Banned: New Fast Food Restaurants in South L.A.
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The Los Angeles City Council has banned new stand-alone fast food restaurants from opening within half a mile of each other* in South L.A., citing rising health concerns and the need for more food choices in the area.
“This is not an attempt to control people as to what they can put into their mouths. This is an attempt to diversify their food options,” councilmember Jan Perry told KABC in a seemingly contradictory statement.
KABC reports:
New stand-alone fast food restaurants have been banned from setting up shop in South Los Angeles, due to rising health concerns by the city council.
How many fast food eateries does one area really need? The Los Angeles City Council thinks South Los Angeles and South East Los Angeles need new choices as these regions face an over-concentration of such restaurants.
“This is not an attempt to control people as to what they can put into their mouths. This is an attempt to diversify their food options,” said councilmember Jan Perry.
Perry’s new plan bans new so-called “stand alone” fast food restaurants opening within half a mile of existing restaurants.
Such stand-alone establishments are on their own property, but those same restaurants are OK if they’re a part of a strip mall, according to the new rules.
“Give a grocery store and a housing combination a chance to come in,” Perry said.
The city says around 72 percent of restaurants in South L.A. are fast food establishments, which is much higher than West L.A. and countywide averages which range in the 40s.
UPDATE:
Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey offers an explanation for the lack of fine cuisine in the area, and why a government ban may not be the answer:
What, there aren’t any high-priced French restaurants in South LA? Sacre bleu! That might have something to do with the high unemployment and low incomes in the area. Perry complains that 72% of the restaurants in the area are fast food compared to West LA’s concentration being in the mid-40s, but the obvious explanation is that higher income areas can support higher-priced restaurants. If Olive Garden could make a profit in South LA, they’d already be there. The issue isn’t that fast-food restaurants are hogging the commercial space, but that other establishments aren’t moving into the area.
(H/T: Hot Air)
*The half-mile designation was added to match the information already contained in the story.
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lshort250
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:35pmIt is a power grab and so is Senate Bill S.510 which may be passed into law any day now by the Senate. The bill was held up in the House, but they figured out a sneaky way to get it back to the Senate. They attached it to a spending bill. This is a massive and dangerous bill which should have been sent back to the Senate as a stand-alone bill for an up or down vote. Now it will probably pass as an afterthought to the spending bill which much be passed to keep the Government going. This is a rotten way to pass legislation which is, in essence, a takeover of our food supply by the Federal Government. It puts control of our food into the hands of the FDA, the same organization which gave us genetically modified foods WITHOUT EVEN TESTING to see if they are harmful to our health. If you want to protest the Food Safety Bill, contact your Senators and tell them not to vote in favor of any legislation which includes it. Go to http://www.healthfreedomusa.org to learn more.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:55pmUhh the food safety bill already passed. It was a unanimous vote and it wasn’t attached to the spending bill. You’re a day late and a dollar short.
You‘re correct that it’s a power grab and bad policy, but you’re late to the party.
Report Post »lshort250
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:31pmI believe I’m correct that the bill has still not passed the Senate on a final vote. The Senate version of the bill passed the Senate on 11/30 and headed to the House. Then it was discovered that the Senate version was flawed, and it was up to the House to correct it and send it back to the Senate. They did so but attached it to a spending bill in a rather sneaky maneuver. Now the Senate has to do a final vote and send it on to Obama. This bill can still be stopped, but I’m not extremely hopeful unless a lot of people rise up and protest it to their Senators. The more I read about this bill, the more I am convinced this is the most dangerous legislation in our lifetime.
Report Post »lshort250
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 3:11pmJust found out the spending bill to which S.510 is attached will be voted on next week. So there is still time to protest to your Senators regarding the underhanded way they are trying to get this legislation passed. Please research S.510 for yourselves and you’ll discover this bill gives tremendous powers to the FDA which is known to be a corrupt agency.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 1:02amYou‘re correct in that it hasn’t been signed into law yet, but it already passed in the Senate unanimously. No amount of letter writing is going to affect that. What this bill really is is an earmark vessel. This is what they do. They take a piece of legislation that they THINK will be widely popular among all americans (after all who doesn’t want safe food right?) and stick all their pork into it.
This is standard procedure. They have come to expect that nobody is actually going to read what’s in a bill and just be pleased by the their titles like…”The Dream Act, No Child Left Behind, Food Safety, etc”. They count on people looking at the titles and saying “oh hell yeah, who doesn’t want that” without actually knowing what’s in it. Then they slip all their earmarks into it, and nobody is the wiser.
