San Diego Passes $5.1M Street-Vendor Plan, Offset By $38,000 Raised By Issuing Permits

Sidewalk vendors and pushcart operators must pay $38 annually for a permit to sell their wares in San Diego, starting mid-June, under a proposed ordinance approved Tuesday by the City Council. City staff recommended the new permit fee be as high as $230 per business, but negotiations in the council chambers brought that number down to the same as a…