Update on La Flor de Suhayo

Posted by Cyrus Farivar on May 24, 2008

Kudos to The Associated Press for being the first nationwide news organization to cover the first ticketing of LA County taco trucks.

AP:

A truck called La Flor de Sahuayo was cited Wednesday by the parking enforcement detail after neighbors filed 20 complaints about it the past four months, said Sheriff’s Lt. Linda Martinez, who declined to detail the complaints.

Alejandro Valdovino, who owns the truck, said he parks it in front of his restaurant in East Los Angeles.

“The policeman arrived with the citation in his hand,” Valdovino said in Spanish in a phone interview Friday. “He didn’t tell me to move. He just came and handed me the ticket.”

“It’s not right what they’re doing,” he said.

Phillip Greenwald, a lawyer who has consulted with taco truck owners, said Valdovino received a misdemeanor citation, and faces up to a $1,000 fine and six months in jail if convicted.

We’ll have an interview with Philip Greenwald next week, and with Northern California taco truck attorney David LeBeouf.

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Comments (2)
  1. buzzcowboy Said,

    I too was surprised by the Los Angeles ordinance, so I flew to L.A. and interviewed the saveourtacotrucks.org folks as well as the head of the California Restaurant Association.

    http://blog.cafepress.com/?p=46

    Is carne asada a crime?

    Apparently, if it sits around for more than 60 minutes in the same location…

  2. GEAH Said,

    While I love taco trucks, I don’t think that parking one in front of an open, operating restaurant is right.

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