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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Council To Consider Fast-Food Restaurant Ban in South Central

    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.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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.

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      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Jan Perry

      former LA city councilmember

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      Paul Campos

      Law Professor at The University of Colorado, Boulder; Writer, Scripps Howard newspapers and Author of “The Obesity Myth”

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      Blair Salsbury

      President of the LA Chapter of California Restaurant Association

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