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Article: Ban OK'd on new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- July 29, 2008
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LOS ANGELES - The City Council on Tuesday approved a moratorium
on the opening of fast-food restaurants in the South Los Angeles
area in a bid to get residents to make healthier food choices.
Spearheaded by City Councilwoman Jan Perry, the ordinance
prevents fast-food chains from opening new outlets in a 32-square-
mile area encompassing South Los Angeles, West Adams, Baldwin Hills
and Leimert Park.
The ban will be in effect for one year, with the possibility of
two six-month extensions.
The ordinance defines a fast-food restaurant as "any
establishment which dispenses food for consumption on or off the
premises, and which has the following characteristics: a limited
menu, ...