Black Lung Lofts
Many children being raised in L.A.'s hip, new freeway-adjacent housing are damaged for life
The council has banned smoking outdoors in or near restaurant patios, and in 2008, the council placed a controversial temporary ban on new fast-food outlets in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles after Jan Perry said her constituents were eating too much fat. She and other council members used the scientifically dubious argument that fast-food chains were to blame, only to be embarrassed by a Rand Corp. study some months later clearly showing that South Los Angeles actually has fewer fast-food chains than several areas of L.A.
The council is not considering a disclosure ordinance, however, to warn people about the well-researched and proven risks, especially for children, of living right next to a freeway. Joe Lyou finds the situation "outrageous," saying, "To create housing near areas that are dangerous for your health just seems so fundamentally wrong."
Contact Patrick Range McDonald at pmcdonald@laweekly.com.
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