Fresno Program Aims to Protect Street Vendors from Harassment

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🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Fresno is launching a pilot program to help protect street vendors from harassment and assault. Councilmembers and community organizations there are teaming up to install cameras on street vendors’ carts and provide them with small business resources. The effort comes a year after the death of Lorenzo Perez, a street vendor who was murdered in April, 2021 while selling corn. We talk with journalist Melissa Montalvo, who reported on the story for the Fresno Bee and Fresno councilmember Luis Chavez, one of the initiative’s leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.7	Fresno city leaders and community groups are installing security cameras directly on street vendors' carts.
1:13.5	It's part of a broader effort to protect street vendors from assault and harassment
1:17.1	one year after the murder of Lorenzo Perez while he was selling corn from a bicycle cart.
1:23.2	Joining me now to tell us more about this pilot program is Melissa Mantalvo, a reporter for the Fresno B and CalMatters.
1:29.4	Melissa, thanks so much for being with us.
1:31.4	Morning. Thank you so much for having me.
1:33.4	Also with us as Councilmember Luis Chavez, a council member representing District 5 in the city of Fresno.
1:39.4	Councilmember Chavez, thanks so much for being with us as well.
1:42.7	Yeah, thank you for the invitation.
1:44.3	And I'd like to start with you, actually. First, can you remind us why these security cameras
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