SAN JOSE, Calif. - New protections are in place for California street vendors, after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-635 into state law last week. The law bars California from collecting sensitive immigration status details from street vendors or sharing that information with the federal government.

Californians are very familiar with street vendors. One can't visit most of the state's major cities without seeing them, near the side of the road, often with a treat or a cold drink on a hot day.

One parking lot in San Jose is often frequented by street vendors of all kinds. The vendors, permitted and otherwise, set up shop and show off their tasty treats and wares.

The lot is a microcosm of California's larger street vendor economy, which brings millions into the Golden State

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