EL CHICANo Weekly
Vol 58, NO. 34
August 13, 2020
City Council hosts sidewalk vending study session, discusses ordinance amendments By Manny B. Sandoval
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n August 5, San Bernardino City Council held a sidewalk vending study session to discuss potential amendments to the city’s 2019 street vending ordinance.
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“Today we’re only going to study the street vending ordinance and its implications. We’re going to allow city staff to go through the presentation and we’ll follow it by all of our questions. We’re not making any decisions tonight,” said Mayor John Valdivia. Before discussion, 10 public comments were shared via voicemails and emails, which were read by city staff.
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San Bernardino City Council and city staff are reviewing potential amendments to the street vending ordinance to leverage enforcement of street vending within city limits, for the safety of the community.
“I’m requesting city council to table this item on street vending because there is no attempt to reach the people most affected by the proposed changes. I request the city of San Bernardino to stop its enforcement operations until a complete accessible outreach and
education strategy is established that includes input from vendors and community organizations. I ask that the city council and staff work with vendors and the Inland Coalition for Justice to ensure that we are all on the same page as we move forward,” said Jessica Hernandez, resident. In 2019, the State of California adopted an ordinance to prohibit local jurisdictions, inclusive of counties and cities, from issuing criminal arrests for sidewalk street vending. Along with the state ordinance, the city of San Bernardino adopted its own additional street vending ordinances to abide by. “The current city ordinance on street vending is inclusive of obtaining an encroachment permit from the city’s Public Works Department, obtaining liability insurance covering up to $1,000,000 and listing the city as an additional insurer, they’re required to have a sellers permit Ordinance, cont. on next pg.
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Prize of the Reacting Consor tium
he Reacting Consortium, which spearheads the Reacting to the Past pedagogy, has awarded its 2020 Brilliancy Prize to Terri Nelson, professor of French at California State University, San Bernardino. The Brilliancy Prize is awarded for singular “genius or creative ingenuity” in advancing the Reacting pedagogy. It includes a $1,000 honorarium. The Reacting Consortium is an alliance of colleges, universities, and individual faculty committed to developing and publishing the Reacting to the Past series of role-playing games for higher education, and providing programs for faculty development and curricular change. Reacting to the Past consists of elaborate Award, cont. on next pg.
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Terri Nelson, professor of French at California State University, San Bernardino, was bestowed the prestigious Brilliancy Prize, awarded for singular “genius or creative ingenuity” in advancing the Reacting pedagogy.