Financial Assistance for Sidewalk Vendors
The City is offering a sidewalk vending support program, called Sidewalk to Success, to cover the costs of the required business license and health permit fees for operating in the first year and provide reimbursements for the first year of insurance costs. The Sidewalk to Success Program covers all license and permit costs at the time of the application. Each vendor will be reimbursed up to $450 for the cost of insurance.
Insurance Reimbursement Form
Inclusive Business Navigators Program
The City’s Inclusive Business Navigators Program will provide free assistance with obtaining licenses, permits and insurance for sidewalk vendors. This will include business coaching and advising services for small businesses. Through this program, the City partners with four community-based organizations and will help guide sidewalk vendors through the business license and health permit process and assist in obtaining the required insurance, among other business assistance and resource needs.
Contact BizCare for a direct referral by calling 562.570.4BIZ (4249) or 4Biz@longbeach.gov.
Technical Business Assistance
Free Food Vending Carts Program
The second phase of the Sidewalk to Success program will provide up to 40 free food vending carts to sidewalk vendors who apply and meet eligibility requirements; More information about the program is available at free food vending carts application page.
Sidewalk to Success is made possible by the Long Beach Recovery Act, a plan to fund economic and public health initiatives for Long Beach residents, workers and businesses critically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional information about the Long Beach Recovery Act is available at longbeach.gov/recovery. The program also aligns with Goal 4 of Long Beach’s Racial and Reconciliation Initiative to improve health and wellness in the City by eliminating social and economic disparities where health outcomes are significantly below city averages.
