The Los Angeles County Health Department is looking the other way when it comes to illicit food vendors over fears that contact with the legal system could lead to the deportation of illegal aliens.
Meanwhile, legitimate vendors and restaurants say they are subjected to onerous regulations as a result of following the law.
Breitbart reported:
The health department suspended enforcement despite nearly 3,000 food poisoning complaints reported to the county in 2025, with health officials suspecting many more went unreported. If someone gets seriously ill from unlicensed street food, undocumented operators are typically uninsured and can easily disappear before being held accountable.
Local operators complain that they are being treated worse than illegal food vendors.
“I follow the rules — inspections, health standards, permitted areas,” Anthony Devgenio, owner of Big Dix Hot Dogs, told the California Post. “Meanwhile, unlicensed vendors break the rules openly.”
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