The house is just getting their turn at putting their earmarks into it.
I agree it’s bad law. I agree the motivations behind it are not noble. But the bill is going to pass. Politicians only respond to the will of the people during election cycles. We are much too far away from the 2012 election cycle for them to care about what us pleebs think right now.
Report Post »SgtGGP
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:35pmAnd how does effect food courts inside malls?
Report Post »MJ1025
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:33pmLet’s just keep stepping all over the small business owners in this country.
Report Post »MrBaseball
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:33pmThis is why I moved away from California! “Diversify their food choices,” haha I almost laughed at the obvious progressive choice of words.
Report Post »MightyMouth
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:33pmBrilliant! Reduce your tax base even more! Make people drive even further to get fast food, wasting gas and causing more traffic congestion! The word “*******” was coined for a reason! Hey, if fast food is so bad for you why not just BAN it altogether? bunch of Food Nazis!
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:40pmDon’t rush them, banning fast food and anything else they deem unhealthy is already in the works.
Report Post »They will have to take my rice krispie treats from my cold dead hand!
Gundi Lite
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:13pmLIBTERD is better. No reason to compair the Libs with nice people who were born with a problem.
Report Post »Flux
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:31pmThink outside the bun.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:30pmNothing that happens in California matters anymore. They are beyond the point that they can recover from. Every second you spend worrying about the newest idiotic move in ‘California is time wasted not paying attention to areas that still have some hope to turn themselves around BEFORE they completely fall prey to the criminally stupid.
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 3:16pmI agree-california is a waste of space–sad, used to be a great place.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:29pmGreat, a grocery store would need a lot more room than a fast food eatery would take up…unless it is a “mom & pop” operation which will go under fast due to the inability to compete price-wise and the grand and glorious residents in the area stealing them blind.
More housing? Great…more high rent slums the gangsters can park their butts in front of and sell drugs.
If a fast food establishment can open there and be profitable, then it means employment…and taxes…and you liberal spenders paying down your debt.
Or buy the land back from them and install a police sub-division to help deter crime.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:27pmHere come the food police!! What next??
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:27pmstupid is as stupid does..pehaps they open for business because people like to eat there….
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:26pmIt IS an attempt to control what people put into their mouths. Want to know how I know? They said it is NOT an attempt to control what people put into their mouths.
Report Post »Kalidor835
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:26pmI‘m sure there are other things they aren’t opposed to people putting in their mouths. This is California after all. Now it is definitely an attempt to control what foods get put in someone’s mouth.
Report Post »abcwally
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:24pmWhen are they going to stop micro managing everything? The old saying comes to mind. “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.” Government, get out of the DAMN way!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Comrade Capitalist
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:24pmFirst a nudge… then a shove
Report Post »EP46
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:46pmAgree Comrade…but this might be a good thing. Remember…we are soon going to have to BAIL OUT California….so maybe we can just send a few canned goods from China.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 9:33pmNow the people shove back—ready?
1776Federalist
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:24pmIt is about regulating (controlling) what people put into their mouths. It is anti free market, and an unethical power grab. If people want to visit a sit down restaurant, they will. If the same people are pushed for time, they will hit the fast food joint. Let people decide for themselves, and stop with the uber controlling government tactics.
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:24pmThe destruction of the Free-Market!
Report Post »spendthrift
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:34pmAnd we wonder why unemployment is so high?
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:48pmSince when is it the right of the darn gov to tell a man what he can do with his own property? Zoning laws aside since we aren’t talking about putting a pig farm next to a fast food place.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:23pmTyranny at the local level. Are the wannabe tyrants rewarding their political cronies?
Report Post »http://commonsense21c.com/
GUT_CHECK
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:23pmso i cant get a “single” thing to eat.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:23pmFast food has been around for a very long time. I honestly don’t think that is what is turning people into fatties. Maybe excercise is the real culprit or rather the lack thereof. They should make a law that everybody goes out and runs around the block three times a day while their elected officials ride behind them whipping them. More lashes for the real fatties that fall behind.
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:23pmOf course.
Report Post »Comrade Capitalist
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:23pm…First a push, then a shove….
Report Post »Watcher1952
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:23pmWell of course it isn’t an attempt to control what you eat…. Just some more BS being shoveled at us…. People of America…..open your eyes and ears…..
