truly unique and important to people, someone would want to stomp on it. Molina and her cohorts should be ashamed…….and stopped.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:27 am
Viva Carne Asada.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:28 am
Molina, despite your Hispanic last name, you obviously do not know where the best Mexican food comes from. No, not the sit down, overpriced, Americanized, fusion garbage you and your cohorts eat. You find it in hole in the walls and taco trucks. DUH!!! PULL YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR BUTT! Let the survival of the taco trucks be decided the old fashioned American way, by letting people put their money where they think it belongs. If people didn’t like them they would have disappeared already!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 am
It’s just a parking spot. what does the city have to lose?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:30 am
save the tacos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:31 am
You can’t take history away! You’ve destroyed so much of it by tearing down buildings and building malls over it. Taco trucks have always been a historic staple in Los Angeles. What have they ever done to you besides feed you?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:39 am
You should make it viable for these business men and to be able to make a living but also encourage them to practice standards of quality and excellence. You should not take away their opportunity to serve us wonderful and delicious food in a manner that earns them a decent living.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:40 am
tacos tacos tacos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
Capitalism means letting demand drive business, right? If these restaurants lobbying for the new law served better food, we wouldn’t all be buying from the trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:43 am
Save Our Taco Trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 am
No taco trucks! Its like banning the manapua truck in Hawaii. It’s part of the community, engrained in the culture, that my parents, myself and neices and nephew grew up with.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:49 am
Who will benefit from this law?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 am
This is totally ridiculous. Let people sell tacos. How is this a bad thing?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 am
Save the taco truckS!!!!….
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 am
Save the taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 am
KEEP the taco trucks! One of the greatest parts of highland park.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:53 am
THERE WILL BE PROTEST IN THE STREETS IF THIS LAW GOES THROUGH. Contact your local news stations!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 am
People are lame! Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
Que vivan los taco trucks! I left LA a year ago and miss some late night carnitas or tacos al pastor so much i could cry right now thinking about it. Angelenos you are blessed. Defend those rolling taquerías with all you got!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 am
This is a ridiculous proposed law. Why not focus on something that matters — like education or affordable housing?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 am
save our trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
They provide convinience and value. If I want to take an hour to get my meal plus give 10% then I will. But when I want it fast and easy then I go there.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
I love taco trucks!!!!!!!!!! Deal with matters that are more important. Isn’t it better to have the taco trucks available any time. For example, when those individuals come out of a bar or club a little buzzed and need some food in their system… whose there to save them? TACO TRUCKS!!! The best tacos ARE from taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
Don’t forget where you came from!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 am
I love taco trucks!! SAVE THEM DON’T CRIMINALIZE THEM!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:09 am
Really. What is the matter with you?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am
I don’t even eat meat, but everyone should be allowed to make a decent living!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:12 am
These vendors are important threads in the fabric of East LA. Competition is not a compelling rationale for their prohibition, and neither are nebulous and classist concerns over public health.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 am
Who needs a taco truck? I dooo.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 am
Taco Trucks and corner vendors are institutions of L.A., focus on criminalizing Politicians who do not take a stand on Education and Immigrant rights. Molina should be ashamed of herself, when so much is crying for her help in LA she focuses on the hard workers that are tyring to keep the economy going.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 am
Save our taco trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 am
This is a waste of time and legislation.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:18 am
I love the Tacos, I love them Good!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 am
We’ll love you taco trucks… Don’t worry you’re not going anywhere!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 am
This is ridiculous. Doesn’t Ms. Molina have more important things to legislate about?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 am
Prison time for selling tacos. That makes sense. Can’t imagine how our prisons got so crowded. Besides, where am I supposed to go? El Chollo? Maybe if crap “Mexican” restaurants didn’t serve crap tacos they could compete fairly rather than having their political goons eliminate the competition for them. SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS! And maybe focus on more pressing issues, Ms. Molina, like a decent public transit system.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am
This is one of those issues that really shouldn’t be an issue. All parties involved need to be immediately removed from public office and somehow punished for wasting our time and tax dollars. If public safety is truly the issue, make Health Department regulations equal to those of L.A. county restaurants with regularly scheduled inspections. At least truck owners can work with that. This goes beyond the issue of banning Catering Trucks. We really need to get a handle on “Retarded Politics”. This will only get worse unless we start punishing those who’ve somehow stumbled into a position of political governance and never do anything of great importance for the public the serve. Let’s get a petition together that publicly outs these politicians and demands for there immediate removal. That will really send a message for them to either shape up or ship out. Thanks for the good effort.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 am
Why must they remove everything that people like…..save our taco trucks and our rights to eat what we want and where we want!!
Taco trucks rule!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 am
In solidarity from Laredo, Tx. I’ve never been to LA in my life, and without taco trucks I’ll never go. Fight for your taco rights, sisters and brothers!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 am
travesty!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 am
Why would you want to get rid of Taco Trucks????????
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 am
Save the Taco trucks! Let people have access to good cheap food.
Isn’t this America? As long as nobody is getting hurt we should be free to do as we please.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:34 am
me lubba the carne asada
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:38 am
Taco trucks are a beautiful, beautiful thing. Long live the Avenue 54 taco truck.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 am
Save the tacos please
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
yeah, carne!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:47 am
This is such a silly proposal. Taco trucks and street vendors add to the cultural identity of the city. Besides, where are we supposed to get some cheap eats?!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:48 am
Without taco trucks, I would starve.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:49 am
I treat certain trucks like brick and mortar resturants. I go there specifically because of what they offer. I know the people who work there and we have a repoire. Making it harder for them to work, makes it harder for me to get the food I WANT. This makes me a very unhappy citizen. Don’t you dare take my tacos away.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:49 am
Save the TRUCKS!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
These trucks are part of LA culture. Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Small, personal businesses are what make this country great. Without tacos, how else is one going to pursue happiness?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
God forbid that there be affordable places to eat in LA!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
How you can you attack an industry the offers jobs for thousands of people in Los Angeles and feeds millions of them. Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
Please do not regulate away a wonderful part of LA’s culture.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
BANNING Taco trucks? What’s next, no hot dogs and grilled onions after clubs??? They must have better things to do than this…like fixing roads
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:56 am
this is outrageous.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 am
Please do not legislate what is an integral part of the landscape
of this great city. Taco trucks rock!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 am
power to the people.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 am
Save the taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 am
People have a right to choose.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 am
i am against the fines that have been imposed to the innocent hardworking people trying to make a desent living.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 am
Taco trucks are a part of LA culture and often offer better food than the overpriced restaurants. Please do not kick them off the streets.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 am
Taco trucks are a part of the community!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
You can’t just end a way of life. You can’t just outlaw them overnight.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
Save the taco trucks!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:06 am
Tacos make me happy … tres de asada con todo.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:07 am
There are bigger problems facing the community than taco trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:08 am
Viva Taco Trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 am
Taco Trucks rock!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 am
What is the world coming to????
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:09 am
I love tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
Save the trucks and focus on real issues!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 am
SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS!!!
Seriously, what is wrong with people?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
Getting rid of taco trucks in LA is like getting rid of the hot dog vendors in NY!! WTF?!? Aren’t there more pertinent issues that need addressing like crime, education, the fucking WAR!!! ugh…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
NOOO
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
these people are earning a living the American way. Through there hard work and polite service. Why pick on them when you cant even go to a normal fast food place and get good service. or decent food for that matter.
Save these hardworking taco makers.
Viva La Taco Truck
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 am
This is as dumb an idea as making Pico and Olympic Boulevards one-way streets.
Surely the LA County Supervisors have more important “fish to fry”!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:16 am
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on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
How do you conscietiously restrain trade that contributes to the economy and the community?
Fix the potholes and forget the tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
del taco is only good for 2am… what will I eat during the day??
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
Okay, I messed up the spelling of “conscientiously”.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 am
Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Add my name to the list, I love Taco Trucks and dislike government interference in the marketplace.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
I’m an Australian who lives in downtown LA and works in Venice beach. Been in LA now for 9 years and I love it. I also find the ‘taco truck’/ ‘roach coach’, an important cultural and nutritional addition to the city. In addition to Mexican trucks in Venice, we have a delicious Japanese lunch truck, and a organic breakfast lunch truch - both very popular and healthy. I there is any policing of the taco trucks I feel that some of patrons should be checked for littering - but that’s it. Please save the taco truck!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Tacos are a staple of life. Mess with the tacos…and your messing with the “Grand Plan.” Shame on you, shame.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:24 am
¿Is this how tax dollars are being spent? ¿On taco truck removal committees? COME ON!!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
Jail for selling a taco…? You’ve got to be kidding me! This is ridiculous. What a waste of time and taxpayer dollars for one of the most racist pieces of legislature i’ve ever heard of.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:26 am
They are inherently LA. Its part of our culture!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:28 am
Let’s work on the homeless problem instead of squandering who had the better idea for opening a restaurant with the lower overhead. The taco trucks are such a great idea. The business comes to you. And you get a feel of L.A. that no other town gives you. Take away the taco trucks and take away part of L.A.’s heritage.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:29 am
This is the country of capitalism and great food, let’s keep it that way! Down with the fascists!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 am
I love taco trucks not because they are cheap but because they taste better than restaurant tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
without the taco truck, where would any of our gullets be?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 am
yeah ok shut down the taco trucks and im moving!
KEEP DEMOCRACY ALIVE!!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:34 am
Don’t go Tacos!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:34 am
Some things need not to be changed
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:34 am
At a time when the economy is struggling, why would you limit one’s ability to make an honest living while providing a convenient and welcomed service to many areas of L.A.? You should let the taco trucks operate wherever they see fit and instead focus your efforts on preventing gang members from operating whenever and wherever they please.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
Taco trucks provide an opportunity for people to run their own business, stimulating the economy and the pleasure centers of their patrons’ brains. I see nothing beneficial about forcing them to move every hour, besides taco trucks purposefully establish a constant location where their customers can expect them. It is not their fault that customers prefer a cheap meal to restaurants after 6pm. Wasn’t this whole country built on the foundation of competition? Who protected the mom and pops when Wal-Mart and Starbucks came to town? Certainly not the government.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
Lets face it, our restaurants aren’t as great as we like to think they are, and yet Los Angeles has an incredibly vibrant food scene. A lot of the credit for that can be attributed to the taco trucks that line the streets of our city. In fact, some of the best food in this city comes from the backs of trucks. As evidenced in this month’s Food and Wine, the taco truck is coming into its own as a source of haute cuisine. Please don’t take away our taco trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
Save our trucks! Best and and the most affordable food in LA.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
what would people in l.a. argue about if not which free-standing taco truck is the best? how ridiculous.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:37 am
I don’t even live in LA anymore but was outraged to find out that these little trucks full of deliciousness could be gone next time I’m out there.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
LA would just not be the same. What are they going to outlaw the fruit stands next?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:39 am
Save them trucks! They make LA…LA!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:39 am
unnecessary and stupid law.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 am
Que? Save them!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 am
Why harrass people who are just trying to make an honest living
when there are so many truly serious issues that need to be addressed? The Taco trucks are an integral part of the L.A. scene. Leave them alone!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
Taco trucks are very much a part of Los Angeles’ culture and an important source of income for many of its residents. I don’t live in the city anymore, but I ate from a taco truck every day for several years - the food was the best around! If restrauteurs are worried about their business, they need to step it up and make better food, not outlaw the competition!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 am
It’s silly to even think about banning the trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 am
You can’t get rid of these. Maybe enforce more strict guidelines on how they conduct business or on their cleanliness or way of storing and cooking their food, but don’t get rid of them all together. By doing so, you are doing a disservice to the people of Los Angeles. Getting rid of problems is not the same thing as solving, in fact it is introducing another problem.
Don’t diminish our choices of where to eat when so many of us obviously prefer the taco trucks to large chain/franchise fast food commoditized establishments, and don’t diminish these passionate hardworking people of their right to make a living.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 am
POR QUE!?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:44 am
This is the most ridiculous and offensive thing I’ve ever heard!! So, what, fair competition has now come down to “what’s fair for those that have a building to call a business”??? They’re being punished because they wheels in stead of doors? For being innovative, and creative, in bringing their product and services to the clients because you consider it a “non-traditional” method?
In the most ethnically and culturally diverse city, in the CITY OF ANGELS, I can’t believe our leaders have resorted to racist politics, and discriminatory practices, all in the name of “fair business practices” - when we all know it’s because of the all-mighty dollar.
I’ve lived in Los Angeles my whole life, and have been eating at those trucks and buying fruit from those vendors for as long as I can remember. I’ll tell you right now: I have 10000% more loyalty for those trucks/owners and vendors than I do any of board members or legislatures right now.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:44 am
Taco Trucks make the best Carne!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 am
let the taco trucks stay!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:46 am
Let them do business if people demand it. For all you restaurant owners that think it is unfair…go follow some other business model. Do not complain if it’s unfair. You have a choice just like everyone else — we have a choice where to eat and where to get our food, you have a choice in where and how you conduct your business. Let them be free!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Taco Trucks were my sole source of meals for many years, I can’t imagine a Los Angeles without them!
Keep the Trucks!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:48 am
There’s absolutely no reason to ban taco trucks. I’ve enjoyed the one at Lincoln and Rose for years, and plan to do so into the future.
Maybe you should create legislation that actually helps the citizens of Los Angeles. Serve the people, not the power.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 am
what else do you eat at 2:30 in the morning after leaving a bar/club..ppl are too uptight these days. must be all the “out of towners”..Taco trucks have been around forever and I hope they never leave! its part of the Los Angeles culture.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 am
Is this what our elected officials do to waste our tax dollars? Enact laws to outlaw simple blue collar food establishments? There isn’t a Commerical or Industrial complex, or a construction site, across the state that doesn’t have a food truck serving it’s workers. Not to mention all the patrons served outside of sporting/cultural/nightlife events across the city. We need more personal, local interaction in Los Angeles, as we spend enough time in our cars. This is lunacy.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 am
Keep the trucks! How else will I eat?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:50 am
Save the TACO TRUCKS!
PLEASE!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 am
veggie burrito, yum!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Good Carne Asada is Not a Crime… it’s almost necessary!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 am
How dare you! Do not take our taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 am
TACO TRUCK! Without you I am nothing…
They’re trying to turn LA into a strip mall…everything’s the same, everything’s owned by a corporation, everything’s expensive.
