And things have never mattered so much. The latest chapter in the tumultuous story of The San Jose Flea Market or simply La Pulgato our community, has unfolded over the last nine months and Roberto has found himself at the center of it all. Roberto is second generation pulguero. His family has vended at The San Jose Flea Market for 30 years, selling piñatas and Mexican dulces to the masses that visit this open-air market in San José every week. As a teen, he was in rooms where hundreds of vendors organized and fought the displacement that began in 2007. His father, Rigoberto González, engaged in that fight, then alongside Chris Lepe, and now, Roberto has claimed his inheritance and continued the fight for his fellow pulguero.
