Early this month of November, Los Angeles' City Council passed a resolution endorsing "meatless Mondays." The goal of the campaign is to decrease meat consumption since case studies have yielded results showing lower risks for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity by curtailing one's consumption of meat. The resolution passed in a unanimous 12-0 vote in council. It is by no means an intensive demand. The City Council is hoping that citizens will comply with it and go vegetarian for one day of the week for health and environmental reasons, which may be especially beneficial to L.A. since, according to the Department of Health Services, more than half of the city's citizen's are obese or overweight. This simple, small change can potentially have great benefits on the residents' lives and the environment, and hopefully, it will be adapted by other cities/states.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/11/city-council-asks-la-residents-to-go-meatless-on-mondays-.html
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