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:21pmAdd your comments
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:56pm“Add your Comments” Why thank you I will.
Report Post »Have you noticed that every area of the country that has been controlled by the leftists (Democrats) turns into a toilet? Look at Detroit. Lots of Food Choices in Detroit. There is a great little taco place on the corner of Rape and Murder.
YellowFin
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 5:01pmWhy did the restaurant get built in the first place? I’m sure they went through all the government hoops, building permit and all and actually finished the building. Then, the government shut it down? Something is not right here!
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:20pmLet California slide into the ocean. No, let’s push it.
Report Post »FUBARSNAFU
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:27pmI with you man!
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:28pmNeed help pushing?
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:35pmDetonate the fault line!
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:21pmWhere’s the Beef ?!!
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:28pmI agree, and I’m a Californian. This is the nudge that Beck talked about. Pretty soon firearms will be completely banned for sale in CA. I just bought one and found out that buying ammo over the internet will be banned as of January 1, 2011. The town I live in has recently run a campaign of obtaining voluntary relinquishment of firearms for a trade of a low-value Walmart gift card in the guise of “disarming gang members”. The end result will be exactly the opposite. The thugs will keep their guns and the defenseless poor will become easy targets.
I want my hamburgers, guns, ammo, and Bible to be left the “F” alone.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:47pm… “As California Tumbles Into The Sea”…..
……….composer– Steely Dan—- song–“My Old School”…
…….awesome song… (*link*)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz5iDa7tL34
… ENJOY !!!
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:26pmThe People’s Republic of Socialist Kalifornia fails to surprise me anymore. This is the norm now.
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:49pmCA was like this when Iwas there in the 60s let Mexico have this state and save us some tax dollars….
Report Post »Citizen
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:20pmugh the libs think its up to them how many can be in an area – the correct answer is as many as can stay in business.
Report Post »Cliff
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:37pmboy they really hate the free market… I wonder why? OH I know… because they can’t control it!!! it is like a jealous person wanting everything but their own efforts!
http://www.mentorlynx.com/
Report Post »biggreenboo
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:42pmI’m with you on that… but until you go there and see how many fast food resturants there are in that area… it is pretty ridiculous.
Report Post »El Paco
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:47pmOh so they finally did this. Honestly, South LA needed this. They need more places to eat that AREN’T fried chicken places. Honestly.
Report Post »Citizen
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:50pmbeen there big green, i work with a few companies based out there.
if people dont want them then they will go out of business – see how that works ?
if the area supports 100 more fast food restaurants then so be it.
the government has no place in deciding how many fast food places can be in any given area.
but i understand if you like the model china is using, many people are turning into communists.
Report Post »Citizen
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:53pmum el paco they can go open one ? nothing is stopping someone from opening a healthy one
its supply and demand, if the people did not want fast food at all no fast food places would be there
but in your commie mindset you think people dont know whats good for them so you want the government to oppress people, great idea lol
Report Post »theCREATORisGOD
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:53pmI live in LA, not in South LA by any means (if I had the money to attend USC then i’d move down there in a heart beat, actually I’d probably commute, scratch that) anyways…
A, It‘s embarrassing that we are passing this sort of legislation when it’s exactly the opposite of what our economy needs right now.
B, I worked for In N Out Burger when I was younger for years (The only family owned and operated, Christian, Non-franchised “fast food” chain)….I’d be willing to bet that they would join in on the fight that this is an abuse of our legislatures reach and the residents of South Central should be able to choose if they want a quick burger or a gourmet Penne Pasta…
I’m just sayin…..
This is ridiculous….
Report Post »Wiz001
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 7:12amWhat a bunch of Maroons,… They do not want so many people eating at fast food places so instead of them being in one location(probably not in walking distance to most homes), to now spread them out over the whole town.. Be nice to have a Jack o Box move in next door, then i would not have to start the car in the mornings for Bfast.. Them luck californians….
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:20pmWhat’s next? No grape soda or menthol cigarettes in the convenience stores?
LadyLiberty
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:25pmSocial Justice and Political Correctness run amok.
http://ladyliberty1885.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/political-correctness-has-a-brother-social-justice/
Report Post »Konservative PUNK
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:26pmThe Nanny is just looking out for her children. Take your rations and say ‘thank you Nanny’ I’m so glad our beloved Nanny cares so deeply about our health. That way we can live long productive lives paying our taxes to our esteemed Nanny.
