Sidewalk vendors: annual fairs.
Summary
Existing law authorizes a local authority to adopt a program to regulate sidewalk vendors if the local authority's sidewalk vending program complies with specified standards. Existing law authorizes a local authority, among other restrictions, to prohibit sidewalk vendors in areas located within the immediate vicinity of a permitted certified farmers' market or a permitted swap meet. This bill would additionally authorize a local authority to prohibit sidewalk vendors from operating within 250 feet of the entrances and exits of an annual fair, as defined, during the operating hours of the annual fair, and within 250 feet of entrances and exits of parking lots located on fairgrounds and used for parking during the operating hours of an annual fair.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
Assembly Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 15, 2024
Last action May 29, 2024
Floor votes · Assembly May 20, 2024
How they voted
71–0
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 80
May 20, 2024
D
Democratic62
91% Yea
R
Republican18
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
2
May 29, 2024
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
upper
May 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5309.)
lower
May 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
lower
May 1, 2024
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 1).
lower
Mar 4, 2024
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lori Wilson
DDemocratic
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