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Big Boxes Are Safe in LA--At Least for Now!

LOS ANGELES-Planning Commission rejects union-backed plan that would essentially outlaw stores such as Wal-Mart and K-mart from competing with unionized grocers. Measure could still be revived, but passage would be more difficult.

By David W. Myers | Updated on January 31, 2001

LOS ANGELES-The Planning Commission here has rejected a proposal to essentially outlaw certain types of big-box retailers, providing developers with a rare win and dealing a blow to the labor unions that had been supporting the plan.

The proposal was introduced last fall by Jackie Goldberg, a councilwoman from Hollywood who has since moved up to the state Assembly. It would ban big box stores larger than 150,000 sf if at least 11,000 sf would be used to sell groceries or take-out food.

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