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:26pmUh, the grape soda thing is already happening in Boston. At government buildings!
untameable-kate
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:26pmThey will put scales and BMI charts in the store. Too fat? no grape soda for you!
Report Post »mast_elec929
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:30pmThis is insane. These people don’t want good food choices, they want larger welfare checks.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:31pmIt won’t be long before you will have to learn how to wipe your butt, by watching a 30 minute video on how to safely but thoroughly get it clean. This is just one more step in the stairs of total government take over of our lives. But then again its just in L.A. So that’s no big loss.
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:35pmzieg heil! jahwol mein fuhrer!
Lincoln1
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:35pmSo this means that the Jack In The Box I have been hoping for will not be there and able to compete with the Burger King or Weinerschnitzel…..now I will have to drive across town for my Breakfast Jack
Report Post »what4
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:39pmStill hoping for the really really big Mega Quake to fix the problems in Southern CA
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:45pmI hope one or more of the fast food industries will unite in suing the LA council over this. The practice seems to be based on a total discrimination against fast food industries, and the limitations of each persons choices concerning where they may dine at.
This nanny state nonsense has to be put in its place.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm
godlovinmom
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 12:47pmnumber one I haven’t really heard about all these health concerns in southern california…I’ve heard way more about drug violence, gang violence, home invasions and alike…and the one they crack down on is fast food…what
Report Post »roguetea
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:00pmrogue, Trusting Enterprising Americans
Report Post »And when they, CA, come begging for the scraps off our tables to fill their bloated pension belly, let us ban the handout. I have no problem with CA being unique or even outright weird. A matter of fact I champion the need for our 50 States to stand up and stand out, especially against the Feds. However, CA best not come around trying to dig into my back pocket here in Florida. I have been close to CA, in all neighboring States, but I never wanted to visit CA. This turns me off even more. In these difficult economic times, in that desperate financially bankrupt land, it is difficult to comprehend the banning of common free enterprise. Take their guns away, before they shoot all their toes off with a smile on their faces. Move away from there, head the ‘Keep Out’ signs. After all, that crowd has given us the Pelosi plaque. Be weird, but do not ask me to support your stupidity.
tea party, Own 11, ROGUE ON
grandmaof5
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:14pmThis is an assault on Capitalism and freedom of choice, plain and simple. She can say what she wants but from where I‘m sitting in FL she’s lying. Come to FL, we don’t have all their taxes, earthquakes and mudslides.
Report Post »gman46
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:15pmSeriously the entrepreneur and small business owner are under attack in the country and it shouldn’t be!
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:18pmDo we really need California anyway. I think 49 states is plenty.
Report Post »Gundi Lite
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:24pmWHAT4,
Don’t forget the North. Frisco, Berkley etc. The Nuts and Fruits.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:30pmuummm… I think you mean purple drink… but I’m a racist…
Report Post »mimitweetin
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:30pmThey are already trying to Ban Menthols! And soda!
Report Post »dablooz
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:30pmMr. Sunshine, sorry to rain on your parade, but that would leave 56 states.
Report Post »redneckgenius
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:52pmno, next they‘ll just tell me I can’t put up a building on land that I own…. wait a minute…. they already did that… hmmmmmmm
Report Post »NoDaDAZone
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 1:54pmDADA MANIFESTO: WIKI-LEAKS ON THE LEFT..
Dada means Progressive. They are communists, socialists and anarchists. They build nothing. They destroy. They want to kill God and Liberty and Art. They want to rule the world. They are not fit to live on this earth God made”–(Salvador Dali as related to Marc Rubin in 1974)
Watch the Evil Left destroy themselves for a change. Smile and don’t be grim or you will make other grim.
Know that the Dada Manifesto is their talking points and has seeped into their brains as a mental disorder From Dada Manifesto: .”Logic is a complication, The truth is always false…We throw heaven‘s hand into hell and hell’s hand to heaven…after the carnage we are left with the hope of a purified humanity”
After the Carnage of WW1 in Europe, Communist-Socialist-Anarchist thugs didn’t get much juice for their politic until they merged and adopted with the Dada Ant-Art movement and got the talking points and strategy to attack civilization
This video, by artist Marc Rubin, explains how they have worked people for 100 years: http://www.marcrubin.com/dada2.ivnu . Read the Dada Manifesto on the Dada Home Page Link” You will see DADA is everywhere, but we can win with ridicule, knowledge and Art which unites us.
