Outside Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, street vendors called out to passersby. Gorditas, tamales, pupusas. The streets were empty. 'It's the panic,' said customer Laura Bolanos. 'The poorest,' she said, 'are always the most screwed.'
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The push for a crackdown worried vendors and their advocates, who said many of these workers cannot apply for unemployment benefits or other benefits from the federal government because they are in the U.S. illegally.“I don’t want to suggest that vendors expect to operate business as usual — we’re all needing to take difficult steps,” Smith said.
“There’s a big concern on our end of folks not having the cash, not having the resources they need,” said Carla De Paz, director of organizing for the East L.A. Community Corporation, which is part of the Los Angeles Street Vendor Campaign. “We don’t want to push people into deeper economic crisis.”Along a Lincoln Heights side street, taqueros wearing blue gloves filled tortillas with carne asada, pastor or suadero on Tuesday night as they worked over an open-air grill.
And there’s no denying there are fewer people showing up. Over the past week, there’s been a nearly 50% drop in sales, its manager said. The owners have talked to employees about potentially cutting hours, or pay.
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