Okla-homey
7/29/2008, 06:52 PM
foisted on them by evile fast-food purveyors. Henceforth, poor people will be required to eat arugala and sprouts until waistlines diminish. Rich people in other areas are cleared hot to stuff their gobs with whatever tickles their innards. See, LA has an obligation, nay nay, a flippin' fiduciary duty to protect poor folks from bad choices. Oh brother. Can someone please speed up this global warming dealio so LA and SF can flood and end this madness?
No doubt emboldened by the new Cali law that bans trans-fats.
L.A. blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas
Jul 29, 5:22 PM (ET)
By CHRISTINA HOAG
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.
The moratorium unanimously approved Tuesday is a bid to attract restaurants that offer healthier food choices to residents in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles.
Councilwoman Jan Perry says residents at five public meetings expressed concern with the proliferation of fast-food outlets in the community plagued by above-average rates of obesity.
Nearly three-quarters of the restaurants in South L.A. are fast-food outlets. That's a higher percentage than other parts of the city but the restaurant industry says the moratorium won't help bring in alternatives.
No doubt emboldened by the new Cali law that bans trans-fats.
L.A. blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas
Jul 29, 5:22 PM (ET)
By CHRISTINA HOAG
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.
The moratorium unanimously approved Tuesday is a bid to attract restaurants that offer healthier food choices to residents in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles.
Councilwoman Jan Perry says residents at five public meetings expressed concern with the proliferation of fast-food outlets in the community plagued by above-average rates of obesity.
Nearly three-quarters of the restaurants in South L.A. are fast-food outlets. That's a higher percentage than other parts of the city but the restaurant industry says the moratorium won't help bring in alternatives.