In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Despite jeers and taunting by a small group of street performers and vendors, the Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved an emergency ordinance regulating performers and vendors along the Third Street Promenade and Pier , last week. Under the ordinance, performers and vendors are required to rotate 120 feet every two hours on even hours. Commercial vending is illegal under the ordinance, but free speech vendors are allowed to sell their goods.
Performers can also sell goods related to their performance.
Both vendors and performers will be limited to displaying five items. Umbrellas, canopies, tents and sandwich boards are also prohibited. Council members argued the ordinance would be far more equitable to performers and street vendors than previous ordinances, which required performers to rotate every hour - a rule performers say was rarely enforced. You can now stay, you can now sell. You can share the good spots.