God knows how many times I haven’t had money to buy myself food and who saved the day? TACO TRUCK. Take my $2 and give me dinner.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:57 am
more taco trucks, i say!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Taco Truck is to Los Angeles as Hot Dog stand is to New York. It’s not just about cheap, good food. It’s part of LA’s culture.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
Keep the trucks! Go after Taco Bell!
Ms. Molina, Why don’t you and the rest of the Board of Supervisors change location every hour. At least it will appear like you’re doing something productive.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:59 am
CULTURA PARA SIEMPRE!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:00 am
The taco trucks are most certainly elemental to a sense of community in Los Angeles. And jail is for criminals, not taco truck operators! This is America!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 am
i fear if you outlaw taco trucks, i will starve! it is undoubtedly one of my favorite things about LA, a quick and inexpensive meal, culturally important and delicious!!! It also is a self sufficient source of income for many people who would otherwise not be able to own their own business. Restaurants need to have a better defense about ailing business than to blame on taco trucks. Seriously!!!!! Let’s work some thing out- for tacos, for democracy, for happiness, for the human race!!!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:03 am
Taco trucks ARE L.A. Fight the Power!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:03 am
Please don’t put taco trucks out of business!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
The best mexican restaurant in any other city is not as good as the average taco truck in Los Angeles. Taco trucks bring community to places that need it and food to those who want it.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
without the trucks, I’ll starve!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
I like tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 am
They are part of the local economy too!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
I used to work nights downtown and the local truck that came by at 9:30pm was the only option for a quick lunch break. The trucks fill a void for the night crews on Bunker Hill.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
We can’t lose the trucks!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
this is just wrong.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
Tacos trucks are the best thing. The only reason why LA has the best Mexican food is because of them.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
I love taco trucks! I eat a them FIVE times a week and will starve without them!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 am
Taco Truck Tacos are the BEST one out there!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:08 am
This cant be done…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 am
Gloria Molina is either a really dumb person or just an awful person. She’s not qualified for her position if she’s going to make decisions like this one. Maybe she should be working at a taco truck instead.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:09 am
Yo quiero tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Taco trucks are an amazing example of entrepreneurship.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
Good tacos are not bad things, this is rediculous!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
I LOVE TACOS!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:12 am
Shame on you, Molina
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am
Keep the taco trucks
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am
Tacos are my L I F E! Couldn’t go on without them…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am
I’ve been enjoying taco truck foo since high school. It is the best “to go” food!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am
This is another pointless and stupid law that should not have passed in the first place.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am
Taco trucks are a gift from above.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am
We need more! not less taco trucks. I want the sunset junction truck back!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am
Where are we gonna get tacos from now???!!!
Keep the Taco Trucks!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
I guess all of L.A.’s issues involving crime, the homeless, education, the enviroment, taxes and medical coverage have all been solved that the big issue is now taco trucks? Please!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
why waste your time on taco trucks? what about the drugs, crime, and molestation? its not as if those dont trump a taco truck trying to get by
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 am
What is the foundation for Gloria Molina’s witch-hunt? What harm are the trucks doing? Why not spend our taxes on something worthwhile like limiting salaries of “public” officials?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
ditto……..
whats next.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 am
Please do not pursue passing this law! It is unnecessary!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:26 am
i’m hungry
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
It just doesn’t make any sense….
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 am
Keep the carts alive!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 am
Taco trucks are one of the main reasons i still visit LA so frequently. Santa Barbara has terrible Mexican food in comparison!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 am
Valuable commodity. Possibly make the law that a truck cannot be within two blocks of restaurants of competing food class (fast food vs. restaurant).
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
where will we eat at 3am?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
get it together, L.A.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
When I proceeded to this link, I was not prepared for the revulsion that overwhelmed me. Glora Molina is a pathetic, malformed, bastard beast child of the devil himself. I have never cried harder, nor felt more alone than the moment immediately following my reading of this brief article. To strip me of my very own identity is a capital, cardinal offense of which I can hardly respond. I don’t know myself, I don’t know Los Angeles, and I am paralyzed with disgust and the pain of loss.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:30 am
I could see outlawing taco stands if they were hurting people. But they’re not they’re feeding people. Last time I checked they’re not closing other vendors down. Keep the Carne Asada alive!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:32 am
What did they ever do to you?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 am
Yay for taco trucks! Boo on Gloria Molina
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:33 am
Where am I going to eat after my 40?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 am
Taco trucks are the now and are the future. There is no way they can be shut down. Taco Trucks define LA.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 am
this is like getting criminalizing hot dog carts in NYC. shame on you.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 am
Taco Trucks are an intrinsic part of the Los Angeles culture. How dare anyone attack the grassroots culture of our fun as f*#@ city!
What’s next? No riding a bicycle with a surfboard? No woofers in the trunk? No lipstick liner that outlasts the lipstick? Let’s all pray to Cher to stop this.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 am
Fight the power!! Don’t outlaw the taco trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:38 am
this is like criminalizing hot dog carts in NYC. shame on you!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
This is ridiculous! I want my taco truck!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:40 am
Having just recently moved back to LA, working in the Venice Beach area, I love this part of the culture. Sure, I enjoy a restaurant but something about the food from the Taco Trucks, the ‘Roach Coaches’ (as we called them in the military), just appeals to me. It reminds me of the food vendors in Japan and some of the other countries I have lived. Heck, back when I worked construction, the truck rolled up and everyone was happy. Leave them be, they aren’t hurting anyone and someone is making a decent living feeding the rest of us, how bad can that be?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
taco trucks! say what?! guess i need to branch out from my bacon wrapped hot dog guy and see what i’ve been missing!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
Keep the Taco Trucks Alive! Please repeal this ridiculous legislation.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:41 am
this the worst thing the bd has ever done, worst then allowing traffic to overwehelm us, to much building where unnevessary, now messing with the jobs of thousands plus the ability of people to eat near their jobs, without driving somewhere. you do suck, foolish woman.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 am
ewww. bacon wrapped hot dog? no way! i need my bean and cheese buritto from the taco truck after a long night of hittin the clubs!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
You buy hot dogs from a cart in NYC and tacos from a truck in LA!
Let’s kick Mom next and take her apple pie!
Hands of my asada!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Save the Taco Trucks!!! Fight real crime in LA!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
save the trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
viva la taco truck
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:46 am
Seriously…Don’t you legislators have better things to worry about?? Drugs, crime, child molestors living near public parks, etc..
This is just plain ridiculous! Viva La TacoTrucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:46 am
taco trucks are a source of good food, community and culture as well as provide employment for many hard working and honest people. KEEP THEM AROUND!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:46 am
Where am I supposed to replenish my energy at if I don’t have taco trucks to support me! Riding a bike and drinking beers all day can cause a guy to develop a mean need for radishes and carne asada!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:47 am
yes, save them!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:47 am
Meals on wheels is a good thing!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:48 am
supply and demand. they fulfill our food needs, they work hard and are creating their own economy to survive in this country. let me guess, the feds want their cut of taco taxes? a la chingada.
leave the tacos alone and focus on larger IMPORTANT ISSUES like the WAR, Gang VIOLENCE and EDUCATION!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
The trucks are what make LA great
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:49 am
There is absolutely nothing malicious about a Taco Truck. I’ve grown up eating their food; hell, there was one on campus in my high school instead of a cafeteria!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
C’mon! How in the world are Taco Truck a problem? Its stupid shit like this that makes some aspects of LA living SUCK!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am
Please use your time and money on something that will help the community more. That’s right, I said it.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am
Keep East LA Taco culture alive please
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am
Taco trucks create late night safe havens, bringing increased awareness to abandoned parking lots and other probable sites for potential crime. Furthermore, they’re a touchstone of Los Angeles’s culinary culture, as much as Deep Dish Pizza is to Chicago or a hot dog cart frank is to NYC. Keep the roach coaches.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:53 am
Save the taco trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:53 am
Save the taco trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
Taco Trucks are a part of LA history. Tell them to come to the westside as well.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:54 am
We need taco trucks in West Hollywood!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 am
This is absurd and ridiculous. The taco trucks have every right to sell their food on the street. These people are just trying to make a living, go find something more worthwhile to protest.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 am
We should pass a law requiring Taco Trucks in front of McDonalds, not banning them! What would East LA be without Taco Trucks?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:56 am
Imposing these proposed restrictions upon LA’s taco trucks is an assault on one of the true, unique cultural experiences of Los Angeles. An LA Times Travel journalist living in Paris recently wrote, and I quote: “‘YOU’RE so lucky — you live in Paris!’ I hear that a lot from people. I guess they’re assuming life here is a nonstop parade of chic Parisians and exquisite chocolates. It’s as if I said to folks living in Los Angeles, “You’re so lucky — you live in Los Angeles,” jealous of being surrounded by all those movie stars and taco stands. For the record: I’m not all that keen on hobnobbing with stars, but I’D KILL TO FIND A TACO TRUCK IN PARIS.” My local taco truck in Venice has been featured in Gourmet Magazine. Just a few other quotes from famous chefs about taco trucks, all taken from Gourmet magazine: “I love taco trucks. I was turned onto them in L.A. We’d get carnitas by the pound and take it to the beach—it’s an incredible lunch. I don’t know many chefs who don’t love taco trucks. We all compare notes on taco trucks in Seattle. They are the height of quality food at an affordable price. You line up with the workmen to eat. And that’s a beautiful thing. People want honest food.” Craig Serbousek, Chef/Owner of Crow Restaurant in Seattle. Supervisor Molina. In fact, at the 2007 James Beard Awards (the Academy Awards of the food world), the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award was awarded to Jesse Katz for his piece on the taco trucks of Los Angeles!!! The LA Board of Supervisor, ESPECIALLY Supervisor Molina, should all be ashamed of themselves for such cultural insensitivity, and would be well-advised to address more pertinent issues facing our communities.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
This is an absolutely unnecessary waste of time. These businesses do not need to be demonized. People love taco trucks! I love tacos! I love burritos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:58 am
GOTTA SAVE ‘EM.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:59 am
I love Roach Coaches!!!! What is wrong with people? They are always trying to ruin a good thing. Let them work, they are not hurting anyone. And how are all the plumbers/electricians/carpenters going to eat?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Yeay for Taco Trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
This is ridiculous. Some of the freshest and cleanest, best tasting “fast food” in LA. Not to mention economical. Not everyone has $10 or more to spend on lunch every day.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm
These trucks provide a service and are part of the fabric of life.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
taco trucks are a staple of not only the E.LA community but the entirety of LA. best places to get food for a good price, hands down.
some of the best food in the city too. maybe the restaurants should blame the quality of their food in comparison to the trucks before blaming other things.
i love my taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
long live the taco trucks, they are an enormous part of what little community exists in los angeles
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
two thumbs up for authentic “non-franchise” meals downtown!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
YOU”RE STEALING JOBS GLORIA!!….you’re stealing jobs.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Are they trying to cause another riot?! Hello!!! LAW MAKERS- I could almost promise that if you pass this ingnorant law you will have a huge riot on your streets. This is bigger than Rodney King (Don’t kid yourselves). Not only are these hard working people, but it some of the best food I have ever had! I’d like to know who’s really behind this and if they have ever even tried to eat from a taco truck. Don’t knock it untill you try it. Why don’t you walk the streets and speak with the owners/workers of these trucks before you just try to stomp them out. Since you won’t let them get to your level you should visit theirs!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
The city of Los Angeles cost of living is amongest the highest in the country and the majority of Angelos live on tight budgets. Taco trucks provide affordable food for working class people. The nation is in recession. Some people cannot even afford to drive to sit-down resturants. This is ridiculous. Our elected officials spending time=our tax dollars on removing a convenient, affordable, culturally inherit service from our community?! Taco Trucks Forever!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I just love the smell of the taco truck on my drives home from The Echo on Alvarado, between Reservoir and Sunset… Muy bueno.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
THIS LAW IS A WASTE OF TIME. GLORIA OBVIOUSLY HAS NOTHING IMPORTANT TO WORK ON.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Freedom!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I love Taco Trucks especially after a late night out!!! Long Live The Taco Trucks!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Of the simple things to be tolerant of in the block by block variations of LA neighbors, the taco trucks seem such a strange target to go after. Especially when LA could use more casual “public” meeting places. Locking everyone into their cars and little suburban homes to never interact with each other is a bad idea in my opinion.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Taco trucks serve as a primary source of income for many families. In addition, they are part of our great LA community.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
LONG LIVE TACO TRUCKS!! YEA SON!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
taco trucks are as much LA as pizza and bagels are New York. police should focuse on something that matters… like crime perhaps?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
LONG LIVE TACO TRUCKS!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
This is part of LA’s culture. A shame to take something away that is harmless.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
I LOVE YOU CARNITAS! Never leave me!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
i love tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:37 pm
It mat be smarter to ban McDonalds, Burger King, Jack in the Box and Wendy’s. The taco trucks represent originality, and grass-roots entreprenuership.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
leave them alone!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
LA taco trucks are an invaluable cultural resource that deserve legislative efforts aimed at protection, preservation, and promotion, not harassment and elimination.
Please put the taxpayers’ monies to better use! Education, youth programs, sustainability, anything is better than this!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm
save the pico de gallooooooooo
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:51 pm
LA taco trucks are a cultural icon that need everyones support.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Taking the taco trucks away is like taking away a grand part of LA.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pm
TACO ZONE!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
it’s about so much more than just cheap amazing food. but that fact doesn’t hurt the cause either!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Dios les bendiga.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I’m vegan but taco trucks are awesome and plus my uncle owns one, you can’t take them off the streets!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Lots o things to be fixed in this country and banning Taco Trucks is definitely not one of them!
Carne assada is not a crime!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
There are things that should be banned in our county but tacos is not one of them.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Save our Taco Trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I love the taco trucks. Nothing like a breakfast burrito early in the morning (with tapatio hot sauce of course).
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I eat at the fruit carts next to USC’s medical school campus everyday and would be lost without them!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 pm
Supervisor Molina:
Why don’t you focus your energies on saving MLK instead of hard working vendors?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Give me tacos or give me death!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
leave the trucks alone. there are definitely more insidious operations to crack down on than the trucks. concentrate on getting a good public trans system down rather than shutting down taco trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
taco’s and a coke don’t bother me. i’m eating.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Gloria is a bottem feeder. Empty Shirt. Paid to waste time.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
give me tacos or give me death…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Why are the County Supervisors wasting their time on this issue?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:24 pm
I am shocked an appalled by this ordinance. Taco Carts are the life blood of Los Angeles- serving as a gathering place for families, working people of all social economic groups, and an affordable alternative to the many fast food restaurants that populate our landscape.
