Albertsons-Kroger grocery merger has no friends among these 5 LA City Council members

Five Los Angeles City Council members introduced a resolution Friday intended to formalize the city’s position against a proposed mega-merger of grocery giants, which would impact 579 stores, including 63 locations in California.

During a news conference Friday morning, Councilwoman Traci Park led her colleagues — Heather Hutt, Tim McOsker, John Lee and Hugo Soto-Martinez, co-authors of the resolution — in sending a clear message to the city’s federal partners that L.A. is “unequivocally...