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Susana Barrios
From:Margot Pierrong <margotpierrong@roadrunner.com>
Sent:Sunday, May 10, 2026 6:16 PM
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] THE HUGE NUMBER OF FLOWER VENDORS SELLING ON SIDEWALKS OF
ANAHEIM
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Dear City of Anaheim :….this may sound petty to a lot but I just have to make a
comment about all the flower vendors set up on the sidewalks of Anaheim yesterday &
today & some directly near & across the street from Anaheim brick & mortar business
that pays city tax & gets business licenses & sell their flowers & Mother’s Day
items….. While I realize this is only for 1 or 2 days I thought our motto from our
mayor was to protect the businesses that we have. I also saw this on Valentine’s Day
– and wonder if our rule-following businesses make a complaint to the City about any
of this….?? Mother’s Day – Valentine’s Day are huge retail money maker days for the
businesses that we are supposed to be protecting & with all the street vendors selling
without permits I just have to wonder why this is even fair or even allowed….maybe
no one is bothered by this anymore – even our businesses – because I see the
numbers each year climbing --…..sigh – maybe no one is bothered by this anymore …I
was just thinking of all the retail businesses that we vowed to protect…& this year the
ones so close to Ralphs Grocery Store & Stater Bros on Orange Ave surprised me that
the grocery stores did not complain…you can tell these sidewalk sellers have not
signed up for any type of selling permit in order to pay any city tax…..
Thank you – if you read & listened….
Margot Pierrong
Anaheim resident -
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