I was afraid of this
After Chicago's ban on foie gras, and New York's anti-trans fat movement, here comes Los Angeles with zoning restrictions on fast food:
Food Apartheid from Slate
I'd love to see healthier alternatives available, but educational outreach -- teaching people how to prepare healthier food in a way that saves time (that's crucial - many of the working poor work two jobs) and on a budget -- would be a far preferable solution. Autonomous adults are perfectly capable of ordering a salad at any of the fast food chains. Whether they choose to do so or not is their decision, but that decision is better influenced by real hands-on education than by a paternalistic zoning law. The community would be better served by people going into the neighborhoods and holding short cooking demonstrations of meals made with economically possible options.
Food Apartheid from Slate
I'd love to see healthier alternatives available, but educational outreach -- teaching people how to prepare healthier food in a way that saves time (that's crucial - many of the working poor work two jobs) and on a budget -- would be a far preferable solution. Autonomous adults are perfectly capable of ordering a salad at any of the fast food chains. Whether they choose to do so or not is their decision, but that decision is better influenced by real hands-on education than by a paternalistic zoning law. The community would be better served by people going into the neighborhoods and holding short cooking demonstrations of meals made with economically possible options.