Unlicensed Street Vendors Sell Food, Alcohol on SF Fisherman's Wharf
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Dozens of illegal vendors have set up shop selling merchandise, food and even alcohol in direct competition with licensed merchants along San Francisco's waterfront. Da Lin reports. (5-30-21)
If you want to report on “illegal” activities, maybe you should report on the public injections and the needles that’s left on the streets and BART seats , those are the real public safety issues
Preach it!
My coworker was stabbed with a needle on BART 2 years ago
So true...good on you!
😆 right .. they’re all like booohooo my over priced mango slop drink won’t sell and I can’t pay someone minimum wage .. because they opened up a stall across the street
Nah that would make too much sense for San Francisco
Drug dealing ok.
Alcohol serving bad
Have you asked the mayor?
😂😂😂😂😂😂
California living
Also defecating is okay on the street
Alcohol= Drug
Illegal vendors are not the problem.
The politicians and Illegal drugs on the streets are.
Also all the countless drug dealers literally standing at corners selling drugs everyday with no one doing anything about it. Specially in the downtown area, mission, and tenderloin area.
Illegal is illegal. Stop crying.
sometime I wonder what the breaking point will be for all of us that can't take it anymore?!
@@maxjuliancwe’ve changed laws in the past and as long as the vendors follow health protocols selling food it should be fine
@@ThegratefulC food health and safety shouldn't be so nonchalantly.
Yeah those underaged kids need to stop buying alcohol at the wharf. Just go down to the tenderloin and get all the narcotics you want. Tax free, I might add.
🤣🤣🤣
two wrongs dont make a right.
@mb make a right where? For the narcotics
@@matthewburris769 if its not laced then i don't want it
This is hilarious, why pay rent again? Just set up a tent. Take it to the landlord. I call it de-regulation
This made no sense
You pay rent so that tax dollars can help protect the city you do business in.
Lol I agree. The world is free. Go live in it. Not a box called an apartment.
@@Motivation99875 tell that to the 140k homeless.
@@Maxxroad ...go have kids, get a girlfriend, then you'll see how magically delicious life is when you aint got shinola.
I’m going over there for a Cocktail and some Gucci flip flops
🤣🤣 Chanclas
I'll bet.
Food vendors have been selling hotdogs long before the pandemic.
But not booze. There are already too many drunks staggering along SF's walkways, and driving our streets.
Not there... and honestly does that just look like one hot dog cart to you
@@SteveinSanFrancisco I bet you love hot dogs don’t you, twinkle toes. Light on our feet are we?
Yes and i avoud them at all costs. I don't want food poisening or encouraging illegal business when legal businesses are the real victims.
@@charkswitlazers I bet you like getting HJ. Do you enjoy giving them too?
honestly this looks hella fun lol.
🤷🏾♀️
The hotdogs caught my eye lol
@@griffithdidnothingwrong462 me too they looked really good with all those different bell peppers etc...🤤🤤🤤
I don't think the story was about the fun or not fun? it is showing the unfairness of paying businesses - if they don't want to help them, just say so and they can close up shop immediately and leave illegal street vendors up to it
I was just thinking that. I think I’ll go over there today lol
Made my day eating a $6 bacon hotdog instead waiting to eat at restaurants and spend over $100 for a family of 5
Lol enjoy the food it’s straight meat from the dumpsters
@@drunkenboxer123456 rat dog ftw!
@Karla Hernandez not hating just pointing out garbage when I see it.
Just you haven't got sick from food poisoning lately from those vendors lol
@@drunkenboxer123456 love the dumpster meat is delicious 😋
CA wanted to penalize legitimate business but will not enforce laws for these street vendors.
Why bother doing in business in CA?
not worth the headaches.
I agree, we should also go after kids that illegally set up lemonade stands infront of their homes and mom’s selling stuff on Offerup and other apps. They arent paying taxes.
@@abelincoln4772 that’s a dumb analogy because selling from your own property is different from selling in a busy business area. Those vendors can set up in front of their homes and sell all they want. Where I live taco stands have to pay rent to the property owners to post up in front of their establishment.
