The food truck operators hope that the ordinance will put fears that they are not regulated to rest and create more business. Some customers "are already satisfied relying on word-of-mouth and ratings on sites like Facebook and Yelp."
The county Board of Supervisors will vote on the ordinance again next week. If it passes, "it will take effect 30 days from that day." The ordinance, which already applies to restaurants, "requires operators of food trucks, pushcarts and other other kinds of mobile chow wagons to provide county health officials with their routes so surprise inspections can be made." Each truck or cart will receive a placard with an A, B, or C letter grade depending on their inspection scores.
About 10,000 food vehicles operate in Los Angeles County.
To read the Associated Press story, click here.
Posted: 10/13/2010
