Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors in San Mateo County, CA (2026)

Cal. SB 972 (2022) - California Retail Food Code Amendments (Sidewalk Vending)

Existing law, the California Retail Food Code (the code), establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for, and provides for regulation by the State Department of Public Health of, retail food facilities and requires local health agencies to enforce these provisions. Existing law, for purposes of the code, defines a “cottage food operation” as an enterprise that has no more than a specif...

Cal. SB 946 (2018) - Safe Sidewalk Vending Act

Existing law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to adopt requirements for the public safety regulating any type of vending and the time, place, and manner of vending from a vehicle upon a street. This bill would prohibit a local authority, as defined, from regulating sidewalk vendors, except in accordance with the provisions of the bill. The bill would provide that a loca...

San Mateo County Ordinance Code § 5.08.090

5.08.080 - Peddling on public highways prohibited. No person shall peddle any goods, wares, or merchandise on any portion of the right-of-way of any public highway of or in the County of San Mateo. 5.08.090 - Maintenance of stands or vehicles for peddling on public highways prohibited. No person shall erect, place or maintain any stand, vehicle or any object on any portion of the right-of-way ...