Instead, they'll be required to set up shop outside the perimeter around Spring and Main, and Third and Seventh streets, The Times' Robert Faturechi reported.
The decree, according to the city's new Art Walk task force, is intended to keep lines of customers waiting for their food orders from blocking sidewalks, and to encourage art walkers to venture outside of the event's core.
The task force made the change after a 2-month-old boy was killed when his stroller was hit by a car that accidentally jumped the curb.
Even before that incident, there had been complaints of crowds spilling into the streets, particularly as the event grew more popular.
Officials believe the ban on vendors will help control the crowd, which can typically swell to about 30,000.
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Photo: Food trucks parked in downtown Los Angeles. Credit: Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times
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