Having Taco Carts move every hour serves no purpose. It will not deter people from exercising their choice to eat at Taco Carts. There is no one to one connection between the locations of Taco Carts and the amount of business brick and mortar restaurants get. I think it is grossly unfair to punish another set of businesses to “equal” out opportunities for places with “larger” overheads.
This ordinance is insulting to the many people who own and operate taco carts- and the thousands upon thousands of Angelenos who choose to eat their.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
This ordinance does not serve the need of the people but instead looks to destroy something that is a part of the local tapestry.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
mmmmmm….tacos
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I hope this ridiculous law does not pass.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
People have the right to make a living. This country is way to over regulated and killing the life and soul of this country.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Taco trucks are part of the landscape and charm of the city of angeles. How about you exert your efforts elsewhere.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
they need to make money.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
the food service trucks are the least of our problems here in LA. the city officials should find better use of the taxpayers payroll, and find a REAL problem to solve. those trucks provide services the public appreciates and enjoys.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
They are a valuable part of our community.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Live and let live.
Restaurant owners need to find other ways of getting people to eat in their establishmemnts.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Let them eat TACOS!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Fight the power!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:42 pm
these are small business owners trying to live the American Dream!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
absolutely preposterous. an egregious attempt to take away a distinctive, vibrant part of LA’s unique food culture. next it will be the fruit stands!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Don’t take away our taco trucks! Stop putting the Latino down.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
This is messed up
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:44 pm
once again…will you focus on important issues.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:47 pm
best food in LA. it was be a real shame to see them go.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Taco trucks give character to Los Angeles. We have lost too much of our cultural heritage in Los Angeles. Save the taco trucks! Send them to us in the Financial District Downtown. We’ll keep them in business.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Taco trucks/stands are an economic staple for the Latin community. This would further limit the earning potential of an already distressed community. Soon all we’re going to be left with is Taco Bell, Acapulco’s and countless other disgusting taco chains.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
big problems. this is big problems.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Overturn this resolution.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I love taco trucks
on April 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
OMG hate what the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisorshas done.. people are just trying to make a living and yet here they go putting up yet another obstacle…. I will always support people who are trying to make an honest living! SI SE PUEDE!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Viva the Taco Trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:01 pm
As many signers have already said, Taco trucks are an essential part of LA culture, and the city government shouldn’t offer protections to restaurants that can’t compete.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
mmmm….tacos
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I hate the government, but I love tacos.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
if taco trucks leave LA, so will i!!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
please save the taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Getting rid of taco trucks is like slicing out part of LA’s heart. Only a xenophobic busy body would back such a crime.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
save the carne asada!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
BE FAIR! Working a descent living is not a crime!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Viva la Taco Truck!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Save Tacos
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
This is ridiculous
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I cannot believe this!
How ridiculous!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
this is so ridiculous! It’s part of LA’s Culture!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
What is LA coming too…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
just another instance of masked institutional racism…fucking ridiculous
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
You can’t stop the trucks….
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
even vegetarians love them
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Racism is executed in different ways! This is just another way for officials to keep the latino community under their control and in continued poverty.
Speak out and make your voice heard, sign the petition and send a letter!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:42 pm
You cannot keep shutting down decent, honest, hard working people who only strive to survive.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Keep that kind of repressive legislation up and you will be voted out of office. Keep it up!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I am glad to see LA tackling the big issues facing our community. We can just let these people serve great food for great prices directly on the street. I bet this is due to lobbying by restaurant owners…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
We love our taco trucks in LA!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Am I supposed to go to Jack in the Box to get a 99 cent taco now? HELL NO!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
It is our heritage our culture our community.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
LA would not be the same
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:52 pm
this outrageous! how did this even get bill passed? who’s supporting it?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Taco trucks are a God-given right, like freedom and right to bear arms!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Please don’t get rid of our taco trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
This is mega-bologna. eating at taco trucks doesn’t mean that I’m not patronizing businesses. it just so happens that some of these trucks have superior eats. who’s to blame if restaurants don’t provide the same quality as peoples’ favorite trucks?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Don’t make my taco trucks move!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Taco Trucks are an integral part of our life and landscape in LA. They may as well tear down the Hollywood sign. Taco Zone forever!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Save the taco trucks! Aren’t there more pressing issues the city should be focused on?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:05 pm
This proposal seems entirely unecessary and overly aggressive. Taco trucks are delicious and fun for the whole family, and of the chance that there are individual trucks causing disturbances it should be handled on a case by case basis, not by broadly casting all purveyors of mobile foodstuff as misdemeanor offendors.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Surrounding eateries are losing business?
TOUGH.
These fines are ridiiculous…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
this is ridiculous. surely the city has more important things to do then go around taking away people’s livlihoods!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
what am i going to do w/ my life now?!?!?!?!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
What the heck?! What are we supposed to have for lunch now? McDonald’s?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Tacp trucks are a glorious wonder that bring people together,not only for their love of food, but their love for authenticity and culture. It’s a phenomenan that needs rewarding, not hindering. Please let this legacy continue. We owe this to ourselves. Thank you.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I agree with Mr. VanBlankenship (no. 1528). And I appreciate the service, product, and convenience that these Rolling Food Vendors provide. I save much time from having to park at a local brick and mortar restaurant, especially in pay-everywhere-you-park LA. How about you work on getting more funding for keeping good teachers in our schools instead?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Save the taco trucks - particularly the one on the corner of La Brea & Olympic!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Can’t imagine my east side hood without yummy taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
i love truck
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
This is the result of pressure from the big box taco chains and it will be obvious and deplorable where the powers’ allegiance lies if they vote to shut down these small and vibrant businesses. With the economy tanking, this is certainly not going to do anything to make anyone stronger except big corporations making a lot of money off of minimum wage teenage workers - and you’ll kill a lot of small family owned businesses.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
JAIL? That is the most messed up thing I have heard in a long, long time.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Did Molina go to the Giuliani “Screw the Street Vendor” School of Politics? Unbelievable. Keep our identity!!!! VIVA LOS TACOS!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Taco trucks are as integral to the iconicity of Los Angeles as the Walk of Fame. Don’t take my al pastor away!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:34 pm
How can this even be under consideration? Yet another example of LA’s self-loathing. The taco truck is one of our few truly local culinary institutions. Get in line bureaucrats!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
This is just another way to bring the raza down.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
i love taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
noooot the taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
This seems made up, if it’s true it’s sad.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Even if their carne asada doesn’t agree with me, I agree with the truck vendors.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
WE LOVE THE TACO TRUCKS DON’T GET RID OF THEM
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
i love tacos. they don’t taste right at a sit down restaurant.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Really? Who doesn’t like tacos?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
long live the trucks. this ordinance is ludicrous and excessive. it is laughable. rise up people.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Keep the L.A. tradition alive!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:05 pm
VIVO TACOS
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Taco Trucks are what gives LA the attractions that it always had. It’s like taking away pizza-parlors in Chicago or New York. This is a ridiculous ordinance and should be banned from being pursued! SAVE THE TACO!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
tacos for life
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Save the taco trucks!!! This is such a wonderful part of East L.A.’s culture.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I love the Taco Trucks you cannot take them away…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
taco trucks are amazing
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
There are other issues to be more concerned about in L.A. What do they think they are accomplishing by taking away taco trucks. . . . .Politicians for you. . . . You should be working on solving our school district crisis.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
¡Viva los tacos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
There’s obviously a demand for them, no use in getting rid of a good thing! Why don’t you focus on our traffic problems instead of the poor taco truck owners?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I can’t imagine the landscape of Los Angeles without Taco Trucks. They are as integral to our city as struggling actors and surfers.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Taco trucks RULE!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Please save the taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
You should fix gang violence, overcrowded schools, and lack of health coverage and access to medical care before you go after people who are trying to make an honest living!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
They pay taxes too…They have to compete with the restaurants yes, but it’s the people’s rights to choose where they dine…not you gloria molina
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
So… how are these people supposed to make money otherwise? Are you really asking them to go on welfare/steal/beg? That’s just more problems, less GDP.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Not fair.. theyre not harming anyone if anything they are helping out..
get something better to do.. leave them alone.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:34 pm
viva los taco trucks!!!!!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:38 pm
al pastor is also not a crime…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Taco trucks have been an essential part of Los Angeles One of my favorite places to eat in LA is at a taco truck in echo park. There are not a lot of good cheap places to eat in LA after 10pm. When I lived in rural area of LA County eating at a taco truck was sometimes the only option. I have seen the taco trucks drive near construction sites during lunch hour for the workers because of the limited options for purchasing food. Taco trucks have been providing satisfactory service and community for many years. Please don’t take it away. Find a way to make it work!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
i love tacos and burrrrritos
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I need to know where a taco truck stakeout spot is. If they are always on the go i may just lose my lid!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Taco vendors are a big part of the flavor and culture of LA, one of the things that makes the city a great place to live. Save the taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:04 pm
god bless the taco ppl
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Alex Black needs Taco Zone to survive. Petition signed.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:05 pm
The last thing we need is an underground taco mafia. And there will be one. I will be in charge of it.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS!!!!
This is an outrage!!! Taco trucks are one of the greatest gifts the urban landscape of our great city offers us. I eat at taco trucks at least once a week. Who are these supervisors supposed to be representing??
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
This is ridiculous, we need to all pull together to stop this.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Leave the taco trucks alone! They are a cultural keystone of pure deliciousness. Don’t screw this up!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
This is an egregious offense.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
HELL NO TACO’S WON’T GO!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Tacos El Guero truck on Telegraph & Atlantic across from Winchell’s (city of Commerce) is too delicious for words. Seriously.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
L.A. would not be the same without taco trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
This ban is not only an attack on the taco truck owners, but on the low income people who cannot afford to eat fresh, delicious food for the ridiculous prices given at restaurants and other eateries. Not everyone can afford to shell out 10-15 bucks to eat out. These taco trucks are convenient, cheap, and they serve fresh, tasty food. What could possible be wrong with that? Plus, what’s with the attack on Mexican workers?! Haven’t they done enough for this country? Leave the Mexicans alone! Taco trucks are not what’s wrong with this country. We should be banning immoral slaughterhouses before we ban the trucks. Most slaughterhouses are being run like concentration camps with unnecessary torture being done to the animals. How come the government doesn’t care about that? I know it’s contradicting to defend taco trucks that serve meat, but at the end of the day, supermarkets and all restaurants do this. The problem has to be nipped in the bud… and shutting down taco trucks won’t make slaughterhouses any better. It will only harm the truck owners and customers that rely on the trucks for affordable food. These politicians need to get their priorities straight. I’m am sick and tired of reforms being made to this wonderful country based on someone else’s ulterior motives.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Save the taco trucks and fruit vendors!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm
tacos 4 life.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I <3 Barbacoa!!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Save the taco trucks! Truly unique to LA and we are lucky to have them!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I need these to keep going. It’s a part of southern california, especially LA.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
save the taco trucks!! this is stupid and just another way for the city to make $ off of hardworking people.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
stop the madness!
we are not paying your salary to waste time eliminating culture from our streets.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
i really need those taco stands they have been a part of my life since ive grown up and for to move them is ridicoulus. she doesnt know how to do her job and need to focus on something more important matters out there in the world. she blows
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Its an important part of food culture and I buy tacos from them all the time. shame on you all for doing this.
maybe the better solution is to hold them to the same health standards (ex. A, B, C rating) as you do restaurants…
there are many more crappy restaurants out there that have worse food and health conditions who should really be shut down!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:42 pm
The Best taco places started as taco trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Ripping away from our L.A. culture is what this is… SAVE TACO TRUCKS!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
I’m not Barack Obama but I endorse this petition.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm
heck no, we won’t go!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
in honor of megan johnson.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
how dare they!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
please don’t make them go away!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
LA isn’t LA without taco trucks. This will be a true culinary and cultural loss.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 pm
dont take away the beloved taco trucks! LA wouldn’t be the same without them!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Let’s not rush to eliminate our city’s most unique qualities.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Keep the taco trucks. Lose the losers.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
But what is life without tacos???
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Street meat forever
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Why ruin la?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
where else can you get pineapple tamales?!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:33 pm
i love tacooooooooos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
the taco trucks have the best food around LAC-USC!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
That’s horrible.
In so many ways.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
i love taco.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
i love taco more than chelsea.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
OH HELL NO THEIR NOT TAKING THIS AWAY FROM US.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Please keep taco trucks. They provide needed services and needed jobs!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Save our tacos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:04 pm
taco trucks are a signature of LA! whenever out-of-towners visit i ALWAYS take the to my favorite taco truck in eagle rock. where else am i going to get authentic carne asada tacos at 3 in morning??!? SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Save our taco trucks!!!!! not a crime…its a racist move, singling out Latino entrepreneurs!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Maybe the law needs to be updated, but 1000 fine? Not very rational nor effective.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
These people are hard working, don’t punish them for that…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
A proposal that destroys the income of such a significant part of our community is a proposal that will hurt our society in the long term.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:28 pm
SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Amen to the above and below. Why does LA keep shooting itself in the foot?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
if you take away the trucks i will never visit california again. thats a threat.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
What CAN you be thinking?? Besides the obvious benefits of inexpensive food and some pedestrian life on our too-bleak streets, the wagons bring the food to US so we don’t need to get into our cars. Good food and energy-savings to boot - DON’T KILL IT!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Dude…I’d be so sad….
on April 23rd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
The taco trucks are one of the best things about LA! They are an institution and should be honored, not discriminated against.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
There are other issues that are way more important and that are affecting communities all over the Los Angeles area and Tacos aren’t one of them!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Gloria is not representing the people!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
taco trucks are the least of our problems…
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:30 pm
there must be more important things to legislate other thatn taco trucks
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Dear Supervisor Molina,
I am writing to express serious concern regarding the actions you have taken against the taco trucks in our neighborhoods. As a member of the Eastside community, I greatly value our local street vendors–for their food, service, and especially culture.
