The City of Angels, eager to live up to its name and shine a guardian light down on the poor folks of Los Angeles, has decided to take on fast food.

The LA City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a one-year moratorium on any new fast food restaurants in a 32-square mile section of the city that is home to some of the area’s poorest inhabitants.

The ban is part of an effort to combat obesity among the city’s poor. Council members explained that there are more than 400 fast food outlets in the South Los Angeles, West Adams, Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park area, b...

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