The document discusses street food and the issues faced by loncheros, or taco truck vendors, in Los Angeles. It outlines the anti-immigrant sentiment and community scapegoating they face, and how the Asociación de Loncheros LA Familia Unida de California was formed in 2008 to advocate for taco truck vendor rights and organize against ordinances negatively impacting their industry. The presentation provides information on the coalition's current projects and advocacy efforts to change policies and ensure taco truck vendors can work freely.

1. Meet and Eat –
The Culture and Face of
Street Food
Sanjit Sethi
California College of the Arts

2. How does street food speak to
cultural plurality?

4. How does the activity of street
food involve contested space?
How is street food politicized?

7. How does street food
represent a social / cultural
transaction?

8. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-august-10-2010/municipal-land-use-update---ground-zero-mosque

9. Organizing and the
Loncheros
Erin Glenn
La Cocina Street Food Conference
August 23, 2010

10.  Anti-immigrant sentiment
 Community scapegoating
 Coalition building
 Using the “System” to our advantage
Overview

11.  Anti-immigrant sentiment
 Community scapegoating
Issues

12.  Organizing against ordinances §7.62.070
and §80.73(b)(2)(F)
 Mask underlying socio-economic problems
ADVOCACY 101

13. Gentrificiation
Community
Scapegoating
Anti-immigrant
sentiment

14.  Legal
 Political
 Law Enforcement
Using the “System” to our
advantage

15.  Coalition building
 Policy change
 Comprehensive ordinances
 Right to work
 Accountability
End Result

16.  Current Projects:
 Tacos Para Justicia
www.tacosparajusticia.org
 Continued work with LAPD, LA County
Health, City Hall, etc.
Where we are right now

17. Taco Night: May 1st , 2008

20. Taco Libre: May 14th, 2008

25. Asociación de Loncheros L.A.
Familia Unida de California

26.  The Asociación de Loncheros L.A. Familia Unida de California
believe catering truck owners and operators are an asset to the
economic and socio-cultural landscape of Los Angeles, and
therefore, should be allowed to thrive in a free, competitive
market. Accordingly, we believe that catering truck
owners/operators have the right to make an honest living in their
line of work. Furthermore, the members of the Asociación de
Loncheros contribute to the well-being of the communities they
operate in by complying with the regulations put forth by county
and city agencies, as well as fulfilling their commitment for
industry regulation.
 The Asociación de Loncheros La Familia Unida de California
formed in 2008. Its mission is to protect the rights of catering
truck owners/operators. The association is based in Los Angeles,
California.
Mission Statement

27. www.loncheros.com
erin.glenn@loncheros.com
Contact Information

28. Meet and Eat –
The Culture and Face of
Street Food
Molly O’Neill

54. The Street Vendor Project
www.streetvendor.org
facebook: Street Vendor Project

60. #1: More Permits/Licenses

61. #2 – More Open Streets

62. #3 Reduce Fines

63. #4 – More Respect

64. Street Food Vendors in NYC

70. Who are they?