The proliferation of rogue street food vendors — largely run by illegal aliens — is not only hitting Los Angeles with third-world-like blight, Democratic leaders have decided to do nothing despite being aware of horrifying health hazards, their own previously unreleased records reveal.
“A dog eating meat out of a street vendor’s bag before it was served to customers. Cockroaches crawling out of a food truck. Mice scurrying beside open salsa. Raw meat baking unrefrigerated in the heat. People urinating around cooking equipment.”
Those are just some of shocking allegations listed in a staggering 662-page dossier of 9,746 public health complaints about street food vendors filed across Los Angeles County from 2023 until early 2026, according to the California Post, which obtained the list only after it made a public records request.
Despite the health threat, both the county health department and Mayor Karen Bass have suspended all street enforcement of permit, inspection and food safety laws on the books, both citing the lack of action to protect illegal aliens from federal immigration enforcement.
In short, progressive leaders have extended the “sanctuary city” to illegally served food.
Meanwhile, licensed restaurants and legitimate vendors run by U.S. citizens are subject to costly permits, inspections, and insurance requirements. Compliant food providers can be sanctioned, fined and even put out of business for violations of the law.