'You see people being spit on. You see people getting attacked, to the point where they're not even getting robbed anymore,' Santa Ana City Councilman Jonathan Ryan Hernandez said
Stories of street vendors in the Southland enduring physical and verbal attacks has become increasingly more common, but one Orange County city is cracking down and wants to make those kinds of assaults hate crimes.
"You see people being spit on. You see people getting attacked, to the point where they're not even getting robbed anymore," the city councilman said.
Fortunately, for Pacheco, Hernandez, along with an organization, were able to gift the paletero $500 to make up for the money that was stolen from him.
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