I can't run a safe and legal business in SF at this point...where should I go?
@@KingSG_ I agree, very bad analogy.
If they are taking 60% of your sales, it is time to step up your game.
Yes...if they can you can too.
👌💯
He needs to ditch the building and get a cart
If you can’t beat them join them, let go of the brick and motor store and get a cart on wheels
That part 💯
SF is deteriorating...by the lack of tackling the real crimes going on.
...is deteriorating...? It's done...stick a fork in it.
@@rocketmanpm exactly 👍, SF has been a 💩-hole for a while now.
Where is 🦇 ♂️ when you need him ?
Voting Republican is right now your best hope for you San Fransisco, before you democrats start jumping on me , am not a Republican,
So What did you expect when you voted Biden in?!🙏
Let the stores become street vendors. Best way to combat high rent is to leave the high rent stores vacant. The greedy landlords can then lower rent or starve.
VERY GOOD POINT
That takes away money from the city. In San Francisco, that's a big no-no!
😉😉😉🙃
Stupid logic Unlucky
Agree 100%
No business license means it’s all probably an all cash businesses. In short, no taxes collected for the city. While regular business owners are paying out taxes, fees, health care for employees, higher rent, etc.
So, illegal street vendors are like big US corporations.
@@douglei4413 bingo
@@douglei4413 So the fortune 500 do not pay taxes or employee benefits such as retirement, medical, dental or education? Is that what you are saying.
The dude said beer like he was whispering it onto my ear, stop the truck
Without consequences, public lawlessness will continue and increase.
Selective crime enforcement I see....
Californian is becoming more and more like Tijuana
Wow almost like they used to be part of the same culture
Do you think there's a connection?
Even Abraham Lincoln opposed the validity of the Mexican American War.
Not until we get donkeys painted like zebras.
No or they'll be bodies hanging from bridges
Was surprised to see a hotdogs street vendor last time I was walking up and down pier 39. Anywho, bought one and it was delish!!! 😊 😋🤤
Aren't they good! They make them so darn good! I dont know what it is but i enjoy them. Oooh leee, but i pray i dont get sick.
Make permits and licenses available to them and a mobile wash station, seems like enough people are ok with the vendors there
Part of the law that allows this is that they can't be charged for licenses.
I don't think the people could be expected to have an issue. All I know is if I had a business that had been shutdown for a year and FINALLY got a chance to open and there was an illegal street vendor in front of my business .... there would be a problem!!!
They can pay for it if they are making money.
@@janjan6661 ..."it" "they" WTF are you talking about??
OMG...! Does this really have to be explained? I really didn't think Fishermans Wharf could be made any more tacky, but leave it to our permanent visitors from down south to re-create, embrace and defend the kind of behavior that makes the countries they flee here from the way they are. Confounding.
Lemme get this straight, these vendors are breaking multiple laws despite knowing that what they are doing is against the law and they've received warnings for yet they want to pass another regulation AKA law thinking they won't ignore that one? That's literally insane lol
Not sure why the government is so mad about people now following laws when it ignores state and federal laws (immigration). Boo hoo!
@@juicyfruit6311 a to the AMEN 🙏
@Trail Boss Mafia....and they are NOT paying any taxes or reporting income, which is not fair to the merchants
@@cardellstewart9437 sooooooo if they seen it as an actual problem they would of kicked them out 😂😂 let’s worry about global warming and not littering instead of this like the world got bigger problems then this …
@@user-pj3ks7dq7e seems like you are the type of person who sympathizes with the wrong doers, even though their actions affect those are doing the right thing, you are by your comment you seem like the type of person who will say " the parent should of not had her kids outside playing" when some idiot criminal drives by shooting up shit, wrong is wrong i dont care how you slice it!!! that is part of the problem today people dont worry about the victim, and condone the violator actions, do you think its wrong for a woman who has just got raped or assulted to be blamed for it because of what she had on? UH??? or is that because of global warming or bigger problems in the world..
Love the couple at 2:42.
She's supportive of the vendors and her husband just nods his head agreeing with her 😅🤍🍻
She won't be loving hepatitis or food poisoning which does happen when you buy food products from illegal vendors.
