For the last three months, the family behind La Carreta, the home of the now-famous El Burro at Placita Olvera, has been fighting the potential removal of their decades-long business.
According to City News Service, the Board of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument Authority Commissioners voted to evict La Carreta this Thursday despite attempts from the family, community, and even the city council to save it.
Rightfully so, the vote news caught Richard Hernandez, owner of La Carreta, and his family off guard.
"I wasn't prepared for this. The last three months have been just hell,'' Hernandez told CNS.
The family first heard about the potential removal three months ago, after the matriarch of their family, Maria Trancito Hernandez, his mother, passed away.