The Rosemead City Council voted unanimously to shut down the Chinese American Live Poultry shop, but that decision has many customers saying the city has gone too far. The shop is one of the last places in Los Angeles County where you can buy fresh, plucked chickens, but the city of Rosemead wants to shut it down due to code violations.
Sana Phu and her husband have owned the Rosemead store for 20 years, but the city apparently wants to shut it down. The planning commission recently voted 4-0 to do just that.
City officials said they've received complaints from neighbors about the smell and about the code violations.
Phu also said that the city has issued her a business license, and her store passed USDA inspections. So she doesn't understand why they'd want to shut her store down. (Source: ABC Los Angeles News, Jan 4, 2010).