The Law That Upended Food Carts (Unintentionally)
In 2023, the Nevada legislature passed a bill regulating sidewalk vendors. You know, the people who sell corn and shaved ice in various parks, and near your grocery store.
The law, SB92, was the first ever to regulate these micro-businesses. Many of the people who run food carts are immigrants, who are reaching for the American dream.
But the regulations didn’t turn out the way the backers of the bill expected them to.
Where there were no laws, now there are very very restrictive laws.
And many food cart operators were scared their businesses would be shut down.
Definitions of regulations on sidewalk vendors.
How to apply for a license.
Here's how to get in touch with Senator Fabian Doñate.
Guests: Senator James Ohrenschall, County Commissioner Tick Segerblom
Here's the website for the Legislature. It's called NELIS.
And many food cart operators were scared their businesses would be shut down.
Definitions of regulations on sidewalk vendors.
How to apply for a license.
Here's how to get in touch with Senator Fabian Doñate.
Guests: Senator James Ohrenschall, County Commissioner Tick Segerblom
Here's the website for the Legislature. It's called NELIS.
Creators and Guests
Producer
Carrie Kaufman
Carrie Kaufman is the director and driving force behind the Civics Radio Network, which came about when her then-teen daughter exhorted her to do a better job teaching young people about the city we live in. She is veteran print and radio journalist who has always been more interested in what people are avoiding than what they are talking about. She founded and published PerformInk, a Chicago theatre and film industry trade paper, which covered economics, jobs, politics, racism, sexism, power, real estate - all through the lens of the artist. She then moved on to public radio, where she hosted talk shows in Vegas and Wisconsin, which is when she realized she was too old to do bad journalism. So now she is helping students understand that good civics makes good journalism and good journalism makes good civics. She also writes a Substack, "You're Overthinking It," that looks at the rules we live by and explores who benefits.