THE META-FACTS OF HISTORY SINCE 3000 BCE is the Progressive “framework”. See how it emerged as a consequence of natural disaster and caused the first wars of civilization.Listen: Israel National Radio interview of artist Marc Rubin at http://www.marcrubin.com/judean-
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:01pmcomming soon to the rest of the country thanks to the food control bill.
Report Post »Gundi Lite
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:03pmI just had 2 Big Mac’s with a Large fries. Tonight Woopers for everyone.
Also, I think I will got some ‘White Castles’ for breakfast. Love’um cold.
MO and B——-O can’t stop Me from killing Myself.
Even If I need some China white to do it. ROTFLMMFAOATLWTTOU
YOU DON’T OWN THIS BODY, YET . . . .
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:17pmThi state needs every tax dollar they can get and they are closing up business for PC crap. Dont give them one dollar of our tax money…
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:30pmSo let me understand the logic here. You can not build a restaurant where you want, but an anti American Mosque in a “sacred” area is OK? What an I missing here?
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:55pmits time to put a stop to these out of their minds nuts. who do hese people think they are? whats wrong with you la people you should be taring and feathering those idiots and running them out of town.(just dont send them east arizona dont need your trash)
Report Post »clipper
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 2:55pmno way that might anger the base.
Report Post »jds7171
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 3:08pmThe only food places that can open is the fast food chains. They are the only ones who can over come all of the stupid regulations. There is no way for a small ma and pa store to open up a business and have it succeed. California, you guys are stupid, sorry for the northern california folks. I keep saying it, you should split from south california before they drag you down too.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 3:44pmStand back people!!….I have a Whopper and I’m not afraid to eat it!!!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 3:46pmnorthern california and southern oregon…I believe that would be the state of jefferson…I would go for that…since portland librals run our state as southern california librals run california…having said that…don’t know what I would do with San Francisco…maybe an earthquake can take it off our hands…
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:02pmActually , they need MORE stand alone rest. to get rid of some of that dead weight, out there in L.A. no?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:06pmThey have to many Mexicans……………
Report Post »Reagan/Demint.deciple
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:07pmAs I relooked/listened to this story , the key word was HOUSING.. Give a chance of a grocery store and some “ HOUSING” to come in… only a liberal thinks this way.. more gov. housing.. geez !!.
Report Post »Parkeralan
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:32pmThat’s correct. The liberal elite will tell the idiot masses whats good for them. Where is the outrage from the poverty pimps Jackson, sharpton and their ilk?
Report Post »spokanerxdude
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:35pmSound like it’s time for everyone to buy their favorite fast food, show up at a town meeting, take turns going up to the front of the room to call them communists or FOOD NATZIS and then throw your meal on the floor in front of them, don‘t throw it at them that would be assault and you know they’re the only ones that can do that with their communist rule making. PEACEFUL DISOBEDIANCE!!!
Report Post »sgjohnso
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:39pmAs a resident of USC and living within a block of where that footage was shot, it is contradictory to say that specific area of South LA is low income. Everyone who lives within a walking distance of those restaurants are already paying $42,000 in tuition and/or paying a couple thousand to be in a Greek House or the same amount in other types of housing (plus parking rates!)-buying a burger is not a problem for any student. Those fast food places set up there because they can make a profit. We want those institutions for fast and easy food at odd hours of the day when other restaurants aren’t open. There are plenty of other options besides burgers in South LA! The other important thing to note is that Jan Perry went to USC and she is now limiting the choices for economic growth that she oversees as being the council woman for that area.
Guess this means we are never going to get our In N Out near campus…
Report Post »CALIDUDE
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:43pmHey I am sorely disappointed in the racist BS about Grape Soda and Menthols and the “person” GoatAlready why would you say such a thing? I think maybe some of y’all are some progressive trolls trying to discredit conservatives. How do you know what color I or anyone else on this site is? Even if you do not agree with the majority view point here people of all colors have feelings you know? I will pray mightily for you.
Report Post »Secondly, for the California haters there are plenty of Patriots out here. I spent 5 years in the USN defending my country; can all of you say that?
TXPilot
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:45pmThose on the left better beware…..Telling us what we can and cannot eat is going to eventually cause all the enraged fat people in this country to rise up…..and we will be force to use our most devastating secret weapon…….inertia!!!……..you can also try to starve us Commies, but word to the wise, we are also highly famine resistant.