Taco trucks fill many voids left by traditional restaurants, whether it is more authentic, better food, better hours, or cheaper prices. Furthermore, taco trucks create a sense of community on the streets that enclosed, “brick-and-mortar” stores cannot.
Taco trucks are a special and unique facet of East Los Angeles, and something that I cherish about my neighborhood.
I urge you to withdraw your proposal, and instead focus on the more pressing and detrimental issues that are facing our community.
Mariam Khwajazada
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Please save the trucks!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Are there not more important issues at hand in the city of Los Angeles that need to be addressed before anything else? How can someone in a postion like yourself Supervisor Gloria Molina be so irresponsible? This obscene gestrure only reflects the type of leader you are not.
The schools of Los Angeles are at their worst! Homelessness in the City of Los Angeles is outrages! The infrastructure of the city is falling apart! But its ok because Ms. Molilna thinks that city resources and the the people of Los Angels are better served if we go after the laborer.
How dare you go after the backbone of American society. By considering such legislation you are WASTING city money, and most especially wasting your constituents time and vote.
Taco trucks are not the problem; they are someone’s form of income, livelihood, dignity, but most importantly they are the a characteristic of the City of Angels.
Why take away something so unique and special to the people of Los Angeles? Please, before even considering such legislation think about how much more good you can do with the time, money, and resources spent on trying to take away somthing so good for Los Angels. Just be Repsonsible Gloriaand; be for the people not against the people!!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
I am absolutly sure our local government should be focusing on ANYTHING else. Any one of our city’s problems is more pressing than taco trucks. I find it dissappointing what politicians waste their time on.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
This is ridiculous instead of focusing on other more pressing things, like gang related violence, they chose to attack these hard working people. Ridiculous.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Save the Trucks
What harm do these trucks do? seriously? Focus our resources on other better things…like putting the students in the LAUSD through high school and getting them to college… don’t take away one of the great things about LA
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Viva los taco trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
’sum bullshit.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Save the tacos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Please spend our tax dollars elsewhere. This is ridiculous.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm
doesn’t the board have something better else to do?
on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Taco trucks are part of what is wonderful about Los Angeles.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Save the tacos!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I don’t understand the need for such legislation. Taco trucks showcase one of the culinary delights that this city has to offer. Please don’t shut them down!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
So, in order to protect businesses, you’re putting the taco trucks out of business? This is obviously a situation where lobbying money is being put ahead of the desires of constituents.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
What an utterly preposterous idea, I adore taco trucks. They appear to be one of the few things that make LA unique. AND they’re delicious. On a more serious note, the people that operate taco trucks live in the economic margins of this society and it is cruel and dispicable to take away what is most likely their sole source of revenue. Taco trucks do not cause any harm to a neighborhood or street and I like having them in my neighborhood and I patronize them gladly.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
As those who believed in good eats professed when Jay’s Jayburgers (Los Feliz) was evicted: NO GREASE NO PEACE!!! Save our precious taco trucks!!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Please put a moratorium on fast food franchises in Los Angeles before even thinking about taking away the rights of independent vendors that actually promote some sort of real culture in our city.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:51 pm
beef, onions cilantro and corn tortillas in a mobile kitchen. It is a simple idea. Yet revolutionary at the same time. Please save the taco truck. It is the only thing that keeps us from sliding into a barbaric Hobbesian existence. I implore you to take action today!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 pm
come on!!! not the taco trucks! dont you law people have better and more important things to do??
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
we love our taco trucks.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Save the taco trucks!!! Please rethink the proposed legislation since these vendors must remain in our city due to their uniqueness and purpose..
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Please save our taco trucks! Stop playing favorites with the brick-and-mortar restaurants and let us choose where we spend our food dollars!
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Tacos 4 life
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:28 pm
many amazing memories at the taco truck on FairOaks, Pasadena world famous by the way. If you want to do something good for L.A . get rid of Mc Donald’s.
on April 23rd, 2008 at 11:56 pm
extreamly unfair.
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:10 am
I need to eat!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:20 am
i love taco trucks.
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:22 am
que vivan los tacos!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:41 am
xoxox
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:43 am
save the taco trucks! it’s an important part of l.a. for many of us
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Why take the taco trucks away? This is one of the things that defines LA. The taco trucks have some great tacos and would be a shame if they cannot do business.
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:45 am
If I can’t get a taco off a truck at 3am, then the terrorists have already won.
Viva los taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:58 am
what the fuck has the world come to? way to go LA…your priorities are all fucked once again.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:01 am
go mexican food!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:07 am
tacos from trucks…my favorite.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:32 am
what else would we eat after a night of drinking???
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:41 am
This is ridiculous. Preserve the culture of Southern California by dropping the stupidity of this movement.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:56 am
They’re just trying to find ways to make quick money
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:55 am
taco bell isn’t mexican food.
i want REAL mexican food.
keep the trucks man.
keep, the, trucks.
<3
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:55 am
Gawd, who can live without Leo’s? Leo’s needs to stay where he is and everyone will be happy.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:56 am
DON’T DO IT!
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:40 am
Keep the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:33 am
the absurdity of it all. Is Karl Rove involved?
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Are the stationary restaurants here that hard-up that those on wheels must suffer? Can we please focus on more IMPORTANT things in our community? Putting the stop on Taco Trucks is just another sign of bureaucracy gone mad.
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:57 am
Ah Vi Ah Va Ahh Vi Voom Vah
Taco Trucks Taco Trucks
Rah Rah Rah
What do politicians really contribute to society? Nothing
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:16 am
This is outrageous, while you have all these police officers out there handing out tickets to hard working individuals there are many serious crimes being commited and no one there to help. Please focus on something more important.
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:35 am
This is one of those times when I am ashamed to say that I voted some of these people in. If they could for one second focus on things that are really hurting this city, instead of attacking those that are only trying to make a living LEGALLY we would be a much better and safer city.
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:52 am
I love the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:38 am
taco trucks rule
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:40 am
viva los carros del taco!
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Taco trucks are a necessary reaffirmation of SoCal Mexican culture. I do not want to return to my birthplace and not be greeted by that wonderful smell of carne asada, suadero, buche, grilled onions, salsa and warm tortillas. Why do our elected officials insist on taking away our simple pleasures because they have forgotten their RAICES?!
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Ridiculous. Waste of tax dollars blah blah blah blah.
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:07 am
it would be a sad sad world without the beloved taco trucks…
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:15 am
I’m a USC medical student and our lunchtime facilities are grossly inadequate. I don’t know what I’d do without the string of taco trucks nearby.
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:25 am
NOT OK!
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:35 am
carne asada is not a crime!
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Loosing these trucks would be awful for people who work on jobsites that are not accessible to restaurants or fast food places. We need these trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Viva el taco!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Taco trucks are basic to the culture of Los Angeles. Not only that, so many people depend on them, why would you mess with that? So everyone can pay more in a brick and mortar restaurant, and walk farther to get there through unfriendly neighborhoods?
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:30 am
long live taco trucks.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Let the trucks work in peace. How can people seriously complain about these trucks? Because they’re taking away business? If their restaurant was clean, good, and modestly priced, then they wouldn’t have anything to complain about.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:35 am
Never had a better taco than one from a taco truck.
The State should have nothing to do with this. Even with their becoming illegal, we ought to continue to support them - any further constraints on urban life need to stop.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:35 am
viva el tacos!!!!!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:36 am
free taco trucks–a part of all angelenos’ souls.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Taco trucks are a part of the city’s culture, and have some of the best food in the city.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:43 am
QUE VIVA LA CARNE ASADA!!!
WITHOUT TACO TRUCKS..
WHERE WOULD WE GO WHEN WE WOULD GET CRAVINGS POR “NUESTRA COMIDA” AND WE WERE LOW ON MONEY..?
I LOVE TACO TRUCKS!!!
TACO, TORTAS, BURRITO,SOPES, AND WATEVER HAS CARNE ASADA PRIDE!!!
CARNE ASADA IS NOT A CRIME!!! ITS PART OF OUR CULTURE!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:44 am
Taco trucks are part of Los Angeles - why would anyone want to do this?!?
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Don’t Stop the Tacos from coming!!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:49 am
It is good to see that people here in LA are willing to stand up for the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:51 am
viva los taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I live for taco truck taco’s.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I’ve worked plenty in the restaurant industry and I have never, ever heard of anyone considering taco trucks etc. to be a problem for brick-and-mortar restaurants! Quite the contrary! A good truck brings regular customers to the block, those customers get familiar with what’s around and when they want a sit-down meal, they come back for that. This legislation is a yet another form cultural ‘border’ patrol - designed to clear the way for Taco Bell and Starbucks and their corporate siblings.
My stomach turns at the idea that LA would make running these family businesses impossible - businesses that serve local residents & workers, and that at night add some light (literally) to fairly anonymous and empty parking lots and strips.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:53 am
These trucks provide a great option for fast, convenient food. Let the free market work.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Making this law just because other types of businesses find it unfair is ridiculous. Since when is the world so obsessed with what is fair? If we based everything on what is ‘fair’ instead of right then this country will become weak. This is America, a capitalist country, and if people are making a good business for themselves and providing customers with what they want they should not be punished. If anything, there should just be a law saying that vendors can’t park right outside a restaurant but even then, what happens when a self righteous restaurant owner gets upset that a new restaurant sets up right next door with similar food and better prices? Are you going to make a law against that? If you take the taco trucks away you are damaging the soul of this country and everything that it stands for.
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:56 am
I am out of the country and really hope that upon my return i don’t see another unique and wonderful element of Los Angeles destroyed by another public representative solving another “problem” that never needed fixing. How about putting that energy, paper, and time towards getting my former students into college, and bringing community college prices down to wear it was so the communities that these schools reside in can actually afford to attend!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:01 am
So absurd!
Taco trucks rule! What is your deal Gloria?
So many real issues that you could do something about…instead you mess with the working class kids who are just trying to survive this CLASS WAR!
shame on you womyn!
Viva los taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:05 am
save the tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:06 am
Eliminating the taco trucks is un-american
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:07 am
You work on something more serious like gang problem and New jobs!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:15 am
It saddens me to realize (once again) that those who have been elected to “represent” the people seem to immediately turn their backs on those who voted for them with petty policies like these. As has been said before: Gloria Molina and her cohorts need to reevaluate their priorities. Poverty? Crime? No. Property tax paying stationary business owners? Sure, we’ll help you out. What would New York be without sidewalk hot dog stands? And are the businesses there complaining about competition? If they are, like the ones in East LA are, its probobly because the tortas people are buying down the street are not only cheaper, but better. Instead of dealing with competition by virtue of backally political scheming, why not try something like, I don’t know, making your food better? Its pathetic that Molina and co have actually taken this as far as they have and illuminates the reality of politians in this country: that they cater to money, not morals.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Los Angeles would not be the same without Taco Trucks! Let’s Save Los Angeles!
And, I don’t want to go hunting for my favorite taco truck either.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Having visited East LA, I very much believe taco trucks should stay.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Don’t take away one of LA’s best and most affordable dining experiences! They are a fixture in the city for those who want (need!) inexpensive and wholesome food! They are the only places other than hipster joints with high prices to get something to eat late at night. And they are part of what makes LA a great multicultured city!!!! Don’t wipe that out!!!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Great now they wanna take our taco trucks too…Whats next?
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:26 am
It’s Part of the L.A. Lifestyle i grew up with the Taco Trucks !!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Que viva los tacos! Que viva LA RAZA!
in solidarity with our brothers and sisters trying to survive in a racist economy, support independent food vendors. Those who work the land, own the land!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:28 am
…because you can’t get an taco al pastor at Del Taco.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:28 am
The Taco Trucks are LA!!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I love me some tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I don’t know what people would do with out the taco trucks cruising by in the morning for breaky-burritos and lunch time greatness. This would be a true tragedy if the trucks disappear.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:32 am
This is not right! Something needs to be done to prevent this action against the lower class and taco lovers alike.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am
This is ridiculous. Help spread the word everyone! Save the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:38 am
This seems a little ridiculous, plus workers need to eat cheaply and they provide a service to people who cannot leave a site.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Hope this helps! Viva los tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Represent
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Seriously!? With so much going on in our city- like rise in crime rates, gas prices being out of control, the economy-period, I wish politicians could spend their efforts helping more people not hurting those trying to make a living. If taco trucks are “violating” some policies why not work with them not shut them down.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Taco Truck is the only source of amazing food at around 1 and 2 o’clock in the morning. It would be pretty shitty to get rid of them… Save the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:43 am
because taco trucks do not kill anyone!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Save the taco trucks!!!! Without them there would be no hope for us pregnant people.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:48 am
uhhh… anything for William Tell’s existence, I guess. Give me something to look forward to when I come to LA next year- Save the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Taco trucks are a part of LA culture. What are the gueros doing?
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Stop destroying LA culture!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:53 am
I love Taco Trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Gloria Molina is so racist! She’s forgotten her roots.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Al pastor has certainly never posed a threat to my well-being. Ms. Molina, focus your efforts elsewhere!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:55 am
Where else can I get a cheap burrito, plus this is a America, everyone should have chance to enterprise legally, unless you would rather have people robbing & stealing for a living.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Politicians should spend more time trying to find food and homes for the homeless and money for schools. Our childrens’ education is in crisis and yet you people still find petty things to waste your time and money on.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:58 am
I love taco trucks! Don’t destroy this wonderful LA tradition.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Love me a roach coach. Yum.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:01 am
This is saving and preserving L.A.’s culinary cultural heritage.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:03 am
How about we put our resources on actual crimes. There are way too many murders, and robberies here to focus on. Leave honest working people alone.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Stop the madness!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Wow…it looks like the city of Los Angeles is once again looking at the important issues amongst us…(sarcasm)
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Lame!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Save our Trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Taco tucks are an important part of Angeleno culture, and they contribute to the communities they do business in. Keep your hands off our trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Save our taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Keep taco trucks stationary.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Save the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I love the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:27 am
save the trucks.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:30 am
SAVE THE TRUCKS!!! Work on the real problems in this over- burdened city/county/country–PLEASE!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:34 am
save the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Get to work on something that is important and leave the trucks alone.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:40 am
taco trucks add much to the distinct flavor and unique character of los angeles county. we angelenos love our taco trucks, so why does gloria molina want to take them from us?! this is ridiculous…i wish the board of supervisors would occupy themselves with something other than going after our much-loved food vendors.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:40 am
i love tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Save the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Save the trucks!
