Not a whole lot to fast-food ban in South L.A.

So is it shocking that the Los Angeles city council placed a 1-year moratorium on fast-food restaurants in South Los Angeles?

The articles I've seen make this into a big deal, but it won't help or hurt or address the problems involved.

South L.A., like other poor urban areas, is a food desert. Not many grocery stores, not much nutritional food at a cost those in the area can afford, and difficulty to travel to get that kind of food. So not surprisingly, there are a lot of fast food restaurants in the area. (Los Angeles is the unofficial hamburger capital of the world.)

So will a 1-year moratorium mean changes for the area? By itself, no, not at all. The problem is complex, and the solution can't be simple. The only hope is that this unusual action will draw attention where problems can be solved, or at least reduced.