{"id":267321,"date":"2024-08-09T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-california-senate-urged-to-vote-no-on-dangerous-4-a-m-bar-bill-experiment-at-intuit-dome-in-inglewood\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:00:02","slug":"se-insta-al-senado-de-california-a-votar-no-sobre-dangerous-a-las-4-a-m-experimento-de-bar-bill-en-intuit-dome-en-inglewood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/se-insta-al-senado-de-california-a-votar-no-sobre-dangerous-a-las-4-a-m-experimento-de-bar-bill-en-intuit-dome-en-inglewood\/","title":{"rendered":"California Senate Urged to Vote NO on Dangerous 4 a.m. Bar Bill Experiment at Intuit Dome in Inglewood"},"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>AB 3206 Places Billionaire <span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Ballmer&#8217;s<\/span> Profits Over Public Health &amp; Safety<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN RAFAEL, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 9, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=1395925166&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=3640756636&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fprojects%2Fcalifornia-alcohol-policy-alliance%2F&amp;a=California+Alcohol+Policy+Alliance+(CAPA)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a> are calling upon the California State Senate to stop a dangerous &#8220;district&#8221; bill that will punch a hole in the protections of uniform last call and expose the entire <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> area to great risk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgcebcleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgcebcleft\" title=\"California Alcohol Policy Alliance \" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/469269\/California_Alcohol_Policy_Alliance_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"California Alcohol Policy Alliance \" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>If passed, <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=2022560838&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fleginfo.legislature.ca.gov%2Ffaces%2FbillNavClient.xhtml%3Fbill_id%3D202320240AB3206&amp;a=AB+3206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AB 3206<\/a>, introduced by <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=735235282&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fa61.asmdc.org%2F&amp;a=Assemblymember+Tina+McKinnor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Assemblymember <span class=\"xn-person\">Tina McKinnor<\/span><\/a> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Inglewood<\/span>), would allow the VIP lounge at the new <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=3184945308&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fintuitdome.com%2F&amp;a=Intuit+Dome+Arena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Intuit Dome Arena<\/a> to keep selling alcohol long after a Clipper&#8217;s basketball game or other event has ended \u2013 and long after the legal closing time of any other bar.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;It&#8217;s just absurd to think that the success of billionaire <span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Ballmer&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-money\">$2 billion dollar<\/span> investment in the L.A. Clippers and the Intuit Dome hinges on the ability to keep selling alcohol until <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span>,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Cruz Avila<\/span>, Executive Director of Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;Years of peer-reviewed research has proven that maintaining existing last call times is a key policy for reducing the harms from reckless drinking and from alcohol-related motor crashes. Extending to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> is a fatal step in the wrong direction.&#8221; \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Even one more hour of alcohol sales in just this one venue will disrupt the protections of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> uniform, statewide <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> last call.\u00a0 It will expose surrounding communities\u2013in fact the entire L.A. basin\u2013to increased harms and costs while only the alcohol sellers in the epicenter of Ballmer&#8217;s dome see the marginal economic benefits.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the evidence for increased harms was presented to the legislature in an Alcohol Justice\/CAPA report entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=3302548179&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=The+Late+Night+Threat%2C+Science%2C+Harms%2C+and+Costs+of+Extending+Bar+Service+Hours.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Late Night Threat, Science, Harms, and Costs of Extending Bar Service Hours.<\/a> It highlighted the existing data supporting how the acute effects of extending alcohol sales would spread to &#8220;Splash Zones&#8221; surrounding various cities in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, another analysis was released by the respected <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>-based <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=2859642085&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Farg.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Resource+Group+(ARG)%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Resource Group (ARG),<\/a> a project of the Public Health Institute.\u00a0 <i><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=2023944150&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F02%2Fhighcost4am-PRINT.pdf&amp;a=%22The+High+Cost+of+the+4+A.M.+Bar+Bill%22%C2%A0+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;The High Cost of the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 A.M.<\/span> Bar Bill&#8221;\u00a0 <\/a><\/i>\u00a0was a first of its kind cost-benefit analysis detailing the effects of changing state alcohol policy to allow later last call at bars, restaurants, and clubs. The analysis disturbingly documented the worst concerns of Alcohol Justice and CAPA that public health and safety would be severely compromised if <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> last call fell.