Ryyn Schumacher

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Author Bio

Ryyn Schumacher is the Chief of Strategy and Communications for the County of Santa Barbara Health Department and a Ventura City Councilmember. He is a Public Voices Fellow on Public Health with The OpEd Project and Blue Shield of California Foundation.

July 25, 2026

Let's make sidewalk vending a safe food choice

Every night on my drive home to the City of Ventura, California, a sidewalk food vendor on Main Street is selling tacos in front of established restaurants. They have a giant cylinder of meat under…