About 27% of food trucks earn less than A grades.

Terril Johnson bites into a taco from the Tacos Ariza food truck in Echo Park, which got a C grade from health inspectors in March but was reinspected and got a B.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

May 17, 2016 3:40 PM PT

Food trucks in Los Angeles have scored poorly on health inspections.

Customers wait for their orders to be prepared at the Tacos Ariza food truck in Echo Park.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Food trucks in Los Angeles have scored poorly on health inspections. The Tacos Ariza food truck in Echo Park recently pulled its inspection grade up from a C to a B.

(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)