L.A. council member wants to ban businesses from going cash-free

Los Angeles councilmember Heather Hutt seeks ban against cashless businesses

To protect Angelenos who don't have bank accounts or credit cards, should City Hall ban cashless retail businesses?

L.A. council member wants to ban businesses from going cash-free

While the days of wallets stuffed with dollar bills and pockets jingling with coins might be a distant memory for many of us, a Los Angeles City Council member wants to make sure cash doesn’t go extinct. At least not yet. Councilwoman Heather Hutt, District 10, who represents a wide swath of central L.A. from Baldwin Hills to Koreatown, introduced a motion Tuesday to ban cashless retail businesses in the city. “Cashless businesses create an econ…