Out in my old stomping grounds of Los Angeles, there's
a legislative initiative to toughen the regulations around one of the community's true scourges. No, not gangs, though they're a problem. Nope, smog is wrong too. If you were thinking traffic, you are
also wrong. The evil under attack is...taco trucks.It's the standard combination of NIMBYism ("they're a blight!") and economic self-interest (brick-and-mortar restaurants don't much like them). Happily, taco truck lovers have banded together at
SaveOurTacoTrucks.org to declare that "carne asada is not a crime!" and mount a petition against the proposed legislation.Man, LA doesn't know how lucky they have it. I can hardly remember what it's like to have such a surfeit of delicious tacos that you'd support closing some down. It pains me even to think of it, particularly after last night's experience at the wretched DC chain "California Tortilla," where I got a
mayonnaise fish taco that made me want to give up food forever. Seriously: I don't care if you support universal health care or progressive taxation or an internationalist foreign policy. But if you take nothing else from this blog, do not go to California Tortilla. I had to go by
Tacos Pepitos this morning just to get the taste out of my mouth.Which is all to say, if LA really feels overstuffed with taco trucks, we could use a few of them out here.
(Photo used under a Creative Commons license from El En Houston.) 