Let these people earn a living!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:41 am
SAVE THE TRUCKS!! I grew up eating at taco trucks and LA just won’t be the same without them!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I was interviewed by the L.A. times recently as I ordered from my favorite Taco Truck in East L.A. and I was embarassed to find out that Gloria Molina was leading this anti-taco truck crusade; special interests couldn’t be more obvious than this stint initiated by unsuccessful restaurant business owners.
If restaurants can’t compete with Taco Trucks they need to re-visit their business plans, identify their competition and strategize, not ask for a bail out from the city. Quality of food speaks for itself - if a restaurant’s food is up to par they should have nothing to worry about.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Taco trucks are a crucial component of Los Angeles culture and community. The repercussions of this ban are far greater than you have cared to examine. Why are we trying to kill people’s livelihoods?
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:48 am
mmmmmm….tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Save the Taco Trucks!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:53 am
As a temporary transplant currently living in the Midwest, I miss the daily sight of taco trucks. Viva Taco Trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:53 am
We want to promote business and the cultural heritage of the city, yet Gloria Molina wants to get rid of the taco Trucks which is an L.A. institution??? Good food and good prices for working peeps. Most of my employees are on the road all day and swear by the trucks. Lets work on better roads and preventing crime instead of something piddly like this!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:56 am
There’s nothing more L.A. than taco trucks.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:57 am
We got your back Leo…, I’m with you 100% on this one buddy.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:59 am
We need our tacos! Quit punishing people for bringing us taco-induced joy!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:00 am
go taco trucks go!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Save The Tacos!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Save The Tacos!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:04 am
This is how we survive mannnn!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:07 am
this is so unamerican!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Save the Taco Truck! A True Hallmark of Odd Culture!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
My kids eat at a taco truck parked a block away from their school. Unlike their classmates who spend the same affordable amount of money on junk chain food, my kids are getting lots of veggies and nutritious sauces and food cooked with experience and care. It is so much better for them and they are so healthy and strong!
SAVE THE TRUCKS!
Jenny, West LA
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Keep the taco trucks rolling for William. He needs his protein. (or some form thereof…)
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Can we trade in Taco Bell ‘n keep the taco trucks?!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Keep good and affordable meal options on the street! Save the trucks and the individuals who run them!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Keep the tacos coming in HP!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:27 am
LET’S SAVE OUR TRUCKS!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:28 am
The TACO TRUCK is just as valid a business as any restaurant! Gloria Molina, you’re a backwards thinker.
You will be putting thousands of hardworking Americans out of work.
Do your own conscience a favor and let the taco trucks stay!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:31 am
NO NOS QUITEN NUESTROS TACOS!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Quit trying to hurt the small business man (Taco Truck operator, chef and owner). Also, quit trying to change the life and culture of LA.
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Save our trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:38 am
It is better to earn your money then asking for it at the exit of the freeway.
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I heart taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Save the trucks, sign, then go buy a burrito!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I need my tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:47 am
keep the taco trucks!!
can we sign this to keep the bacon wrapped hot dog ladies too???
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Good lord what is this world coming to?
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:58 am
This is an abomination! These laws are completely unfair to the people whose backs support this city.
How do you expect to benefit from the cheap services of our contractors, nannies and cleaners if they’re starving because they can’t afford your fancy Beverly Hills food???
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Aren’t there better things to do with your time than go after taco truck vendors who feed those who otherwise would have no alternative? Is this where our hard earned tax paying dollars go to?
Honestly, there are more important things to spend time and money on. Some examples include:
1) Provide better education for our children
2) Address world hunger issues
3) Eradicate widespread diseases
…just to name a few
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Seems to me that this law is racist and anti-immigrant and, actually, not at all about health, safety, or any of the other reasons that I can imagine are being invented to buttress such nonsense. Save the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Save the little guy!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Don’t kill a vital part of the culture of our city!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Back up off our TACOS!
Why not spend you invaluable time keeping people from going hungry instead of keeping people from vending food?
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
The taco trucks are an integral part of the food idea.scene in LA. This is a silly law.
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
taco trucks are part of our los angeles history, lets not lose yet another part of la culture
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Viva la Taco Truck!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
It’s bad policy to try to keep sit-down restaurants in business by regulating away their competition. Let the consumer decide, and may the taco trucks win!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Save the trucks! I can’t believe they would waste their time creating such a senseless bill. Don’t they have a city to look after, students whose schools are failing them, communities that deal with violence! Seriously this is so annoying!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Aside from being an integral part of the LA landscape, providing great food at econonomical prices and providing more choices for foodies, the taco trucks are family-owned businesses that provide a survivable income for families to live on.
For the restauranteers who say they can’t compete with the taco truck prices - supply & demand and market competition are at the heart of our capitalist system - if they can’t compete, they’re either in the wrong game or should look at their business model. No one benefits from squelching competition and threatening low-income business owners with jail time and unreasonable fines.
Gloria Molina & the L.A. Board of Supervisors can surely use our tax dollars fighting more important issues facing our city.
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
What is this really- a class issue? I am so happy that Gloria can afford to eat anywhere she pleases, perhaps we should pay her less money so all she can afford is taco’s. That will help her understand the situation a little better.
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I want my tax money back. Please contact me for my account info. so you can direct deposit it to my checking account.
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Please don’t take away our taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Save the Tacos!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
We <3 Tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
How can you not love tacos on wheels?
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
I EAT TACOS. I LIKE TACOS. UP WITH THE TRUCKS. DOWN WITH THE HATERS.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
EVEN THOUGH I COULD MAKE THE SAME TACOS AT HOME- As a Mexican American and a resident of Los Angeles I have the right to a authentic mexican taco when ever, and where ever I please.
NO SE NOS LLEVEN NUESTROS TACOS!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I will continue to oppose classism in all its forms especially when it tries to push itself through the government. The people eating at these taco trucks eat there because they cannot afford to go to restaurants.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Please don’t send them away!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Taco trucks are a mainstay of city - it would be awful to lose them!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
We need these to survive on tour! Especially when we’re passing by construction sites, thats when we can get them!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Family’s will lose their livelihood because of this change.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Well let’s put crime and a crappy school system not mention severly underpaid teachers on the back burner and go after those society crushing taco trucks!!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I love taco trucks. Please do not go after people making an honest living.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
What should we deal with? Drugs? nah, Gangs? no to messy, traffic issues? hmmm— oh I have an idea! Taco trucks! Lets get rid of taco trucks, that will show the citizens of LA how useful we are! What a bunch of losers.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
duuuude fo sho
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Taco Trucks forever!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
No! This is where you get the best greasy, home made tacos.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
no! not the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I’ve heard, this bill is being pushed through by the restaurants that are competing with taco trucks. They are claiming that because of the cheap prices offered by taco trucks, they are losing patrons. Free market competition is part of what makes the USA what it is. If said restaurants can’t compete because of prices, then they need to offer more bang for their buck. End of story. Losing our taco trucks would be a serious blow to the idea of free enterprise. Viva Taco Trucks. Viva free enterprise.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
This ordinance does not reflect my wishes as a constituent. Our resources are not being spent well when taxpayer dollars help to prosecute useful elements of society. Taco trucks create pockets of community in otherwise unfamiliar areas. Criminalizing them will not “clean up” our city — if anything it will make it less safe.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
paste the flyer everywhere. these people selling us lunch everyday need our help.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Save our tacos
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
It’s Part of LA’s History.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
What am I gonna eat when tacos become unaffordable? Garbage I guess. Thanks a lot.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Isn’t there bigger issues to deal with???
(if you can even consider this an issue)
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
do something useful for once!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Where am I supposed to go for trippa tacos, after I’m done with my evening out in L.A.???
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Viva los tacos
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
now where will i eat?
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I can’t believe I pay taxes for this!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
What do they want us to eat after a night of drinking? Jack n the box? Hell no. This is a L.A.
staple….
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I eat at the taco truck all the time and it so would not be cool if I couldn’t anymore!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
The taco trucks will prevail!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
There got to be better things to spend my tax dollars on? You know like drug dealers, schools, pots holes, traffic, the elder, dog pounds, child abuse prevention and treatment, drug abuse prevention and treatment! Just a few.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Why must my tax dollars go toward putting good people making good food to raise their families by feeding me tacos OUT OF BUSINESS? How ’bout fighting billboard blight and cleaning up Drew Street instead? BTW, isn’t this the same Gloria Molina that ordered FoLAR to whitewash the legal grafitti extravaganza in the LA River? Register to vote and unelect her when her term next comes up, citizens. And buy more tacos.
-Erika Grisham
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
This is stupid!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
How upsetting and misguided.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
This is harassment of small working class businesses by corporate restaurant chains. Gloria, do you represent your taco eating voters or CKE Restaurants Inc.?
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Go Obama!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Stop the harrassment!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Who let this people in office and why are they so evil!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Who does not love a roach-coach lunch.
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
The taco truck has horrible service - if we can replace the truck with a better truck, I’m down. Otherwise, keep the damn truck, we need access to cheap food. Those bastards at city hall don’t know what they’re doing, they don’t understand the minds of the people!
on April 24th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Seriously, there are more pressing issues to spend time and resources on.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Taco trucks Rule!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I need Ramdos
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
No more taco trucks!! What is this some kind of sick joke?
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Let them be! Let these hard working people trying to make an honest living sell a product in peace. Right now people are struggling as it is financially and its nice to know we can buy affordable and convenient food from a community taco truck. There are plenty of consumers to go around. Stop allowing the more successful businesses to gain all the profit. Let them be!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I, unlike certain Councilpeople, am not full of unreasoned malice towards Los Angeles.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Born and raised in the ctiy of Angels tacos trucks are a part of this great city, just like raspados and elotes… KEEP THE TACO TRUCKS!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Save Our Trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
For the sake of William Tell, please SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS!! : )
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Unfortunately the practice of getting politicians to outlaw your competition is so commonplace at all levels of govt that I am sure Molina et al didn’t think twice about it. And its too bad the press is complicit in this area. And as yet another attack at street food and independent vendors, in 5 years all restaurants really will be Taco Bell! Next, Taco Truck Speakeasies? Sadly the terrorists have won.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Save Our Trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
I just ate lunch at a taco truck, if this passes whoever is up to this will have a lot of hungry people after them
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
What is wrong with these people?
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Molina you FAT TOAD you eat more tacos then an East L.A. afterparty…come to my house I show right
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
just a big ol NO. i <3 tacos. the end.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
We all know this is about classism. Shame on you Gloria!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
This is for you, Taco Zone. Your al pastor tacos have warmed my soul on many a cold night. I heart you. Te amo.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Molina is totally useless on all accounts for the city of los angeles
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
We have a taco truck here at USC that I cherish dearly…please don’t do away w/ taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
No restrictions for the Food Trucks!, SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Our legislators need to be more responsible in considering the full context of an issue (i.e. that many people make a living off these trucks) and in considering all the consequences before they sign something into law. What may look good on paper may not be good in reality, and it’s their responsibility to realize that.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I love the taco trucks. I live at USC, and there are Taco Trucks all over, all with their own unique flair. It would be a loss to football goers, USC students, and the community if they were to go away or go out of business. There are many other ways to fix this problem.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I love good taco trucks!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Taco trucks are an important part of LA culture, whats next ice cream carts, fruit stands?
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
There are better options. As a County Supervisor you need to do your job and protect, not diminish the rights of all vendors in the county.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Don’t take away one of the best things about LA!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Tacos for all!
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
This is the worst time in the Economic situation we are faced with to try and pass this. Lost jobs and less options for a cheap meal will hurt LA more that these people in office obviously realize.
on April 24th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Who doesn’t love street taco’s
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
will these people do something that is actually useful for a change?
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
the revolution will be served on a paper plate. viva la revolution!
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
At least I’ve never gotten sick from a taco truck, unlike all the popular fast food joints out there.
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Save the tacos!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
First the ice cream trucks gone from “posh” cities and now tacos??? When will it end? It’s ridiculous that restaurants complain about the “cheaper prices.” It’s called COMPETITION. If someone has a better deal than you, try to beat it! I will ALWAYS go to taco trucks and I hope to take my kids there as well :0)
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
i want my tacos
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
taco trucks are a quintessential LA experience. do not take away a small business dream for hundreds of people…
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
This whole thing is completely absurd. Who could possibly be against taco trucks?
on April 24th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Taco trucks are the shit
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Why must this country all ways pick on the small business owner?
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Tacos 4 Life!
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Do not destroy a vital part of Los Angeles culture!
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Taco Carts are an essential part of what makes LA great and should not be denied to people who love delicious, cheap food.
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
we support our taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
This is so silly! Why aren’t our representatives working on the real problems our city faces? (i.e. inadequate schools for our children, among others) Why attack the ethnic entrepreneurs? Taco trucks are part of L.A.’s culture. It is absurd to pass such a law. I am disgusted.
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Ah, my mainstay. Whenever abroad, I crave the perfectly prepared, lime and cilantro covered, juicy, satisfying, cheap and most of all delicious tacos bursting forth from their trucks in an explosion of delectable meat and tortillas. As sure my heart beats, my mouth salivates at just the thought of the 4-wheeled taquerías. Throughout history, no mobile food has ever been more celebrated. The greedy, corrupted officials that infest our city government as surely as the roaches infest the brick and mortar taco shops of East LA need to be sought out and held accountable for this most heinous act. Viva el taco!
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
This law is rediculous! Have to move every hour not only takes away consumer food choices, but causes the small business to incur high costs through gas, and having to drive so often cannot be a good thing LA’s air.
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
stop th ban
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
It’s a travesty. Not only is it detrimental to the small business owner in a time of recession, it would eliminate a cultural gathering place, and inexpensive food choice.
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
please, i believe we have better things to do with our taxpayer dollars than to put taco truckers in jail!! Do you really think that cops have the time to actively pursue and enforce this proposed law instead of looking for REAL criminals? We love our taco trucks and will continue to give them our business. I GUARANTEE IT!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
This is ridiculous. Save the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I love taco trucks and think it works best when they don’t have to move every hour. How ridiculous of a law.
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Taco trucks fulfill a need in many residential and commercial areas by providing reasonably priced food for construction workers and others.
on April 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I’ve moved temporarily to the Bay Area, but one of the aspects of LA that I dream about (and that makes me want to return post haste) is the taco trucks. We all know the best Mexican food is made in taco trucks, and great Mexican food is one of the best attributes of the city.
