Mario Ramos, one of Los Angeles’s thousands of street vendors, went from fearing police to obtaining a health permit for his business selling homemade ice cream.
“La nieve, la nieve!” he called out on a recent Saturday as potential customers strolled by his 16 vats of ice cream. When a young boy and his mom stop to buy a bubblegum-flavor cone, one of his top sellers, Ramos adorns it with an Oreo cookie and a straw filled with rainbow sprinkles.
Until the practice was legalized in Los Angeles in 2018, vendors like Ramos say they faced abuse, discrimination and harassment by police. “Now, we can be free of that prejudice of people who look at us like we’re breaking the law,” he said. “Now, the police has to protect us, now, they can’t give us tickets. Now, they can’t arrest us, they can’t call us criminal. … And that is beautiful. Tremendous.”
Ramos came to the United States from Puebla, Mexico, 17 years ago, crossing the border undetected into Eagle Pass, Tex., and making his way to Los Angeles, where his wife’s family resides. “That was how I discovered my talent in life. When you discover a talent, you discover who you are,” Ramos said.
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