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  • L.A. wants to clamp yearlong ban on fast food

    07/29/2008 6:40:58 AM PDT · by Red in Blue PA · 64 replies · 217+ views
    MSNBC ^ | 7/29/2008 | MSNBC
    LOS ANGELES - In the impoverished neighborhood of South Los Angeles, fast food is the easiest cuisine to find — and that's a problem for elected officials who see it as an unhealthy source of calories and cholesterol. The City Council was poised to vote Tuesday on a moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a swath of the city where a proliferation of such eateries goes hand-in-hand with obesity. "Our communities have an extreme shortage of quality foods," City Councilman Bernard Parks said.