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A 2008 ban on new fast-food restaurants in South L.A. has failed to cut the obesity rate, a Rand study saysSeven years ago, Los Angeles made national headlines with a novel attempt to reduce obesity in South L.A. by banning new fast-food restaurants. But a new study found the effort has not achieved its intended goal. A Rand Corp. report released Thursday says that from 2007 to 2012, the percentage of people who were overweight or obese increased everywhere in L.A., but the increase was significantly greater in areas covered by the fast-food ordinance, including Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park.The...

The food police have struck again and they’re dumber than ever. Ok. This is insane. The presence of fast food isn’t what keeps high end restaurants and grocery stores from building in southern LA. I know this is hard for brain dead bureaucrats to understand but businesses will only locate where they believe they can turn a profit. If the businesses the LA city council wanted to be in south LA thought they could make a profit there then, obviously, they’d already be there. Of course that’s not really what this is all about.