@@darylsmioth1904 also happens with Taco Bell and just about any other fast food place dont forget to mention those either 😉.
I could be wrong, but I think they may be holding a drink from of the vendors lol. You can see a guy mixing a drink using the same cup that the couple is holding.
It’s happening all over Los Angeles also.
Better bring your Pepto Bismol
😂🤣😂
I keep a shitload of pepto bismol in my house
' Unlicensed ' why don't you tell that to the kid down the street selling lemonade
So it’s ok to allow illegals to come into the country for free benefits, but ppl here selling stuff illegally to make ends meet is an issue. The world we live in😄
Many of these people selling the illegal goods are the same illegals who came into the country. It's pretty sad that they are allowed to get away with this activity. Make the vendors who are selling merchandise apply for a permit and regulate them to be sure they are selling authentic merchandise that hasn't been stolen. And shut down the vendors selling alcohol. It is illegal to sell alcohol without a proper license to do so and it is a crime to serve alcohol to minors.
Oh please, report on the pay to play with SFPUC, sf permit office, waste management kickbacks.
Food poisoning, here we come ..... law suits galore.. refrigeration? Employees not washing their hands and where are the toilets??? Would not eat that food if they gave it to me. A good case of food poisoning will have it coming out both ends, in a hurry.
Lmao this is common place in LA and it's never been a problem. I've gotten food poisoning from actual restaurants in the city, never had a problem getting a hot dog or corn from a street vendor. Makes you wonder who the actual clean people are
Lines of coke and fake oxy a block away. SF has turned into Brazil.
SF has been that way for a long while now. It's not turning into anything 🚫
Mannn if I knew earlier I would of went there today! I missed it :(
Me too. SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!
You can’t beat them join them. If I was the manager in that mango shop, I would go get me a table and set up right across the street with them. Lol
1:12 illegal reporting illegal 🤣
"i love the farmers market setting" What a funny way to say "Alcohol".
Worried about illegal vendors but not the criminals running around stabbing innocent people!
Um...I think ur on the wrong thread. Who's stabbing people?? These dudes are selling hotdogs. U might feel like u been stabbed in the gut, but it'll pass 💩
Been wanting a bacon-wrapped hot dog for over a year now!!! Yay!!! Welcome back!!
on a shopping cart ..yeah those are hella good
y cevolla y serranos
OH MY LORD!!🤤😋
I craved it so bad, I ended up making my own version at home. Turned out pretty good too! Onions, peppers, and all! 🤦♂️🐷😂
@Dawn Marie
I have, it’s not the same, nor does it help support my local hotdog vendors.
You’re welcome to make it for me.
@Dawn Marie
Right on, when you coming over?! I’ll leave the door open for you.
Fresh crop from the car break ins last year 😂
This is so common in Asia it's almost part of the culture. I have eaten so much street food in Vietnam and have never had an issue.
At least this vendors aren’t stealing purses and carjacking . Let the vendors earn a few bucks and make it easier for them to get licenses . Big banks have every permit under the law and still screw people over
Once these vendors start showing up in front of your house you will think different!!
What, they're selling fake knock off items😂😂😂😂if you cant play by the rules make your own rules-------San Francisco!
Na, they're just stealing business from real taxpaying merchants.
No. They're selling the purses and other merchandise that someone stole for them from a store. And those vendors who are selling alcohol without a license and selling it to minors are breaking the law and should be shut down and arrested.
First of all the area they are using as a farmers market comes with a fee . Secondly street vendors don’t make over 30k a year . Permits should be easily attainable let’s be a bit prudent and pursue the real criminals out there attacking the elderly n carjacking
Once I got sick, food poisoning from that place in Cisco,with the underground food courts. Another time my spouse and I got sick the the Metro, restaurant in the Castro district. Restaurant bathrooms are disgusting, even in stores in Cisco,poop all over,and that was 27 years ago. Imagine now.
What is Cisco?
@Cee Vi short for San Fran”Cisco”. Also refer to Frisco just the way people shortened it.
You see how they do my people ?