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Taco trucks have better food, better prices, and better hours than many others restaurants. Please save them!
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Finally, a worthy cause.
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
viva los tacos!
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Taco trucks are a significant part of the LA’s cultutal fabric. These mom/pop/brother/sister businesses derserve our respect and gratitude. They help feed Angelenos on a limited budget and those who just want to eat good food. Banning taco trucks is bad practice and bad politics. Save the Taco Trucks!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
the lifeblood of the east side.
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
i do miss the taco trucks even the ones in Dallas weren’t as good
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
leave the taco truck owners alone and let them be.
on April 24th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Taco trucks offer real food to people without the time or money for a sit-down meal. Take away the trucks, and odds are they won’t stop in at a restaurant, they’ll just eat a lousier lunch.
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Long Live Taco Trucks!!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
viva la taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
omg-no they didn’t.
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I’m from Modesto aka Taco Truck Capital of the NorCal, so I’m familiar with the arguments against taco trucks.
Like someone above posted, taco trucks are part of the fabric and culture of California and should be left alone.
Where else can one get a complete meal on the go for less than $4 (depending on the location).
Leave the hard working people alone y que chinge su madre el que no le guste!
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I can’t live without my Leo’s
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Don’t do it, guys…
on April 24th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I remember all the great items our local taco truck had during highschool. i still go back and get a breakfast burrito everyonce in a while. how dare you try to take that from us?
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I try and eat at a taco truck every time I’m in LA and it would be a tragedy to lose them. Leave our carne asada amigos alone!
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Taco trucks make an important contribution to LA’s diverse culture. As they are often family-run businesses, we should support and encourage these grass-roots business people. Tacos trucks provide an inexpensive alternative for lower-income families that cannot afford fancy restaurant prices. There is plenty of business for both brick & mortar restaurants as well as Taco Trucks. Save the Taco Trucks!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I need my taco trucks!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
L.A is not L.A w/out the taco trucks. C’mon!
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Leave the taco trucks alone! Tacos are the opposite of fear.
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Why would you want to strip the fun out of the streets? LA is so expensive and the taco trucks are a great alternative. They are usually open late at night when all the other stores are closed d anyway.
on April 24th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Save our taco trucks!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
This is symbolic part of our culture here in LA and all of So Cal. We live in a diverse community that shares many influences from all parts of the globe. With that said and being so near to the border it would be absurd to ban taco trucks! Dont they have anything better to do?!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Sonia, Rambo, Leo and Fred are part of Occidental’s culture. Not to mention we might starve without them! Taco trucks are not only great food but an important part of our culture, don’t let them fall to the wayside. It is establishments like these that make Los Angeles unique and very tasty!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
New Orleans did the same thing. Save em in LA!
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
WE have other problems in LA- GET TO WORK!
Leave the tacos ALONE
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
We need our neighborhood taco trucks! I don’t like Chinese food…
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Looks like someone is getting paid under the table for some law changing. Deal with the REAL problems….not the poor hard working people in those trucks
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Please deal with more important issues, like daily MURDERS, our sschool problems. Please open your eyes
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Taco trucks are LA!
NY has Hot Dog vendors we have our Taco vendors.
This is symbolic part of our culture here in LA and all of So Cal
on April 24th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Keep the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Stop trying to take the culture away from Los Angeles.
These guys are just trying to make a living like the rest of us.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
This is outrageous! Keep the taco trucks around, we need ‘em.
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Me likey los tacos
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Taco trucks are the best thing about LA late night food culture. Do NOT do this to them!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Taco truck owners are just trying to get by, like everyone else. The help feed hungry students or those who just want a quick bite to eat. What is wrong with that! Politicians should instead focus on more important issues!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
save taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Taco truck owners are just trying to get by, like everyone else. They help feed hungry students or those who just want a quick bite to eat. What is wrong with that! Politicians should instead focus on more important issues!
on April 24th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I agree that Carne Asada is not a crime, especially served from stands and trucks in the street. What’s a crime is McDonald’s — horrible tasting, over-priced and unhealthy. Viva la Carne!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
En serio? I mean seriously there are so many other issues and problems to be taken care of, tacos just doesn’t seem like it should be one of their priorities
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
save the taco trucks! viva la carne!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Gloria, Do you have no shame? Creating such a bill and sending people to jail for not moving their taco trucks is an insulting way to spend L.A. tax dollars. Get some vision and promote the great things in L.A. These trucks create a sense of community and offer wonderful authentic Mexican cooking. Your “Brick & Mortar” …..unforturnately describes the menus at many restaurants and the fast food places you are unfairly promoting.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Save the tacos.
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
I am a native Los Angeles citizen who’s family is from Russia, but my grandfather was born in Mexico. Which makes me…so proud to have been born in Montebello, have lived downtown before all the development, and deeply vested in our unique LA culture. Let the taco trucks be! They are the best example of free enterprise - as a foodie and food writer, I have my favorites and will drive from EVERYWHERE when I get the craving, because I know they will deliver…WITH a smile! So LA…Please PLEASE let them be. Thank you!!!
on April 24th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
taco trucks are as much a part of Los Angeles as the Hollywood sign. what the hell people?
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Save the taco trucks! This new law is ridiculous! Leave the working (wo)man alone, and focus on what LA really needs.
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
DUDE without Taco trucks… LA would come to a HALT!!!
work efficiency would tumble and children would go hungry! why are we wasting our tax money on things like this when there are much more rampant issues in los angeles such as illegal dumping and graffiti….
on April 24th, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I have one of these damn things waking me up every morning while new condos go up across the street. But it has become my routine. Good breakfast burritos too!
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:11 am
My full support to all petitioners and taco lovers from a fellow Frenchman.
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:31 am
I love taco trucks! Don’t screw them over!
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Please keep the taco trucks on the streets. The are a part of Los Angeles’ culture.
Thank you.
on April 25th, 2008 at 2:24 am
While I can appreciate that the situation puts County Supervisors in a difficult situation, the types of restrictions you are considering effectively INTERFERES WITH CONSUMER CHOICE. it is nonsense for restauranteurs to suggest that taco trucks have an unfair advantage b/c they can drive to customers (they do not drive to any individual customers, customers ultimately go to them!).
Taco trucks REPRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE, and create diversity in the market.
They are also an ESSENTIAL AND WELL-LOVED PART OF LA CULTURE. I love them, but that did not mean that taco trucks compromised my going to restaurants - I think there’s a huge segment of the taco truck crowd that just eat out alot in general so GETTING RID OF THEM WILL NOT RESULT in filling up those empty seats in the restaurants mentioned in the LA Times article.
I will be VERY DISAPPOINTED if County Supervisors institute these restrictions - LIMITING PARKING TIMES WILL ALSO GUARANTEE THAT PEOPLE WORKING AND LIVING IN UNDER-SERVICED AREAS HAVE LESS OPTIONS.
It will also HURT CONSUMERS (ALL consumers, not just on the lower end of the tax brackets) who are under a crunch as it is - WHY INSTITUTE NEW MARKET PRESSURES AT A TIME WHEN THE ECONOMY IS STRUGGLING - how ridiculous!
Finally, TACO TRUCKS CREATE JOBS and more importantly OPEN UP A PATHWAY TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP. These are microbusinesses that SUPPORT FAMILIES, anyone who has the gumption to start a SMALL BUSINESS NEEDS SUPPORT.
LA County Supervisors:
KEEP CONSUMER OPTIONS OPEN!
SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS!
PROTECT LA CULTURE!
LET US HAVE ALTERNATIVES!
on April 25th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Please stop trying to ruin the city.
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:44 am
LA WOULD NOT BE THE SAME!
on April 25th, 2008 at 6:35 am
Long Live LA and our taco trucks and I’m a vegetarian at that.
on April 25th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Stop discrimination and save our taco trucks! If you want to get rid of nuisances, then focus on ice cream trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Do not destroy Los Angeles culture.
The trucks must stay in business.
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:04 am
How can anyone, in good conscience and especially in these economic times, allow small, family-run (and delicious) businesses to go under?
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:24 am
i heart taco trucks.
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:26 am
if taco trucks are banned, may the lord have NO mercy on the souls of those responsible.
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:35 am
I hope all of these efforts work!
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:44 am
please… we need the taco trucks! los angeles cuisine!
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Don’t destroy one of the cultural treasures of Los Angeles!
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:03 am
I need my 2am BRC. Save the trucks.
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Let’s not be so cruel to the taco trucks.
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Not only in Los Angeles, but also in Detroit. I look forward to eating at my favorite Taco Truck
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:52 am
I find pride in seeing my local taco truck in my neighborhood.
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:59 am
This is unjust.
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:03 am
How about if we let the free market sort this one out? Angelenos are more than capable of deciding where they want to eat.
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Taco trucks are part of our culture!
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:17 am
impossible
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Why are Taco Truck owners being attacked for being successful? They are a part of the Los Angeles landscape and should be left alone! The low cost, high quality food they provide is a service to the community as well.
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:24 am
My fave is tacos El Flaco off 3rd by the 60 fwy.
it makes me sad when I go there and don’t find the truck
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:30 am
This sure looks like special-interest lobbying at its worst. Save our taco trucks — jewels of LA culture — or vote the bastards out. They do not have the public’s interests at heart.
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I’ll take 2 of asada 1 of Pollo to go!!!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:39 am
C’mon.Leave them trucks be! Must you take everything?Leave a girl a taco truck.Seriously.
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Free the Taco trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:58 am
Keep the trucks alive!
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:08 am
keep trucks alive
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:13 am
Viva los taco trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Fairfax and California in Pasadena- great tacos!
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:29 am
The taco truck in Pasadena is one of the first things I did when I got back from living away for a 1 year. My heart would break if it was gone. Don’t touch the taco man!!!!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Yet another example of how our society fails to recognize the important and essential contributions of working class labor. Taco trucks feed tens of thousands of hard working people that would otherwise overwhelm local restraunts. Restraunt owners claim taco trucks are hurting their business? Then they should try serving delicious and affordable food, ready to go!
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Gloria Molina sucks. Why do people like Molina try to make this city a difficult place enjoy? Leave the trucks alone.
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:43 am
Ay de mi, I need those tacos!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:57 am
This is a ridiculous law that seriously undermines the great culture and diversity of Los Angeles.
Clearly, the idiots who passed this law have never eaten a taco before.
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I love tacos.
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Rambo Tacos por vida
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
We need those taco trucks!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
How will I find my favorite truck if it always has to move?!?!
these lawmakers are clearly not in favor of culture or food.
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Long live the taco truck!
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Keep the TACO Trucks!!!!!!!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
It wouldn’t be LA without taco trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
How can they think this is a good idea?
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Taco trucks are legal business owners. Please allow them the same considerations as others.
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Whoever is behind this atrocity should be fired.
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Do we really need to waste time passing this legislation and enforcing it when there are so many other important issues to be dealing with?
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
<3 taco trucks
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
I only get a 10 min. lunch break, now what do I do?
on April 25th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
WE NEED THE TACOS TRUCKS!!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Please save the tacomobiles! Less stringent restrictions please!
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
First bacon wrapped hot dogs, now taco trucks? Stop the madness! Taco trucks are one of the things that makes our community so unique and great. Completely getting rid of them risk the livelihood of many honest people. It would be a grave mistake if this goes through.
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Save taco trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Let my Taco Trucks go!
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Hi,
Please re-think this legislation. The Taco truck is part of out daily lives and is a wonderful thing for those of us who might not have much time to leave the office for lunch. Plus it’s nice to be able to have a meal like I would cook at home for a fair price.
This is the only livelyhood for some people and doing this would hurt so many families. I deeply urge you to reconsider this law.
Thank you,
-Kristina Westra
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
taco trucks are part of contemporary L.A. culture and landscape. much like the bacon wrapped hotdog carts.
keep’em
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Keep the Taco Trucks!
Silly to waste our tax dollars on such nonsense! There are many other pressing issues that LA faces. How about take this time and energy and start rebuilding the neighborhoods that house our Taco Trucks! Consider helping our city flourish!
on April 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I really don’t understand the issue. It’s great food, and a good way for people to make a living.
Stop over legislating our lives!!!
Richard Perez
on April 25th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Please Save the Taco Trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
There are thousands of important issues that need focusing on. Taking away the livelyhood of taco truck owners is not one of them. I see no legitimate reason to spend time or money focusing on shutting down taco trucks. If you don’t like them, don’t eat at them.
on April 25th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Long live our tacos!
on April 25th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
i love tacos
on April 25th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
adelante!!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
viva los tacos!
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Taco. Taco.
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
How bout you government types focus on the REAL issues at hand such as: the broken and corrupt welfare system, balancing the budget with the billions of tax dollars we give you (we have to live within a budget…why don’t you?), and how about, uh, I don’t know…CRIME, maybe?
Leave the frickin taco trucks alone, and stop over-legislating everything already!! Get back to the work we HIRED you to do!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
si se puede
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Taco Trucks are awesome and SUPER important to the working class around the neighborhoods. Would you rather have people eating fast food crap instead of tacos with fresh ingredients?
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Save the Taco Trucks! Open The Meadow!
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
this is just another expected disappointment that the county, city and state like to serve their citizens.
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Loyalty is rare and humans are loyal to their taco trucks. It is a life necessity to know where your taco truck resides.
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Dude, leave the taco trucks alone and focus on crime like freeway shootings and drunk drivers!
on April 25th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Taco Trucks are part of what makes LA what it is!
on April 25th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Pull up a milk crate and squeeze a lime. Support your local taco truck.
on April 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Where are the urban poor supposed to eat? Wolfgang Puck? Give me taco trucks or don’t give me anything at all.
on April 25th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Please focus on real issues and leave our taco trucks alone getting rid of them would be a disservice to the hard working people of our communities.
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
From Gloria Molina’s official Bio: “Accustomed to hard work since childhood, Molina understood from a young age that many people do not have advantages and that eliminating unfair barriers is the best way to ensure equal opportunity. To this end, Molina is committed to fighting for working families.”
So Taqueros don’t work, have families, and deserve equal opportunities? Or is there just not enough room for eastside Taco trucks to co-exist with all the Starbucks she has planned for the East Side? LEAVE TACO TRUCKS ALONE! Say no to whitewashing LA!
