Updated on February 9, 2021 at 2:44 pm
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Fermin Martinez and his partner Sylvia run the Los Polomos taco stand, and they say three times in one night, Los Angeles County health inspectors came to harass them for operating their business without a permit.
And Martinez believes his stand was targeted Saturday.
The LA County Public Health Department issued a statement saying the taco stand was in violation of state health and safety code and that one of their inspectors was assaulted, which led to police intervention.
“The county official was kicked, and our officer was kicked as well, when they tried to take the suspect into custody,” El Monte Police Chief David Reynosos said.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday voted unanimously to set aside $6.44 million to preserve open space, protect habitat and ensure proper cleanup of the property in the El Monte River Valley it purchased from the Helix Water District last month. Last month the board unanimously voted to spend $3.2 million to purchase the 98-acre parcel of land…