It's a honest living they ain't asking for government assistance they just hustle 💯
Straight tf up!
It's not an honest living.
Let the people celebrate.
Youre not the one losing money to illegal street vendors
People are already celebrating
I'm tired of having to walk in the street because you can't get through on that sidewalk blocked off with illegal vendors. Why haven't they been kicked out?
You mean to tell me they're so many people out there spending their money and stimulating the economy that you can't fit on the sidewalk to pass the street vendors and not buy something?.... I wonder why they haven't been kicked out either hmm 😂
I love those vendors they sell food not drugs . They don't brake into your cars . They don't home invade your house . People do crazy shit when they need money . To me this isn't the problem .
What illegal vendors? SB 946, pretty much legalized most of this activity statewide and prevented cities and counties from doing anything about it. People were either stupid or asleep at the switch when this passed, as it went through with overwhelming margins in both houses.
I wonder if that woman who loves it so much, would love it if she had to compete with them?
@Kenneth Southard hey ken i saw that bill, explain that to me, i read your comment but can you elaborate on it more for my knowledge?
didnt you know the votes are rigged
I LOVE HOW THE LADY SAID SHE LOVES THE VENDORS
THEY ARE MINDING THEY BUSINESS
...and those hot dogs look bomb !
I guess someones going to die from one of illegal vendors
I ate one of those hotdogs on Grant Ave from a street vendor one night in early 2020. Never again. I had diarrhea for two days after that.
Besides stealing legal business from shop owners, you’re taking your chances buying from those street vendors.
Shop owners who cant compete w street vendors should not be in business..
Tummy ache fr street vendors are rare, ppl get those fr restaurant too..
Lets help out hardworking ppl who dont take free gov aid, nor turn to crimes, nor become homeless addicts.. 👍
@@RedHanded1969 legal shop owners who pay for permits and taxes shouldn’t have to compete with vendors selling stale food . Lots of people are hardworking. Get over the pc bs. 👍🏼
@@RedHanded1969 nope. My family are immigrants and helped build SF in the early 1900s. My grandfather sold fish off the boat when he first got here. But legally. Not on the sneak. Because he respected and obeyed the laws of his new country that let him enter. Immigration is nothing new,son. I didn’t speak English until I was 5. I was an employer who supported 50 Hispanic employees for over 35 years, including paying for a few to get their green card and bailing them out of jail when they got in trouble. I even paid for a few to take night school language classes. So you’re clearly barking at the wrong tree with that story line.
What’s going on now in the city streets isn’t the same as it once was. Now the laws aren’t followed and people sneak around trying to evade them and not paying their share of taxes. They do that until they get caught red handed. Laws are there for a reason. If someone enters the country and evades the law,it is disrespectful. It also is indicative of being not so conscious of the gift that they have been given to be living in the USA. Not all, but from what I’ve experienced,many. It’s not appreciated like it once was by earlier immigrants.
And you’re also incorrect about “believing the stories “. I don’t believe what the media tries to spin on anything.
But I’m not going to try to change your mind. If you don’t want to be a part of the country that welcomes you, maybe you should get out. If you want to live in the city, it’s expensive. There are other options besides complaining and throwing your story line at it. That is just as much a lie as what you are calling lies.
I’ll add.. my father worked and saved money until he could buy a restaurant. I know what bad food is. Many of those vendors are trying to make money. Understandable. But they don’t dispose of the food that goes bad,so they don’t lose money. They re-heat it and add lots of condiments to disquise that it’s spoiled food. I’ve seen them do it when they set up. You can easily see it’s not fresh. That is the problem. Poor sanitary procedure and health code violations. Those laws are to safeguard against that so people don’t get sick. Few,if any legal restaurants do that because they get inspected. When was the last time a street cart was inspected, unless they were being busted? On Grant Ave particularly, they sell it to the drunk kids late at night, when no one is around to see what’s going on. At fisherman’s wharf, they scurry away when they see law enforcement coming. Why is that? Not because the food is good or another spot is better. It’s because they are probably selling spoiled product and doing it illegally for cash.
Learn to adapt and conform instead of being part of the bigger problem that has slowly caused SF to deteriorate.
