Radical diet: should local governments ban fast-food eateries?City Councilwoman Jan Perry Jan Perry (circa. 1954 —) currently represents the 9th district of the Los Angeles City Council. External links
Preceded by Rita Walters Los Angeles City Councilwoman is proposing a ban on building new fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. . So the Business Journal asks: * JANA BRANCH Vice President of Brand Communication Bossa Nova bos·sa no·va n. 1. A style of popular Brazilian music derived from the samba but with more melodic and harmonic complexity and less emphasis on percussion. 2. A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba. : The Superfruit Co. No, there are other ways to address the health issue rather than focus on banning a particular business format. * DENNIS AYERS Partner NSBN NSBN New Schools Better Neighborhoods LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol No, because they're the only place that people with lower incomes can eat. Food at sit-down restaurants isn't any healthier. It's easier to pick on the fast-food people, but no one picks on regular restaurants whose food is just as bad. What you end up doing is penalizing low-income people with not being able to find a place to find something cheap. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * STEVEN LOPEZ Steven Lopez (born November 9 1978) is a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist in Taekwondo at the Olympics. Personal Born November 9, 1978, Lopez is a 1997 graduate of Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas. Vice President HKS HKS Harvard Kennedy School (John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; Cambridge, MA) HKS Hrvatski Košarkaški Savez (Croatian Basketball Federation) HKS Silver Hake HKS Hong Kong Standard Inc. No, I think that to encourage healthy lifestyles, education, access to physical education and athletic facilities, and cultural awareness are much more important and will be ultimately more effective. I don't think that prohibition against any certain type of food is Lopez going to be effective. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * CRAIG DIAMOND President Diamond Creative The solution isn't banning unhealthy choices, it's promoting healthy ones. Local governments should incentivize in·cen·tiv·ize tr.v. in·cen·tiv·ized, in·cen·tiv·iz·ing, in·cen·tiv·iz·es To offer incentives or an incentive to; motivate: the positive options rather than banning the negative ones. A program that offers tax breaks to restaurants, even existing ones, that offer healthier dining options at the fast-food price point would make nutritious food accessible to those who can't find it or can't afford it. * MARCIO MAGALHAES Vice President, Small-Business Banking Division Comerica Bank I believe so, and in their place they should put organic restaurants so the people can eat better and healthier. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Los Angeles Business Journal Poll Do you think local governments should ban fast food restaurants? Los Angeles Business Journal Poll Do you think local governments should ban fast food restaurants? No, the market should decide 71% In certain cases where they have become a community problem 17% Yes, it would be protecting public health 12% Online results for week ending July 9 Note: Table made from bar graph. |
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