"Perez said that in a regular week, working just over 20 hours, she makes between $500 to $600. She was excited for the Super Bowl - she thought her sales might be far greater. But three city employees and two police officers came to her stall around 8:30 a.m. and told her not to set up for the upcoming week because the plazas needed to be cleaned for the Super Bowl. Perez's sales totaled zero last week."
""I didn't even know how to buy food," Perez said. She has a four-year-old boy who is autistic, and said her job options are limited - her son gets off school early, and she needs to keep a flexible schedule. "I was depressed and emotionally unstable because I didn't know where to look [for help]." Then another blow: The Monday teachers' strike, which is set to continue at least through Tuesday and perhaps far longer, kept Perez home again"
Backers projected up to $630 million in Bay Area spending and $440 million for San Francisco from Super Bowl XL. Mission District food vendors anticipated increased sales but were barred from operating at the neighborhood's two BART plazas from Jan. 31 to Feb. 8 so plazas could be cleaned for visitors. Vendors at the 24th Street BART Plaza were largely affected while others sold along Mission Street. Many vendors lost hundreds of dollars; one vendor who usually earns $500–$600 in a 20-hour week made zero and faced difficulty buying food and caring for an autistic four-year-old, compounded by a teachers' strike.
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