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DCWP explains general vending license process and waitlist
1:03:31
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Carlos Ortiz from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) explains the process and conditions for issuing general vendor licenses in response to questions from Council Member Julie Menin. The discussion covers the cap on non-veteran licenses, the waitlist system, and the timeline for processing applications.
- There's a cap of 853 licenses for non-veteran general vendors, with licenses becoming available when current holders give them up.
- No cap exists for veteran applicants or their spouses/domestic partners.
- DCWP contacts waitlisted applicants through letters, emails, and phone calls when a license becomes available.
- 95% of license applications are processed within 10 days, with the remainder typically processed within 30 days.
Julie Menin
1:03:31
So what are the conditions that make a general vendor license available to be issued to the next person in the waitlist?
1:04:30
And so how long is it taking the agency well, how long is it taking for a license to be issued then to the next person on the waitlist once it is available?
Carlos Ortiz
1:03:42
Thank you, chair Maden.
1:03:44
In general for non veteran general vendors, there's a cap of 853.
1:03:51
So what typically would allow somebody to apply for an available license is that if a license under that cap became available by somebody deciding not to vend anymore, moving away from the city, passing away, Likewise, if their spouse or domestic partner did not wanna use the license anymore, that would result in us now calling on the wait list and asking for an additional person who wanna take up that license.
1:04:16
On the veteran side, there is no cap on those folks taking those licenses, so anybody who's a veteran or a spouse or domestic partner of a veteran could come in and apply for a license.
1:04:26
They just have to they would have to demonstrate proof of eligibility.
1:04:42
Well, typically I think it's a process that involves I think it really depends on the next person who's on the wait list.
1:04:51
It is a process that involves sending letters, emails.
1:04:55
We also follow-up with phone calls as well.
1:04:57
We like to give them an amount of time before we move on to the next person whether that's a yes or a no or a non response.
1:05:06
Generally I would say, if I could pull these numbers up, since 2016 we've issued 996 general vendor licenses.
1:05:23
Those are let's say that became available since that point in time and we were able to call another vendor off the wait list or a veteran decided to apply.
1:05:32
In general, 95% of our license applications are processed within ten days, and then nineties and then the rest are usually processed within thirty days on a typical basis.
1:05:43
That's in for all of our categories really.