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 4:49pmI’m still in favor of selling California to the Chinese for a zero debt balance.
Report Post »theCREATORisGOD
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 5:14pmIn the words of President Reagan….
“The government’s duty is to protect the people, not run their lives…”
Excuse me LA city council….have you taken a look at the crime stats of South Central lately? They aren’t getting any better…so why not try to get crime down and PROTECT the people of south LA before telling them that they are not allowed to indulge in their favorite comfort foods!!
Gimme a break!!!
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 6:04pm@LINCOLN1
Ok, to be sure…..there is absolutely NO competition to the incomparable Weinerschnitzel!!
@TXPILOT
Put the Whopper down and slowly back away….don’t throw your life away over simple mistake, son!
Congress may approve a plan to help with the fast food epidemic….they are considering legislation that would replace the the “Carl’s Jr.” girls with Helen Thomas. There was a private screening on Capitol Hill behind closed doors. There were reports of some lawmakers screaming “My eyes!!! My eyes!!!” and the doors had to be replaced due to the deep fingernail marks on the inside.
Report Post »what4
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 7:23pmGundi Lite
Baby steps…..Big messes to clean up! But any one of those places would be just fine….I’m far enough away, and nowhere near any fault lines…..waiting!!
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 7:44pmOnce again the government aids large corporations in the ruse of helping the citizenry.
Report Post »Tyr
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 8:19pmIt all began with mandatory car insurance and seat belt laws……you did it to yourselves, you frickin’ idiots! Don’t blame anyone except that person looking back at you in the mirror!
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 8:58pmYou crazy radical southern Californians I will just go to San Francisco to get me Big mac….what do you mean they don’t sell them either? NUTS
Report Post »mrclean
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 9:02pm“This is not an attempt to control people as to what they can put into their mouths. This is an attempt to diversify their food options,” said councilmember Jan Perry.
Why don’t you just STF up and mind your own business.
Report Post »tolyadmac
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 9:22pm“How many fast food eateries do we need??”…as many as we decide we want…we dont care how many they think we need.
Report Post »HELLRAZOR
Posted on December 10, 2010 at 9:32pmThere’s no restaurants in south L.A. because there were burnt down in ‘92 during the L.A. riots …..it’s that simple…….why re-invest if you can’t take care of neighborhood….beside I don’t know anyone who would eat at a salad bar or is a vegan in South L,A,……I mean I don‘t see anyone trying to close down Chef Marilyn’s Soul Food Express on Crenshaw Blvd……It’s good food but since when is fried chicken,candied yams or southern style oxtails good for you?!?!……Beside these places provide jobs…..
Report Post »101
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:34amCalifornian Democrats are the problem, not the fast food business…so cut more jobs & eliminate more state tax revenue by banning fast food restaurants!
On a totally unrelated note, some unemployment numbers:
9.8 percent: United States
12.4 percent: California
12.5 percent: Los Angeles County
14.3 percent: the city of Los Angeles
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On April 28, 2010
A California county became the first in the nation to ban toys from fast food kids’ meals
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Fox reported Dec 6, 2010
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state’s finances on Wednesday, raising pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that is more than a month overdue and will need to close a $19 billion shortfall.
The deficit is 22 percent of the $85 billion general fund budget the governor signed last July for the fiscal year that ended in June, highlighting how the steep drop in California’s revenue due to recession, the housing slump, financial market turmoil and high unemployment have slashed its all-important personal income tax collection.
In the declaration, Schwarzenegger ordered three days off without pay per month beginning in August for tens of thousands of state employees to preserve the state’s cash to pay its debt, and for essential services
But there to concerned about apple slices & free health care & food stamps for illegals!
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:18amI think we have more rising health concerns from what some politicians are cooking up then food establishments. Perhaps we should keep them miles from local, state or federal government buildings.
Report Post »emhorne
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 11:48amNudge
Report Post »csbulldog
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 1:56pmWhat they really didn’t say was that “South LA” (aka South Central) is about 80% illegal aliens and on welfare. It used to be predominately black residents, but they were run out in the 1990′s. Most who receive welfare are likely to be obese in this country. It can’t be the persons fault, it must be the evil fast food establishment.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 8:19pmWon’t be just the menthols, you can bet it will be all cigarettes (except, of course, for Obama). Anybody hungry for a cheeseburger, fries, and a milkshake? Screw soy burgers!
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