LA City Councilwoman Jan Perry wants to ban new fast-food restaurants in 32 square miles of Los Angeles—including Watts, the Crenshaw District and Baldwin Hills. The LA Business Journal calls it “the largest Big Mac attack the nation has ever seen.” Calistoga up in the wine country and Concord, Massachusetts have done it, but it’s never been tried before on this scale.
Council To Consider Fast-Food Restaurant Ban in South Central
Credits
Guests:
- Jan Perry - former LA city councilmember - @JanPerry
- Paul Campos - Law Professor at The University of Colorado, Boulder; Writer, Scripps Howard newspapers and Author of “The Obesity Myth”
- Blair Salsbury - President of the LA Chapter of California Restaurant Association
- Amanda Bloom - Policy Director for the California Center for Public Health Advocacy