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Keep taco trucks alive and well!
Long live the taco in LA!
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I grew up with a taco truck within a block’s distance at all times. All grown up now, I am fortunate enough to live within a few blocks of several taco trucks (Leo’s, La Estrella, Rambos) and it’s great to include them in the diverse arsenal of food options that is Los Angeles!
I do not want to imagine a Los Angeles without taco trucks.
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I’m am shocked and outraged by this legislation which hardly represents the will of the people. The damage this will do to our communities, its valued small business owners, and the people they serve is unconscionable. Shame on you, Gloria Molina.
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I vote in every election, local and national. Leave the taco trucks alone, please.
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Leave our street vendors alone!
on April 25th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
We love the taco trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I think there are bigger fish to fry in Los Angeles than trying to set regulations on street vendors. Why don’t you worry about bigger issues. We love our street food it adds culture to our city and creates income for many people. LEAVE LEO’S TACOS ALONE! please.
on April 25th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Save the Taco Trucks!
on April 25th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
We claim that America is a melting pot for cultures that California in particular is THE melting pot. What are we saying when we remove the taco truck? That we only like soffisticated culture? Whats next banning 7-11 ? Where would we be without real asada and breakfast burritos? what if they promise no more trans fat???
on April 25th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
I support my local vendors and local culture, please allow the taco trucks to continue operating.
on April 25th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I HOPE THEY DONT TAKE THAT AWAY. Gloria Molina WHO STARTED THIS IS A DISCRASE, YOU COULD QUOTE ME ON THAT .
on April 25th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS! We CAN DO IT!
on April 25th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
This law was obviously passed without regard to L.A.’s cultural, social and economic state. Gloria Molina please don’t destroy the taco truck livelihood!
on April 25th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Save our taco trucks! The best tacos within miles of my house come from taco trucks, along with one of the most affordable meals a student could wish for!
on April 25th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
i seriously lived off taco trucks for a while. i bartend and get ogff of work late. there are so few places left to get halfway decent food at a late hour
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Leave these people alone. There are other more pressing issues that require immediate attention. Try for instance banning production or at least sales of Genetically Modified Foods. Or figure out what to do about these ridiculous gas prices.
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
We like our taco trucks.
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
What a bad idea. Support the trucks !
on April 25th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
The city should be encouraging free enterprise. We need our tacos.
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
I was born and raised in East LA, you can’t take something that iconic away from us. I always love coming home from college for the taco trucks, when I first moved away from East LA, I was shocked that there weren’t taco trucks everywhere
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
save the taco, save the world
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I was an avid taco truck customer during my college days at Oxy. Not only did the taco trucks provide affordable eating options, but it also definitely promoted a sense of community among customers. Let the taco trucks roll!
Shadab
Dhaka, Bangladesh
on April 25th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Gloria Molina es una hembra, camiones de taco para la vida, camiones de taco para la gente.
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I do not support banning taco trucks in any way. The easier it is for independent people to have a business in the city the better, especially when providing food. I support these small vendors infinitely more than fast food restaurants who are the only ones who will benefit from this.
Do not ban the taco stand!!!
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I love the taco trucks. I also love the Mexican restaurants; it is hard to know what’s right. Bu then again the king taco restaurant is always packed so much that they have the restaurant and a king taco truck to accommodate all the customers. Maybe some of the lonely restaurants aren’t good… I’m still analyzing my position…
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
This new rule is racist and classist.
on April 25th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
The Taco Truck is a “LA thing.” It’s part of our culture and our city. Don’t take it away from us.
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
in tacos as in love, timing is everything - j gold
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
This is BS, taco trucks should not be banded!
on April 25th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Taco trucks are the bomb! They don’t understand how delicioso they are…
SAVE THE TACO TRUCKS PLEASE!
on April 26th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Tacos, yum!
on April 26th, 2008 at 12:55 am
The best part about L.A. and the most delicious, don’t let it die!!! Salsa Roja for life!
on April 26th, 2008 at 2:31 am
Save our taco trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 2:57 am
Restaurants fail because of poor food, service or location. Taco trucks are not the issue. Competition is good for business as it drives everyone involved to a higher level. Those that can’t hack it go away, those that can, thrive. Attn: restaurant owners/operators: If you really want the Taco trucks off the street… out perform them!
on April 26th, 2008 at 3:27 am
Without tacos, there is no Los Angeles
on April 26th, 2008 at 3:35 am
Let’s keep our taco trucks!!!!!
on April 26th, 2008 at 4:24 am
Taco trucks are an essential and beautiful part of the Los Angeles landscape.
on April 26th, 2008 at 7:05 am
First street vendors! Now Taco Trucks Who’s next?
on April 26th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Taco!
on April 26th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Save the Taco Trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Taco trucks are part of the cultural landscape.
on April 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Keep up the good work!
on April 26th, 2008 at 9:28 am
there is no legitimate reason not to allow taco trucks. in fact, we need more.
on April 26th, 2008 at 9:54 am
the livelihood of the people running the taco trucks are at stake. we should support people trying to make a living for themselves.
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:19 am
what else can i eat at 2am???
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Although their food may sometimes cause trouble, they are always around when you need them. And lets face it, you can get any type of food from a truck. Just let them be!
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Save the fruit guys/girls too!!!
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Why do restaurant owners get a law tailored to their interests? Laws are supposed to be in the people’s interest, not the local Chamber of Commerce’s. And even a Martian anthropologist could tell that the people love taco trucks (otherwise there would be no reason for anyone to lobby for the law in the first place).
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:54 am
Must our elected officials harass hard-working Americans? Hey Ms. Molina; we have a budget crisis in education, what are you doing to help solve that? The county has medical and trauma centers to fund, have you solved that? There are many other life/death critical issues you could devote your energies towards so please stop the hating of carne asada!
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Which stick-up-their-culo republican decided to target taco trucks? LA isn’t truly LA without it. It would be like taking down the hollywood sign…ridiculous…
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:29 am
This is lame legislation.
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:33 am
please…where else you gonna get affordable, bomb ass food…
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:37 am
If not for trucks of tacos, my flip-flopped foot wouldn’t step upon your York. Molina, step off of your high burro and listen to las personas who got you up there in the first place. Que lastima!
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:44 am
These vendors have every right to conduct their business the way they have been for years. The carts/trucks/etc. are almost invariably owned by the people that work them and often times this is their only source of livelihood. To penalize individuals who make an honest living and who cannot afford the high cost (and risk) of opening a restaurant, simply for the benefit of those already established restaurants, is economic discrimination.
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:48 am
dude i love leos
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:58 am
Save our taco trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
its not LA without the taco trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
i like tacos
on April 26th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Aren’t there better uses of taxpayer dollars than harassing taco trucks?
on April 26th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
taco <3
on April 26th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Taco Trucks are integral to LA street culture and should be protected but doing something to also protect the rights of brick and mortar restaurants is important too.
on April 26th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Los Angeles is sure getting hostile to the working class and those who make an honest living.
I eat at a catering truck at least two times a week. There’s no restaurants near my work so the Taco Trucks are a god-send.
I think the Board of Supervisors have better things to focus on. As long as they are licensed and meeting the laws of parking (okay Taco Truck people, move them two feet every hour), then just LEAVE them ALONE!
on April 26th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
taco
on April 26th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
tacos!
on April 26th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
I Love La Estrella on York.
on April 26th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Leave our favourite lunch providers alone. They need to thrive, we need to eat.
on April 26th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
taco
on April 26th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Don’t take away my fruit stands!
on April 26th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Save the Trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Truly, a ridiculous proposal to criminalize taco vendors and label the workers “peddlers” just to back corporate interests. Disgusting. Save the taco trucks.
on April 26th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
i am a canadian trucker who reluctantly goes to la sometimes not to be unkind i think the size speed pollution noise heat and culture are very like hell only with palmtrees the only oasis of human warmth courtesy and good food i can park near are the taco trucks
on April 26th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
The taco trucks are the best part of LA!
on April 26th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Keep York York
on April 26th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Come on people. I’m tired of little government trying to shut down little business’. It’s not a competition! Keep your democrat noses out of business and private lives! Allow people to make a living. Don’t you have bigger and better things to worry about???
on April 26th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Keep going guys even though we don’t get taco trucks in the UK. Keep Going. Government Sucks
on April 26th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Great stand on 4th and the 5 Freeway exit…
on April 26th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Saying ‘yes’ to common sense. Long live the taco trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
cant do this, the only way to get food when making deleveries tobusiness through out la county
on April 26th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
the taco trucks are part of LA culture. Yum.
on April 26th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Why pick on the people who work hard to make a living while satisfying the public??? Go after the real problems in LA!
on April 26th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Growing up part of life in LA, I have viewed Taco trucks as a significant part of unique LA culture and image. Please save the trucks!!
on April 26th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Keep the trucks!
on April 26th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Let them stay.
on April 26th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Toco trucks rule
on April 26th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
On Foothill Blvd near Paxton in Pacoima, where my business is located, there used to be three different taco trucks to choose from most all day long. Cheap and good, all of them. Then the entire street was made a no parking zone. This not only shut down the taco trucks, but made parking difficult for the employees of the businesses in the area. Ostensibly this was done because some idiot hit a parked taco truck. As the streets department saw it, the problem was with the parked vehicle, not the one that ran into it. Now Molina and the council see the same thing. I guess they get more tax money from the stores than from the trucks. Whatever happened to the free market?
on April 26th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Taco
on April 26th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Aren’t there bigger social ills our public leaders could be addressing?
on April 26th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
L.A. - many problems there, last time I saw it; gangs, drugs, violence. And they are worried about taco trucks???
on April 26th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Stop trying to keep the little guy down.
on April 26th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
What a total waste of taxpayer time and money . . .
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
The people that would be affected by this are in the thousands. Consider this, each truck provides employment for at least three people, multiply that by the hundreds or thousands of taco trucks in L.A and add these peoples families to that equation and you’ve go a serious economic issue on your hands.
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
There’s has to be another way ” to create a better and more livable community” without taking away people’s livelihood.
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
This would affect so many people, and such a great number would love their livelihood. Our economy is already in a recession, let’s not take away more people’s jobs!
on April 26th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Taco trucks are harmless, adored by their patrons and beneficial to the community. Please focus your attention elsewhere.
on April 26th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
¡Tacos al pastor!
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:18 am
Please focus your efforts towards something more worthwhile than imposing limitations on these trucks that not only provide us with delicious food, but are the means of survival for the venders.
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:35 am
This is dreadful and needs to change.
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Los Angeles, please rethink the imposition of such draconian rules on taco trucks, and shift the focus on taco trucks to things that will truely improve the communities serviced by these trucks, such as reducing crime, and improving the overall quality of life for the citizens of Los Angeles…trying to force taco trucks out of business is not the way to go about accomplishing this task of making life better for your cities fine citizens.
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:41 am
Taco trucks are an intricate part of the culture of Los Angeles. It is inherent to a neighborhoods character as well a distraction for people who have been drinking to take some time, eat and get their composure before hitting the road after a night of drinking. the Taco truck is an undeniable part of LA culture as important to our city as the hot dog cart or pizza stand in NYC.
on April 27th, 2008 at 2:03 am
For the employees, for the customers, for the city.
on April 27th, 2008 at 2:31 am
I eat off these down on the waterfront all the time. They are good people providing a service to us dockworkers when were hungry and don’t have the time to leave for lunch. Lets keep ‘em around and keep up fed.
on April 27th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Leave the taco trucks alone! They are a unique aspect of Los Angeles culture.
on April 27th, 2008 at 3:31 am
i know a loooot of construction guys who live off these trucks, what are they supposed to do if they don’t feel like packing their lunch??!
and the people who work in them are working hard to make a living to feed their own families. this is such an unamerican law to enact. it is a waste of taxpayer money, and i for one do NOT support it. what is next, no more hot dog carts in NY? or worse still, no more bacon wrapped hot dog vendors outside my favorite bars & clubs at 2am??!?! once this goes into effect, who knows what they’ll do next… Save the taco trucks and END FASCISM!!! (ok that might be a stretch.)
on April 27th, 2008 at 3:44 am
This is ridiculous. How can they think that its only ok to serve food from a building but not a mobile vehicle?
on April 27th, 2008 at 7:31 am
When I first moved here I thought that taco trucks were one of the greatest parts of California culture. They don’t do anything but serve good food and unless they are causing a health hazard or violence, then why the hell should they have to deal with outrageous government.
on April 27th, 2008 at 9:40 am
This new law is nothing more than dirty back-room politics and must be repealed. Signed!
on April 27th, 2008 at 10:00 am
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on April 27th, 2008 at 10:06 am
This law is unfair in all respects of the word
on April 27th, 2008 at 10:21 am
taco trucks for ever
on April 27th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Taco trucks contribute to the vibrant culinary culture of Los Angeles.
on April 27th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Taco trucks are great and a different option to fast food. Healthier then McDonalds for sure. I eat at taco trucks around the los angeles area at least three times per week. I will fight to keep them around. As a native angeleno i will be devastated to see them go away. Let them stay!!!!
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:07 am
yum. tacos.
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Leave the taco trucks alone. Isn’t there a more productive use of time and tax dollars?
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Man they just want to mess with us dont they, finding new places to change and destroy our culture. Why do they care if its not their community its ours and we like it the way it is. Theirs nothing like a lunch truck on a summer afternoon enjoying the breeze,pluse factory workers needs them on their lunch time when they only got 30 minutes.
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:49 am
I would hate to lose track of where my taco truck has gone!! How am I supposed to find my fav truck when I’m drunk at 2 am? Craziness… Not only that, If there is a line around the block and the hour is up for this parked taco truck, are they just supposed to pick up and leave?!
p.s. Sinaloa is the BEST (oakland)
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:57 am
Craziness. I was carjacked last year… why oh why are we wasting time on this when violent crime runs rampant through our city??
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
a Starbucks opened in East Los Angeles in March, and a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and a Quiznos sandwich shop. You call that progress. You’re pimpin’ for the Man.
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
This is so ridiculous! Our lazy leaders cracking down on law abiding citizens because they know that good people will comply with their laws and pay their fines. Why risk danger and do work looking for criminals when honest, hard working people are just sitting there, ripe for the picking. It’s organized crime with a badge. Pathetic.
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Viva los Tacos!
