{"id":117299,"date":"2022-06-06T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T04:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-wieners-dangerous-4-a-m-zombie-bar-bill-rises-again\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:30:02","slug":"las-peligrosas-4-a-m-de-wiener-el-proyecto-de-ley-de-los-bares-zombie-se-alza-nuevamente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/las-peligrosas-4-a-m-de-wiener-el-proyecto-de-ley-de-los-bares-zombie-se-alza-nuevamente\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiener&#8217;s Dangerous 4 a.m. &#8220;Zombie&#8221; Bar Bill Rises Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b><i>San Francisco State Senator attempts &#8220;Gut &amp; Amend&#8221; tactic to impose a toxic public policy benefiting select business owners at considerable cost to <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 4, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=1592021156&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a> is condemning State Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener&#8217;s<\/span> 4th attempt since 2017 to extend alcohol hours of service in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. Wiener &#8220;gutted and amended&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=629889973&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillVotesClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB930&amp;a=SB+930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SB 930<\/a>, a bill originally relating to housing which passed the Senate in May. Now it&#8217;s a bill in the Assembly that would allow 7 cities in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> to extend alcohol sales in bars and restaurants to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> All of Wiener&#8217;s previous attempts to extend alcohol sales have failed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2867left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2867left\" style=\"width: 309px; height: 400px;\" title=\"California Senator introduces SB 930, a dangerous bill to extend alcohol sales to 4 a.m. with no regard for public health and safety.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1832756\/Stop_Wieners_4am_Bar_Bill.jpg\" alt=\"California Senator introduces SB 930, a dangerous bill to extend alcohol sales to 4 a.m. with no regard for public health and safety.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p><i>&#8220;There is no surprise that Senator Wiener has once again chosen nightlife over all life and industry profits over public health and safety,&#8221; \u00a0<\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Cruz Avila<\/span>, Executive Director at Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;This is his fourth attempt to disrupt the protections of a uniform closing time in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. If passed it will allow a poorly conceived &#8220;pilot project&#8221; to turn much of the state&#8217;s population into <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=3600656631&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=%22Splash+Zone%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Splash Zone&#8221;<\/a> lab animals.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The San Francisco State Senator continues to turn his back on common sense by authoring another dangerous <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bill,&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span>, Public Affairs Director at Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;Greedy bars, night clubs, and hotels are driving this faulty policy that will extend violence, traffic deaths and nuisance into the early morning commute hours.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;This bill will have a serious negative impact on <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> LGBTQ community that is already experiencing exponential rates of substance use and other intersecting issues<\/i>,&#8221; stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Mayra Jimenez<\/span>, Advocacy Manager at Alcohol Justice.<\/p>\n<p><i>A<\/i>ccording to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents are 90% more likely to use alcohol and drugs than their heterosexual counterparts. <i>A<\/i>pproximately 44.6% of LGB individuals between the ages of 18 and 28 report binge drinking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<i>We will continue to fight for justice for the LGBTQ+ community as we convince legislators in <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span> and in the districts to take <\/i>bold positions to<i>\u00a0protect the lives of all Californians and not continue to choose corporate profits\u00a0masked as small business and &#8220;nightlife&#8221; promotion. \u00a0That is a farse for big alcohol to keep drowning our most vulnerable communities with toxic substances that have historically left our communities with devastating health outcomes,&#8221; <\/i>added Jimenez.<i> &#8221; We need to stop this desperate bend over backwards approach to promote getting drunk as a cultural experience before the <span class=\"xn-chron\">August 31<\/span> legislative session deadline. <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> taxpayers need authentic cultural and entertainment venues and avenues that don&#8217;t sell us out to the highest bidding, substance pushing industry. We do not need to pay for additional public health and safety harms in order to profit the nightlife industry. &#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Conservative estimates place state costs at around <span class=\"xn-money\">$3<\/span>-4 million per year to administer SB 930, mitigate the harm, and clean the blood off the highway. Costs to surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=3600656631&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=%22Splash+Zone%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Splash Zone&#8221;<\/a> cities and towns could be millions more.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol Justice is urging concerned Californians to contact their Assemblymember and make it clear that <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> last call times will hurt the community. <i>&#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> politicians need to protect public health and safety, and stop subsidizing Big Alcohol. Nightlife is not more important than all life.&#8221; <\/i>added Avila.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wcag-arialevel-3\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 1.17em; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\"><b>Facts:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Having failed to pass three previous <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bills (SB 384 in 2017, SB 905 in 2018, SB 58 in 2019) Senator Wiener is now promoting SB 930, a poorly conceived an inadequately funded ABC &#8220;pilot project&#8221; to extend last call to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> in seven cities.<\/li>\n<li>SB 930 disregards 40 years of peer-reviewed, public health research on the dangers of extending last call.<\/li>\n<li>SB 930 will strip away uniform protections of the existing <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> last call, and spread additional alcohol overconsumption, loss of life, injury, and nuisance across the state.<\/li>\n<li>According to California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), fatal DUI is a <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=458168942&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ots.ca.gov%2Fgrants%2Falcohol-impaired-driving%2F&amp;a=chronic%2C+worsening+problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">chronic, worsening problem<\/a> for <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=1174247430&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3712516%2F&amp;a=U.S.+Community+Preventive+Services+Task+Force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force<\/a> found that <u>every 2-hour increase in last-call times results in greater vehicle crash injuries and E.R. admissions<\/u>. \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>There is no such thing as &#8220;local control&#8221; in alcohol policy. The harm from one city&#8217;s decision to change last-call times &#8220;splashes&#8221; over every surrounding community.<\/li>\n<li>According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=1960808794&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=California+already+suffers+over+10%2C500+alcohol-related+deaths+annually%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> already suffers over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths annually,<\/a>\u00a0$35 billion in total costs, and <span class=\"xn-money\">$14.5 billion<\/span> in state costs.<\/li>\n<li>SB 930 subsidizes and rewards late-night alcohol-sellers at tax-payer expense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>TAKE ACTION to <\/b>STOP SB 930: <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=590365604&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F39c6Z6u&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F39c6Z6u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/39c6Z6u<\/a> or Text JUSTICE to 313131<\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT:<br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 548-0492<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Mayra Jimenez<\/span> 323 683-4687<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=3601291787&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1832756%2FStop_Wieners_4am_Bar_Bill.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1832756%2FStop_Wieners_4am_Bar_Bill.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1832756\/Stop_Wieners_4am_Bar_Bill.jpg<\/a><br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3557711-1&amp;h=1236033504&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2Falcohol_justice_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2Falcohol_justice_logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpga37cleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpga37cleft\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 219px;\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo. 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