Maybe don’t be so sensitive and listen to people that are older,more experienced, and have been here longer than you have probably even been alive. What I’m saying isn’t hate. I’m not attacking immigrants,as you are assuming. I’m pointing out the downfall of how they’re going about some of this.
What you are saying can be more accurately described as entitlement and hate,more than protecting legal immigrants. Work for it,sure. But do it legally.
Good luck to you. With that attitude, you’ll need it. ✌️🤌🏼
@@Rikkcas You re not very honest about past immigration laws. Should ppl obey Chinese Exclusionary Act, housing Redlining & Operation Wetback ???
Even your senator legalised street vendors & city officials are changing outdated health code.
@@RedHanded1969 what ever you want to think kid. I really don’t care. WTFU
Sounds like fun, I could buy a Gucci wallet, take some shots, have a Taco, more shots, have My Gucci wallet stolen, take a poop, pass out and wake up on the street like Everybody else
That actually does sound fun lol
Street vending is illegal but public heroine use is ok. Taking a shit on a sidewalk is allowed folks.
Dah Lin is the best reporter ever
MOST THOSE VENDORS CLEANER THAN OUR FAST FOOD RESTAURANT CHAINS LOL
As long as you are "poor" you can do whatever it takes to "survive" the pandemic. It also helps if you're "undocumented ".
This is a stupid comment
Thanks for the free advertisement. This vendors are great
Hell yea, now I know where to go
And they just let them 🤣👏🏼
Man why was this my exact thought 🤭
The white couple with the Micheladas lmao that’s the best part they know it’s a community
You can't deny those good ass hotdogs
Its Mexico now deal with it.
Confiscate their carts followed by hefty fines.
All you need is a couple of cops to close all the unlicensed vendors. But I'm sure the cops will say they are stretched too thin.
Mute this video and put some Cumbia music in the background
Get rid of the vendors... this is rediculous
It is totally unfair. If you fine them they will go and take the permits.
Everyone is afraid to say the words illegal aliens....LOL
The taco lady there 🔥
Let them stay there! It's what the people love and brings life to the pier! Stop hating on these people trying to survive!
People doing it the legal way are trying to survive too...
Ok let them set up shop in your neighborhood.
It's F-ing Mexico now...
Might as well start selling drugs there since they can’t criminalize vendors there.
They are just mad that you can get a beer for 3$ vs 13$ .
That’s a rip off 🤣🤣🤣 cvs and 7 eleven are right down the street waaaay cheaper people are getting ripped off by fat ass lazy illegals
WHY do all reporters from SAN FRANCISCO sound soft as if they work FOR NPR? Speak up con huevos
The Fisherman Wharf is now LITO MEXICO !!!
Street vendor license costs $35.
Da Lin certified legend
What about the store owner across the street paying rent, taxes, and complying with the law. Then these vendors set up in a prime location pay no rent, no taxes. Who has the advantage? Isn't this unfair? Why do we ignore this?
It's all about the money. Supply and demand. People want what they want for whatever reason or another and will always try to get what they want wether legal or illegal. If the people who are spending money spend more money at places like this than at the local businesses the people aren't wrong for it. The laws and businesses are wrong. That's how a society works. Otherwise we all just become animals at the watering hole. Money 🤑💰🏧🏦💳
Shop owners who cant compete w street vendors should not be in business.. And if you cant fight them, then join them.. It will help lower high rent too..
Lets help out hardworking ppl who dont take free gov aid, nor turn to crimes, nor become homeless addicts.. 👍 Go after their taxes n hygiene, not their livelihood..
They can’t compete because they can’t afford the selling price of their competitors. That’s the unfair advantage of not having to spend money on all of the other things that legal businesses have to spend their budget on.
Human nature enjoys open street markets . They are fun. And where ever I travel I search them out: Germany, Asia, India, Spain (too many times I have sseen the people chase the vendors away), etc...
Check id for the alcohol and as long as the product isn't stolen it should be okay. The only problem I see is the cooks have no sinks to wash their hands and the propane tanks could be dangerous.