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
You guys are just aiming at all mexicans right now!!! First no license, then you went on and no more spanish teaching here, then you started to deport alot of them for no reason now this!!! for all of you politics out there try anything but remember there is more mexicans here than politics so you weigh out the outcome!!!
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
save the taco trucks!
on April 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Carne Asada is not a crime! As a New Yorker, and a visitor to Los Angeles, I understand the importance of taco trucks and other street vendors to the vitality and preservation of a community. Enacting and enforcing these new restrictions would not only put hundreds or even thousands of Angelenos out of work, but would harm the vitality of the city itself! Instead, focus on drug pushers and muggers, and leave our dinner alone!
on April 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Outrageous and unfair, this piece of proposed legislation stinks. Save the taco trucks!!
on April 27th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
This is madness.
on April 27th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 27th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Bill Tell is the man!
on April 27th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Don’t we have bigger problems to deal with than taco trucks? Let’s spend our time and money on real problems! Like the person above said, lets’ focus on muggers and drugs.
on April 27th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I would hate to see this part of the city’s character undone by needles regulation. Good luck!
on April 27th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
this is an absolutely outrageous proposal. shame on Molina!
on April 27th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Save the trucks!
on April 27th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
This is unconscionable.
on April 27th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
The trucks are a part of LA culture
on April 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
we need their food.
on April 27th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Save LA!
on April 27th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Hey, Amigos, bring your taco trucks up to the Bay Area where we love and appreciate them! “A chicken in every pot” is fine but a taco truck on every corner is a must!
on April 27th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
save one of the last great landmarks of la– taco trucks!
on April 27th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Save the trucks!!
on April 27th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Gots to have my tacos!!!
on April 27th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
considering the lack of healthy food options for many communities, especially low-income and communities of color, these vendors play an important role in providing nutritious food to the people who can benefit from it.
It’s hard to understand, with all of the high priority concerns in our huge city, how the taco truck vendors have been chosen as a negative target. I hope you will reconsider your actions and protect the valuable taco truck vendors of LA.
on April 27th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
If they’re gone, where are we gonna eat at 2 in the morning???
on April 27th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Save the Trucks! I want my al pastor!
on April 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
This is just another tactic that the republicans are using to undermine the part of America that really does believe in working hard and supporting itself. That if you work hard and excel at what you do,that you can earn a living and feed your family. These vendors aren’t jobless people feeding off of welfare, they’re hardworking respectable people. So stop letting these republicans push us down. Furthermore, if businesses think that Taco trucks decrease their sales, then why not boycott those businesses? Oh and also, it’d be wonderful if some taco trucks could drive by the Caltech campus. That’d be great…
on April 27th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Absolutely ridiculous. Yet another republican move in favor of big business. Why attempt to screw over those attempting to make an honest living?
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Stop with the ridiculous $1000 fine. It doesn’t accomplish anything aside from showing LA District’s incompetency in making sane laws and regulations.
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
These taco trucks are legitimate businesses…. this is ridiculous
on April 27th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
do the people that are selling drugs by my house have to move every hour too? or is it just the people that are having an honest living the screw ones?
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:26 am
save the trucks
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:32 am
This is a travesty.
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Has she never eaten off one? She just has no idea.
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:48 am
why would they want to ban taco trucks? it’s just food. how ridiculous is that? might as well ban cigarettes, alcohol, medicinal drugs etc while they’re at it. i live overseas so i’m not too familiar with the whole controversy but tacos is one of my fave food and im heading to LA from australia this july.
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:36 am
This is bull $#!+
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:25 am
I love the taco truck don’t mess with them
on April 28th, 2008 at 8:16 am
Hey, the Des Moines,Iowa City Council is trying to pull the same stunt. They think the taco trucks detract from the beauty of the city. Never mind that the trucks are parked in an area of used cars lots and run down buildings. If anything, the cool art work on the trucks improves the view. Good luck in your fight and wish us the same.
on April 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
If taco trucks are so popular with Angelenos, why not find a way to make them work better within the city’s infrastructure rather than to eliminate them? Here is a place were citizens and city could both benefit. Isn’t it the City Council’s job to make LA better for Angelenos? And if taco trucks are outperforming restaurants, then that says something about taco trucks that maybe ailing restaurants should consider closely.
on April 28th, 2008 at 8:29 am
As a recent transplant, one of my favorite spots to hit while giving friends tours of the city is a taco truck. Its a vital part of experiencing LA, something I don’t think anyone should be deprived of. For anyone who hasn’t been, the truck on Fig and Meridian in Highland Park, in my eyes, is the best. Pastor is amazing.
on April 28th, 2008 at 8:55 am
¡Arriba los camiones! ¡Abajo los supervisores!
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Let the taco trucks stay!
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:14 am
¡Arriba las loncheras!
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
give eats a chance! save the taco trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:30 am
wtf dude.
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Ridiculous - keep our trucks!!!
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:48 am
viva la carne asada!
xoxo
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:54 am
More taco trucks, less taco bell!
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:16 am
LA has a lack of culture to begin with… don’t take away more of it.
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:17 am
First you took away my cart dog, don’t you dare take away my taco!
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Our brothers in arms, fight the good fight!
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Taco trucks are a unique part of Los Angeles food culture, they should be supported not attacked.
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:24 am
keep our taco trucks,where will we go to get our tacos when we are in the mood to eat a late night snack
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I agree L.A. needs more culture and a government that encourages and works with it, not more regulation.
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Please keep em, love them!!
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:44 am
This is part of LA culture, is great food and these people work hard for the money. The tradition should be allowed to continue and they should be allowed to survive! …I’m hungry, where’s that truck?
on April 28th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Allow people to earn a living! Leave our taco trucks alone!
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Leave the trucks alone!!! It is such an integral part of what makes LA, LA! It’s always such a treat to get a good taco al pastor with convenience.
Long live the taco trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Dejales en paz!
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am
We love our Taco Trucks! This is the livelihood of and dinner for many Angelenos! How could we eliminate that?
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Mobile food for a mobile culture.
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Don’t take away one of the original flavors of LA!
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Viva la Taco Trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Taco Trucks are an important part of Los Angeles culture, and present oppotunities for struggling entrepeneurs. Please don’t attack small business in this way.
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Why is this even a question? Whoever started this initiative needs to be fired-
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
WE NEEEEED THE TACOS.
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
how will my son know what a real carne asada burrito tastes like? save the trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Taco trucks bring Angelenos together. This law attacks small businesses and benefits restaurant owners–many of whom no doubt started out with a taco truck!
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
this is ridiculous..it’s part of LA and this is particularly classist..I’m sure we have bigger issues in LA to work on e.g. crime, gas prices, cost of living, education etc
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
The taco truck is an integral part of LA’s identity.
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
street vendors can be seen in cultures throughout the world, why not here!
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
These trucks and their offerings are part of what make the Los Angeles experience unique. They are also a Very welcome alternative to the fast food jungle we’d otherwise be left with. Do Not punish these entrepreneurs in an already dismal economy. Instead, consider legislation that might actually benefit our community.
on April 28th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I support the small business entrepreneurs that are taco trucks! They earn their money and contribute positively to our city! Keep them alive!
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
i love lengua!
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Ridiculous! Save the tacos!
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Help save the taco trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
gotta save leo’s taco truck for all my friends
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I need Taco Zone, If it was gone I’d cry.
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Save our taco trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
approve fair laws
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Don’t punish good competition
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Just doing my part.
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Why are they always trying to screw with the little guy? These Taco Trucks are an integral part of LA culture. Why doesn’t the County go spend their time protecting the citizens from the big corporations and fat cats whose decisions behind closed doors actually adversely impact our lives. These hard working street vendors are only contributing to our society.
I guess the county would rather we all eat toxic fast food manufactured in other parts of the world rather than freshly made (mostly local) food made by Angelinos. This is clearly some sort of regressive tax on the poor and working class.
Hey Ms. Molina… why don’t you try and re institute the POLL TAX while you are at it!!!
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Al Pastor is not a crime either
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Making the trucks move hourly is absurd.
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
This shouldn’t even BE an issue! *sigh*
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
no taco shall be denied in this fair city.
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Taco trucks have rights just like every other business in LA; there’s is just on wheels and we all know gas is expensive enough!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Save tacos!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Dos tacos de asada y una horchata, por favor!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Ms. Molina needs to get a clue. The trucks allow someone to operate a business with very low overhead and provide cheap food to thousands.
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
45-luv.
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Protect mobile pastor
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
please.
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
i heart taco trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Ms. Molina - Please spend your energies addressing what your citizens REALLY need and want: public transportation relief, public park space, health services, community building. In the meantime, keep your laws off my taco!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Dear Gloria Molina, stand by your people! Apparently you love tacos.
Pambazo’s & huaraches on Breed & Ceasr Chavez must be saved!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
please save the trucks
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Gee, let’s make LA more and more boring… Pretty soon we’ll have about the same identity as Oklahoma City or Fresno.
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Taco trucks have been one of the best experiences to see in California. The small business owner making a living for themself. Why would you want to get ride of this?
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Please don’t punish mobile eateries for providing a service Angelenos love. We don’t need more coffee chains and cookie cutter blocks of businesses. Long live the taco truck!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Let’s keep them in L.A.!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Help the little guys!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Save the taco trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
NY has pizza; LA has taco trucks. let’s keep it that way.
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
The trucks are a trademark of LA.
on April 28th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
This violence against taco trucks will not stand.
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
worry about clogged freeways and less about our trucks.
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I gotta haz tako trukz!
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Taco trucks are a lifestyle. Viva Carne Asada!
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Focus on more important things Gloria, taco trucks are here to stay!
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
I <3 carnitas tacos… please don’t take them away!
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
I love the taco truck in Pasadena on Fair Oaks
i dont want it to go
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
How do you expect people to move up the latter and become food franchise owners. If this law was in effect in the 70’s you would have no KING TACO. Store owners complaining about taco trucks need to realize that they are only hurting their fellow man who is struggling to reach the point they themselves once had.
Besides that, Al Pastor never tastes as good as it does freshly cut off the pole.
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Save tacos, burritos !!!
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
Gas is it expencive to have to chace a taco truck ever hour.
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Taco Trucks para siempre!
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Why skirt around the issue? This is a racist law, being pursued by folks that think Acapulco makes really great enchiladas. I will support out taco trucks for life and will similarly rally against those supporting the legislation.
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Why is local spending time (and money) on something like this? Ridiculous!
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
They’re trying to appease the people who own the strip malls who complain about the taco trucks not having to pay rent for their locations.
I love tacos too much to let this happen.
on April 28th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Yum! Keep your hands off my al pastor!
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Mommie likie tacos!!!
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Viva Carnitas! Viva Taco Trucks!
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Glorias email:
molina@bos.lacounty.gov
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I am disgusted. There is a real need for these trucks, plus–these guys need to survive! I wonder what fat cat benefits by driving these folks out of business…
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
These trucks provide an affordable and convenient food solution for customers who would otherwise have to go to Jack in the Box for their late night meals. Why should local businesses like these be punished? Shouldn’t they be encouraged? Perhaps the city can come to some sort of compromise by establishing “truck zones” where the vendors are allowed to park and bring carne asada flavored joy to the community.
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
oh the pains of Council legislation……
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
first the bacon, now the tacos.
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
quality food for affordable prices is a public health issue - a better option than fast food chains that provide food in the same price category. and it supports local business!
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
causing no harm…let them be!
mmm lataco
on April 28th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
We had a taco truck at our wedding! SAVE THE TRUCKS!
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Keep your filthy bureaucratic paws off my tacos you damned dirty corporate controlled apes !!
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Imagine the chaos that will be caused by taco trucks having to pack up each hr and move to a new spot. Their devoted customers will be driving around as frantically as lost children trying to find their mommies when they pull up to the usual corner and find that their perfect taco has eluded them. Taco Trucks are an integral part of the Los Angeles landscape. In a city that has long been critizised for its lack of cohesiveness, the taco truck stands out as a point of connection; a destination where participants of all classes, races, and lingustic abilities are joining together and breaking “bread”. The Taco Truck is an Icon, an Institution as American and Democratic as any mid-western coffee shop lunch counter. Los Angelinos need Taco Trucks the way New Yorkers need their Hot Dog carts. Its part of our identity. Part of the daily poetry of our lives.
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
SAVE OUR TACO TRUCKS> !!!
This is Discrimination, by County/City Officials.
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
What’s wrong with you people!!!!
haven’t you ever eaten at a taco truck??
Oh soo YUMMY…
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
You’ll have to take my taco truck from my cold dead hand
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
in solidarity with my al pastor brethren in unincorporated LAC
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Viva la Taco Van!
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Who doesn’t like tacos?
on April 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
taco trucks are one of the best things about living here.
on April 28th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Tacos for LIFE!
on April 28th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Making a taco truck move, is a clear violation of the freedom of religion. The city will soon enough learn the error of its ways. The law rings too clear of a collusion between the merchants and the city council. The logic is too thin and the real issues will emerge to make council appear even more stupid.
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Advice to LA supervisors: fewer crazy pills, more tacos!
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
WHATTTT! This is a disaster!
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
give me tacos or give me death!
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Do you not have any thing else to do????
Get to work
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
How many families would this affect?
How would they feed their children. 1000.00 fine???
YOU should be fined
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Leave the TACO vendors alone, did you NOT get comped the last time you ate there Gloria?
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
This is an unjustified attack on small entrepreneurs. How did these other great companies get started
on April 28th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
COME ON ARE YOU SERIOUS?
tHERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES IN LA, WHY THIS.
on April 28th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Leave the taco truck vendors alone!
on April 28th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
love love love the taco trucks!;…)
on April 28th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Leave the Taco trucks alone. It is hard enough to make a dollar these days. Why crack down on people trying to make an honest dollar?
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Save the taco trucks! They’ve been feeding me for years!
on April 28th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Taco trucks provide quality cuisine at reasonable prices. Will you outlaw our fruit carts next!? Boo on you, Molina.
on April 28th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
LA is a bastion of diversity and oportunity. This seems measure seems to work against those very things that make it a great city.
on May 1st, 2008 at 11:24 am
What will we eat when we get out of the dance clubs? KEEP our Taco Trucks!! PUHHHLEASE!!
on May 14th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Just get the 14,000 together,
and rotate spots with each other…….
organized chaos.
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