LA’s food deserts affected by fast food minimum wage hike

As some fast food restaurants already begin to raise prices to make up for the increase of the minimum wage for workers, Los Angeles residents who live in so-called food deserts now have fewer options for affordable meals. In the West Adams neighborhood near Crenshaw Boulevard and 28th Street, people said it’s less time-consuming to pop by at fast food restaurants like McDonald’s, Yoshinoya and Taco Bell locations instead of going grocery shopping at a Smart & Final a couple of blocks away. “It's convenient for me to come to...