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Since 2013, there have been six attempts to pass statewide extension of alcohol sales in bars and restaurants to 4.a.m, but <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> said NO to all of them because it&#8217;s a recognized, dangerous policy change,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Raul Verdugo<\/span>, Advocacy Director at Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;And now it&#8217;s time to say NO again, this time to a district bill that will benefit just one entity at the expense of the entire L.A. area. If the bill becomes law, a flood of similar district bills will demand the same privilege and soon every corner of the state will be experiencing increased early morning consumption, and ensuing costs for public health and safety harms.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>There is considerable and widespread opposition to AB 3206 throughout the state and in the Legislature\u2026<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Despite the narrow scope of this bill, it sets a dangerous precedent,&#8221; <\/i>stated <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=1273385742&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fsr32.senate.ca.gov%2F&amp;a=Senator+Kelly+Seyarto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Kelly Seyarto<\/span><\/a> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Murrieta<\/span>).<i> \u00a0&#8220;Making an exception for one venue to allow operation into the early morning hours will add drunk drivers on the roads of <span class=\"xn-location\">Inglewood<\/span> and the surrounding communities, at the time that early morning commuters are getting on the road. As a retired firefighter who worked in those very communities, I cannot support AB 3206.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Driving under the influence kills. Enabling residents to drink into the early morning hours is dangerous, and public policy should never worsen an already deadly situation,&#8221; <\/i>said <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=56141446&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fad34.asmrc.org%2F&amp;a=Assemblyman+Tom+Lackey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Assemblyman <span class=\"xn-person\">Tom Lackey<\/span><\/a> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Palmdale<\/span>), a retired <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> Highway Patrol Sergeant who has witnessed tragic, unnecessary deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Despite opposition within the Legislature, AB 3206 has advanced up to now, most recently by just one vote &#8211; in a key Senate Governmental Organization Committee hearing in June. It will soon be up for a full Senate floor vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=522872875&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.votervoice.net%2FAlcoholJustice%2FCampaigns%2F115851%2FRespond&amp;a=Advocates+are+asking+Senators+to+place+public+health+and+safety+above+Steve+Ballmer%27s+bottom+line+and+Vote+NO+on+the+bill.+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Advocates are asking Senators to place public health and safety above <span class=\"xn-person\">Steve Ballmer&#8217;s<\/span> bottom line and Vote NO on the bill. <\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Though the language of this bill seeks to collect an impact assessment report one year after implementation \u2014 as advocates for &#8220;communities&#8221; and the reduction of harm associated with alcohol, we firmly hold to the belief that one life lost is one life too many,&#8221; <\/i>added Verdugo on behalf of the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<i>.<\/i>\u00a0<i>&#8220;Any effort to introduce alcohol legislation that exacerbates the life-threatening conditions impacting innocent lives \u2014 should never be considered advantageous to any city or county in our state, VIP status or not.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;This would be another capitulation to deregulation by <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, at a time when alcohol-related deaths have continued spiraling year after year,&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Carson Benowitz-Fredericks<\/span>, Research Director at Alcohol Justice<i>. &#8220;We think of our state as cutting edge, compassionate, intelligent. But we are losing our friends and neighbors to alcohol for the same reasons other localities saw horrific death tolls from COVID-19: a refusal to listen to the science, and a refusal to care about human lives.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><u>FACTS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>AB 3206 will allow extending alcohol sales to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> in the VIP lounge at Steve Ballmor&#8217;s Intuit Dome Arena where his L.A. Clippers will play.<\/li>\n<li>The risks of extended service times apply to VIPs the same as they do to anyone else, POSSIBLY MORE\u2014consumption tends to increase with wealth. Rich people running into working-class people.<\/li>\n<li>These &#8220;VIP&#8221; areas are notoriously devoid of accountability and incentivized to cover up violence, sexual assault, and injury, much more so than bars open to the public<\/li>\n<li>Keeping consumption confined in a &#8220;VIP&#8221; area creates a space even more devoid of accountability than most late-night bars and clubs<\/li>\n<li>AB 3206 trades the public health and safety of the greater <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> area for enhancing an <span class=\"xn-location\">Inglewood<\/span> corporation&#8217;s profits<\/li>\n<li>AB 3206 will subsidize and reward nightlife alcohol-sellers at tax-payer expense<\/li>\n<li>AB 3206 concentrates profit while spreading risk, disruption and harm<\/li>\n<li>Aside from the risk of assault, accidental injury, and motor vehicle crashes, drinking until <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> creates conditions where exhaustion + alcohol becomes more deadly than either would be alone<\/li>\n<li>AB 3206 would create a slippery slope to strip away statewide uniform