Amid an ongoing contract dispute and order to vacate, the family that has owned and operated Olvera Street’s landmark burro photo stand pleaded with El…
stand pleaded with El Pueblo’s Board of Commissioners at Thursday’s board meeting to let them stay in business.
After weeks of not responding to repeated requests from NBC4, El Pueblo’s general manager Arturo Chavez sent over the following statement Thursday evening: Has time run out for Los Angeles' Olvera Street burro? After five decades, it may have to move. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2024.
The Hernandez family also submitted a notarized written request dating back to 2019 from Maria Trancito Hernandez to add her children to the lease, which the family says was never honored by Chavez, who began in 2020, nor his predecessor.
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