{"id":133067,"date":"2022-08-09T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-fresno-city-council-members-join-health-and-safety-advocates-to-oppose-sb-930-the-4-a-m-bar-bill\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T07:20:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T11:20:01","slug":"los-concejales-de-fresno-se-unen-a-los-defensores-de-la-salud-y-la-seguridad-para-oponerse-al-proyecto-de-ley-sb-930-de-cierre-de-bares-a-las-4-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/los-concejales-de-fresno-se-unen-a-los-defensores-de-la-salud-y-la-seguridad-para-oponerse-al-proyecto-de-ley-sb-930-de-cierre-de-bares-a-las-4-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno City Council Members Join Health and Safety Advocates to Oppose SB 930 &#8211;  the 4 a.m. Bar Bill"},"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.prngen2{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.17em; PADDING-LEFT:0.17em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 0pt initial; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt initial; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt initial; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt initial\n}\n.prnml4{\nMARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE; BORDER-TOP:1pt  black; BORDER-RIGHT:1pt  black; BORDER-BOTTOM:1pt  black; BORDER-LEFT:1pt  black\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">FRESNO, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 8, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=845467502&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fresno.gov%2Fcitycouncil%2F&amp;a=Fresno+City+Council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fresno City Council<\/a> will join with health and safety advocates from <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=432756505&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=1976273740&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ffridaynightlive.tcoe.org%2F&amp;a=Friday+Night+Live+Partnership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Friday Night Live Partnership<\/a>\u00a0at a <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span> City Hall press event to oppose California SB 930. The <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=64902183&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB930&amp;a=%22gut+%26+amend%22+bill%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;gut &amp; amend&#8221; bill,<\/a> authored by Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>), and Assembly Member Mark Haney (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>), is the 5<sup>th<\/sup> attempt since 2013 to disrupt the protections of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> statewide uniform last call.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg5e13left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg5e13left\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Alcohol Justice logo.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=3819478144&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202120220SB930&amp;a=SB+930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SB 930<\/a>\u00a0would allow closing times for on-sale retailers to be extended from <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m. to 4 a.m.<\/span> as part of a dangerous &#8220;pilot program.&#8221; The experiment would take place in 6 cities: <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">West Hollywood<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Cathedral City<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Coachella<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Palm Springs<\/span>. <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span> was originally the 7<sup>th<\/sup> city in the pilot program but requested to be removed from the bill due to opposition among <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span> city leaders who will be voting on an opposition resolution later this week.<\/p>\n<p><b>What: \u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Press Conference \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>When: \u00a0<\/b><span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday August 9, 2022<\/span> <span class=\"xn-chron\">10:00 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where:<\/b> <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span> City Hall 2600 Fresno Street, Media Room 2120 2<sup>nd<\/sup> floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Who:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Councilmember Garry Bredefeld (District 6)<\/li>\n<li>Councilmember Tyler Maxwell (District 4)<\/li>\n<li>Councilmember Miguel Arias (District 3)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Cruz Avila<\/span>, Executive Director, Alcohol Justice<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Carson Benowitz-Fredericks<\/span>, MSPH, CHES, Research Director, Alcohol Justice<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Lynne Goodwin<\/span>, Administrator, Friday Night Live Partnership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why: \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One of the main points of opposition is that there is no &#8220;local control&#8221; when it comes to alcohol because the danger, harms and costs will not stay in the &#8220;Pilot Project Cities&#8221; where the drinking and economic benefits occur. If the bill becomes law, all surrounding communities of pilot project cities will be threatened by late night drinkers traveling drunk and fatigued in the early morning commute hours.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=1672464469&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fnccd.cdc.gov%2FDPH_ARDI%2Fdefault%2FReport.aspx%3FT%3DAAM%26P%3D6D144218-CE48-49BD-95E4-FC51B2BC1670%26R%3DCA67A465-8812-4B55-96E7-806DE7777137%26M%3D8B189235-8BCA-4567-88A7-50F0B3C0FE50%26F%3D%26D%3D&amp;a=Center+for+Disease+Control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Center for Disease Control<\/a> (CDC), <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> currently suffers more annual alcohol-related harm than any other state: 11,000 alcohol-related deaths, <span class=\"xn-money\">$35 billion<\/span> in total costs, <span class=\"xn-money\">$18.5 billion<\/span> in state costs. The <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=2035210216&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecommunityguide.org%2F&amp;a=CDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CDC<\/a> also identifies maintaining existing last call times as one of the 10 key policies for reducing the harms from reckless drinking and from alcohol-related motor vehicle deaths.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span> is following actions by the Los Angeles City Council which passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=3043112567&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2FLetters%2FLA-SB930-resolution.pdf&amp;a=resolution+of+opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">resolution of opposition<\/a> last week, and the powerful Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP) that came out against SB 930 in a <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=3504809446&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Fdownloadables%2Fother-letters%2FLACDP_SB930_OPPOSE.pdf&amp;a=letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">letter<\/a> made public last week.<\/p>\n<p><b>SB 930:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Is a poorly conceived and inadequately funded pilot project<\/li>\n<li>Strips away uniform protections of statewide <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> last call<\/li>\n<li>Costs the state at least <span class=\"xn-money\">$3<\/span>-4 million per year to administer, mitigate the harm, and clean the blood off the highway; costs cities and towns in <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=2535597458&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2Fhighcost4am-PRINT.pdf&amp;a=%22Splash+Zones%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Splash Zones&#8221;<\/a> millions more<\/li>\n<li>Disregards 40 years of peer-reviewed, public health research on the dangers of extending last call<\/li>\n<li>Ignores the existing annual catastrophe of alcohol-related harm in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Uses the false narrative of COVID economic recovery to subsidize and reward late-night alcohol-sellers at government and tax-payer expense<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Alcohol Justice encourages the public to TAKE ACTION to STOP SB 930: Text JUSTICE to 313131 or visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3615555-1&amp;h=2769586107&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Ftake-action%2Fstop-sb-930-no-late-last-calls-in-ca-not-now-not-ever&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Ftake-action%2Fstop-sb-930-no-late-last-calls-in-ca-not-now-not-ever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/take-action\/stop-sb-930-no-late-last-calls-in-ca-not-now-not-ever<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>CONTACT<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Michael Scippa 415 548-0492\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; 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