The ordinance would be the first of its kind in California, proposed by a councilman who said he's noticed an increase in attacks with anti-Latino racism.
In what would be a first for California, the city of Santa Ana will consider whether to classify attacks against street vendors as hate crimes, which could offer additional safeguards for vendors in the predominantly Latino city.
Councilman Jonathan Ryan Hernandez, 29, said that he’s noticed an increase in attacks against street vendors and thatseem to show a pattern of verbal and physical assaults with an undercurrent of anti-Latino racism. “These aren’t robberies. These people are not having their food stolen; they’re not having their shopping carts taken from them,” Hernandez said. “They’re getting beaten up and spit at, and then these people are walking away.”
At Tuesday’s regular City Council meeting, Hernandez will propose the ordinance, which he said will let street vendors know that the city is willing to fight for them. Growing up in Santa Ana, Hernandez was close with his neighborhood ice cream man, orHernandez, whose family is from Jalisco, Guadalajara, in Mexico, said there is not enough support for street vendors and the immigrant community in Santa Ana. He wants to change that with his proposal.
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