protections of <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> last call<\/li>\n<li>A later last call does not fill any need expressed by any reasonable adult, and granting this will make every major venue with a &#8220;VIP&#8221; room demand the same<\/li>\n<li>AB 3206 disregards 40 years of peer-reviewed, public health research on the dangers of extending last call<\/li>\n<li>AB 3206 would cost cities and towns in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Inglewood<\/span>\/L.A. &#8220;Splash Zones&#8221; millions in harm, disruption, and additional police and ambulance service<\/li>\n<li>Alcohol-related deaths are out of control in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>, climbing from 70% in only six years. (From 10,800 deaths annually in 2015 to 19,335 in 2021. Esser et al. 2020; Jim\u00e9nez, Demeter &amp; Pinsker 2023)<\/li>\n<li>Alcohol-related driving fatalities also continued to rise, from 966 in 2019 to 1370 in 2021. (California Office of Traffic Safety 2023)<\/li>\n<li>AB 3206 ignores <span class=\"xn-money\">$35 billion<\/span> in annual alcohol-related harm in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/li>\n<li>A <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> last call anywhere in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> is a threat to all of <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>&#8220;We keep forgetting that, when someone gets wasted and crashes their car, they often crash into someone else,&#8221; <\/i>added Benowitz-Fredericks.<i> &#8220;AB 3206, like so many ill-conceived alcohol free-for-alls that are so popular in <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>, might make one extraordinarily wealthy person&#8217;s night a little more fun, earn one billionaire another couple thousand dollars. And the cost? The life of an innocent early-morning commuter who never asked for any of this, never benefitted from it, never voted for it, and leaves a family behind.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>CAPA Member Organizations <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Alcohol Justice<\/li>\n<li>Alcohol-Narcotics Education Foundation of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span><\/li>\n<li>ADAPP, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>ADAPT San Ramon Valley<\/li>\n<li>Bay Area Community Resources<\/li>\n<li>Behavioral Health Services, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>CA Council on Alcohol Problems<\/li>\n<li>CASA for Safe &amp; Healthy Neighborhoods<\/li>\n<li>Center for Human Development<\/li>\n<li>Center for Open Recovery<\/li>\n<li>Eden Youth &amp; Family Center<\/li>\n<li>Institute for Public Strategies<\/li>\n<li>FASD Network of Southern CA<\/li>\n<li>FreeMUNI \u2013 SF<\/li>\n<li>Friday Night Live Partnership<\/li>\n<li>Koreatown Youth &amp; Community Center<\/li>\n<li>Laytonville Healthy Start<\/li>\n<li>L.A. County Friday Night Live<\/li>\n<li>L.A. Drug &amp; Alcohol Policy Alliance<\/li>\n<li>L.A. County Office of Education<\/li>\n<li>Lutheran Office of Public Policy \u2013 CA<\/li>\n<li>MFI Recovery Center<\/li>\n<li>Mountain Communities Family Resource Center<\/li>\n<li>National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse<\/li>\n<li>Partnership for a Positive Pomona<\/li>\n<li>Paso por Paso, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Project SAFER<\/li>\n<li>Pueblo y Salud<\/li>\n<li>Reach Out<\/li>\n<li>San Marcos Prevention Coalition<\/li>\n<li>San Rafael Alcohol &amp; Drug Coalition<\/li>\n<li>SF DogPAC<\/li>\n<li>SAY <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Saving Lives Drug &amp; Alcohol Coalition<\/li>\n<li>South Orange County Coalition<\/li>\n<li>Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>The Wall Las Memorias Project<\/li>\n<li>UCEPP Social Model Recovery Systems<\/li>\n<li>Women Against Gun Violence<\/li>\n<li>Youth For Justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeanne Shimatsu<\/span>, Prevention Director at the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=2444320885&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Faadapinc.org%2F&amp;a=Asian+American+Drug+Abuse+Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Asian American Drug Abuse Program<\/a>\u00a0(AADAP) stated,<i> &#8220;Our organization has long partnered with the <span class=\"xn-location\">Inglewood<\/span> community to provide treatment services, including educating, informing, and advocating a safer and healthier environment for youth and families. We want to emphasize that extended bar service hours are detrimental to <span class=\"xn-location\">Inglewood&#8217;s<\/span> community wellness. A few drinks after <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> can cost more than material damage\u2014it will cost\u00a0lives.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>TAKE ACTION to STOP AB 3206\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=2506618677&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.votervoice.net%2FAlcoholJustice%2FCampaigns%2F115851%2FRespond&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.votervoice.net%2FAlcoholJustice%2FCampaigns%2F115851%2FRespond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/AlcoholJustice\/Campaigns\/115851\/Respond<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Or Text PUBLICSAFETY to 50457<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For More Information go to: <\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=4111491155&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fprojects%2Fcalifornia-alcohol-policy-alliance%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fprojects%2Fcalifornia-alcohol-policy-alliance%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/projects\/california-alcohol-policy-alliance\/<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<b>or <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4229836-1&amp;h=1650248199&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT: <br \/><\/b>Michael\u00a0Scippa 415 847-3006<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Raul Verdugo<\/span> 415 686-3325<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpge913left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; 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