Propane tanks go pop pop pop cause those gangsters love to make fireworks. Gun violence is up, that’s just a free grenade the gunners use
Eh. I feel for the actual people that have to pay for all their licenses, just to be undercut by someone who didn't waste their money because of city bureaucracy.
Shop owners who cant compete w street vendors should not be in business..
Lets help out hardworking ppl who dont take free gov aid, nor turn to crimes, nor become homeless addicts.. 👍
That's their choice if they want to appease stupid govt rules and fees
Na kick them all out
@Joe Jones keep buying all there fake products 🤣🤣🤣
The way Da Lin says beer 🥺 1:27
Rofl
For a small fee, the local mobsters can come bust up the illegal street vendors.
In cartoons
I’d pay $ to see that actually. Sounds like a show.
@Raven's Third Eye Readings true. California got rid of the mafia in the 50s. Now only cartel immigrants and street fangs remain.
@Raven's Third Eye Readings they are getting booted by PD saw them at pier 41 with the port authority.
It's turning to lake merritt 😂😂
Ya the shootings and gangs have started joining the area when they get sick from the food
How about the illegal immigrants and tents all over in the city😅
@Audi Bleu illegal is illegal
Cant and won’t stop someone’s hustle .
Why did she say beer like that.creepy and funny.and thanks for the notification fliers...the vendors can use them for plates.
Undocumented restaurants, undocumented bars, undocumented pharmacists, etc. What’s the problem? I thought CA loved their undocumented population.
We do but we love businesses regulations more.
force the landlord to lower the rent
Just get them a permit this looks pretty cool and they are actually making a tourist hotspot :)
Shut them down. Where is the enforcement in San Francisco?
Not everyone is malicious who sells at these, people are hurting really bad right now and need money, you purposely shut down mom and pops businesses for over a year, what do expect people to do. As long as no one is getting hurt, put in any danger, let the people live and spend, get our economy going and liberties back. This is America.
However, these illegal vendors are putting people in danger. By selling alcoholic beverages to minors, they are harming someone. Not to mention that it's illegal to do so. And you need a license to sell alcoholic beverages in the first place, even to adults. Also, many of the vendors who are selling merchandise are selling counterfeit and/or stolen goods. By purchasing those items, you are actually participating in a crime yourself. They need to be shut down.
@@elizabethmelchor7764 Agreed sister. It sounds like a typical day in San Francisco to me lol.
Are you allowed to drink alcohol on the pier?
Can we just enjoy a day for once without snitching on each other
Cool. Let them set up shop on your front lawn. Don't snitch now
@@mattb8754 jokes on you dont have a front lawn
@@OutNAbout415 Cool. let them set up shop outside your government subsidized apartment. The one that's paid for by law abiding citizens.
@@mattb8754 I'm sure they probably do. They outside my building all the time; I just picked up 200 trash bags for $10. If u don't like it stay in the suburbs, darlin
@@evam.3023 uhhhh nahhh I'll just have them booted like these trash pandas. Thanks though
Best tasting food and best bang for you buck! I’m not complaining
Please government need to stop this in Florida
At least they are bring tourists back to the pier.
Why would tourists want to go to Fisherman’s Wharf or San Francisco for that matter
This is crazy here I am struggling to even begin to make a bussiness and these folk out here not giving a damn selling alcohol
Free the sidewalk!
Mad Max was a good movie.
Illegal vendors as far as not being American citizens or not having a business license?
😂😂😂 all of what you just mention!!!! 👌👌
Everyone has a right to work to survive especially in a expensive city like SF - better that these people can do this than resort to crime or being a ward of the State.
But they are committing a crime by doing this. It is illegal to sell alcoholic beverages without a license and a crime to sell those beverages to minors. They can actually be arrested for that. I'm all for people making money, but you have to go about it legally.
Agreed. Anyone who gets up, works their asses off to feed their families instead signing up for food stamps or stealing is on the right track, in my mind. So they're not paying taxes. Neither are the one percent and nobody's whining about them "breaking the law". Unless u work for the IRS drop the self-righteous, sanctimonious b.s. and get a life.
That's sanctuary city for yah.......