Food truck bill seeks to combat childhood obesity
In this city of food fanatics, a proposed state law designed to promote children's health would ban food trucks from just about every neighborhood in San Francisco except the Financial District, South of Market and Dogpatch.
That bill is moving through the California Legislature, and a San Francisco supervisor introduced a proposal of his own Tuesday that would ease local restrictions on food truck operations near schools.
Assemblyman William Monning, D-Santa Cruz, wants to bar food trucks from operating within 1,500 feet of an elementary, middle or high school - public or private - between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on school days...
