Supervisors Grant Food Truck Operators New Freedoms

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors voted unanimously today to lift most restrictions that prevent food truck operators in the county from selling products that are fried, barbecued, broiled and grilled -- though operators will still be prohibited from parking in some locations.

Supervisor Kevin Jeffries in June proposed eliminating provisions in Ordinance No. 580 that limit food trucks to selling only packaged foods, ice cream, roasted nuts and steam-cooked hot dogs. Jeffries called the restrictions anti-business and anti-competitive, noting that no such prohibitions exist in neighboring...