Karen Bass green-lights Third World food-cart street sprawl

Doesn’t this just make you sick to your stomach? LA Mayor Karen Bass has fired the latest distasteful salvo at brick-and-mortar restaurants by ordering the LAPD to stop issuing citations to street food vendors who break the law. It is a cost-of-living story, a neighborhood story and a fairness story, served with extra lime and a mayor who happens to be running for reelection. Bass’ new sales pitch: “Forget the dining room; eat on the sidewalk.” LA Mayor Karen Bass has fired the latest distasteful salvo at brick-and-mortar restaurants by ordering the LAPD to stop issuing citations to street food vendors who break the law. David Buchan for Ca Post Food vendors are seen on the Salvador Corridor, on Vermont Avenue and 11th Street, in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, August 27, 2026. David