KPCC has released the audio of their May Zocalo forum about taco trucks online:

Remember the Taco Truck!

Moderated by C. Thi Nguyen, Chow Digest Editor at Chowhound.com

Sunday June 29th, 2008 at 9pm on 89.3 KPCC FM

Taco trucks are one of the cultural pillars of Los Angeles, but they could soon be a thing of the past. Led by Supervisor Gloria Molina, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors has passed new anti-taco truck regulations. If the trucks don’t move every hour, they face $1000 in fines, and/or six months in jail.

To weigh in on the issue Zócalo convened a panel of writers, thinkers, and activists: Pulitzer Prize winning food writer Jonathan Gold, Barry Glassner, author of The Gospel of Food, Miriam Torres, co-owner of Hermanas Torres taco truck, and Chris Rutherford, co-founder of co-founder of saveourtacotrucks.org, along with moderator C. Thi Nguyen. They describe the joys of the taco truck, their place in Los Angeles culture, and the effect of the legislation.

Recorded before a live audience at the Los Angeles Theatre Center as part of the Zócalo Public Square Lecture Series.

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