L.A.’s Street Vending Crisis Is a Symptom of a City That Has Stopped Enforcing Its Own Rules
ON THE RECORD – In Los Angeles, even parking has become a battleground. The Los Angeles Times recently profiled Joey Morales, the self-appointed “Cone King, who roams the city removing cones, trash bins, and makeshift barriers used by residents to stake claim to public parking spaces. His TikTok crusade captures a larger truth about life in L.A.:…