SANTA CRUZ – Santa Cruz Police cracked down on street vendors over the holiday weekend.
Officers issued citations to a street food vendor from Antioch on Beach Street Sunday night. Police responded to reports of property left on the sidewalk from the vendors. Vendors left pop up canopies, cooking supplies, open drink containers and food that was left out.
The city had warned residents and visitors of the problems caused by illegal street food vendors. A Thursday statement from the city alerted beach goers of the health risks illegal street food vendors pose, as they are not bound by a business license that requires certain food safety measure are met.
“Illegal vending is on the rise in Santa Cruz and a serious public health hazard to visitors and residents alike,” the release reads. “Not all food vendors are playing by the rules, which means eating their food could make you sick.”
The city urged residents to report illegal vendors to the County Environmental Health department at 831-454-2022. It also reminded residents that legal vendors are required to display their permit and contact information.
Santa Cruz Police Chief Andy Mills doubled down on the message via Twitter on Saturday. He cited the citation and seizure of “unhealthy” food stands with the help of the county’s health inspectors.
After months of educating vendors, warning and conducting enforcement w cites, unhealthy conditions continued. Today, w the help of the @sccounty Dept of Health inspectors and @SantaCruzPolice ofc cited and seized unhealthy hot dog carts. PPL are getting sick. @CityofSantaCruz pic.twitter.com/bWRRATc4lU
— Andrew Mills (@ChiefAndyMills) July 3, 2021
Owners of the street food vendor were found camping on the beach. Overnight camping on the Santa Cruz Main Beach has been prohibited since 2019. Three vendors were cited for being on the beach past the curfew, which led to their temporary ban from the premises.
The owners of the stand were sleeping in one of the tents and their equipment and food were stored in the other, according to SCPD Spokesperson Joyce Blaschke.
“It wasn’t just a tent on the beach. It was several canopies in addition to storing all of the food and beverages they were selling,” Blaschke said. “You can’t camp on the beach and its certainly not sanitary to camp on the beach with all the food you intend to sell to the public.”
Beach hours are from one hour before sunrise to midnight. In the summer, that means the beach will be open as early as 5 a.m., according to Director or Parks and Recreation Tony Elliot.
Santa Cruz Municipal Code bars people from returning to city parks and beaches where they are arrested or receive citations to a varying degree. A first offense will see the offender banned from the premise for 24 hours.
The vendors were ordered to remove their station immediately. Officers returned three hours later to find one of the vendors still on site, according to Blacshke. The other two vendors had left with their belongings by the time officers returned.
The remaining vendor was cited with a misdemeanor which raised his prohibition form the beach to one week, pursuant to Santa Cruz Municipal Code. A third violation will increase the ban to 30 days. Prohibition will increase to six months, then a year in subsequent violations, according to the municipal code.
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