{"id":271035,"date":"2025-05-23T07:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-can-california-afford-the-costs-of-late-last-calls\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T07:20:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:20:01","slug":"puede-california-hacer-frente-a-los-costos-de-ampliar-el-horario-de-ultimas-llamadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/puede-california-hacer-frente-a-los-costos-de-ampliar-el-horario-de-ultimas-llamadas\/","title":{"rendered":"Can California Afford the Costs of Late Last Calls?"},"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>As CA Cities Choke in Debt, New Analysis Shows Crushing Costs from AB 342&#8217;s Early Morning Bar Hours<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN RAFAEL, Calif.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 21, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Between law enforcement, reckless driving, crime, and injuries, the financial burden from <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 A.M.<\/span> last call times may exceed <span class=\"xn-money\">$2 billion<\/span> over 5 years, according to an analysis just released by Alcohol Justice. The costs far exceed the benefits, calling into question the wisdom of state legislator efforts to extend last calls through Assembly Bill 342 (Haney, D- <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>). These costs are driven by spiraling costs from emergency services, law enforcement, motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and violent crime, along with broader economic disruption.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2882left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2882left\" title=\"The San Francisco lawmakers looking to bring in a buck risk lighting city and state coffers on fire.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2693322\/Alcohol_Justice_The_San_Francisco_lawmakers.jpg\" alt=\"The San Francisco lawmakers looking to bring in a buck risk lighting city and state coffers on fire.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p><i>&#8220;Extending last call times only benefits a handful of bars, while spreading the cost of alcohol harm over everyone,&#8221;<\/i> said <span class=\"xn-person\">Raul Verdugo<\/span>, Director of Advocacy for Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;Year after year, Californians have spoken out against extended last call times. It&#8217;s time the legislature listened.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> health officers are deeply concerned about the harms associated with extending the alcohol service hours,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0said Kat DeBurgh, Executive Director, Health Officers Association of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. &#8220;<i>AB 342 ignores decades of public health evidence showing that later last calls leads to more injuries, hospitalizations and deaths. These are preventable harms. At a time when alcohol-related mortality has increased 70% in just six years, we urge the Legislature to prioritize community health by rejecting AB 342.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Although the bill was conceived to help <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, it allows any city to establish weekend <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> zones of arbitrary size\u2014and those zones would impact every other city in the area. Substantial research shows how alcohol harm spreads out around neighboring communities, including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4433017-1&amp;h=2073728638&amp;u=mailto%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fevalcorp.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FSpotlight-on-Impaired-Driving-Ventura-County-Behavioral-Health.pdf&amp;a=A+2008+report+from+Ventura+County+Behavioral+Health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A 2008 report from Ventura County Behavioral Health<\/a> showing that intoxicated drivers travel 7 to 40 miles before being stopped.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4433017-1&amp;h=1781182939&amp;u=mailto%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fjournals.plos.org%2Fplosone%2Farticle%3Fid%3D10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0071169&amp;a=An+analysis+of+New+York+state+arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An analysis of <span class=\"xn-location\">New York state<\/span> arrests<\/a> showing that counties bordering another county with extended last call times still saw increased DUI arrests.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4433017-1&amp;h=1231968702&amp;u=mailto%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fblog%2Fnew-research-where-do-we-go-from-beer%2F&amp;a=A+comparison+of+alcohol-related+freeway+deaths+in+the+San+Francisco+Bay+Area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A comparison of alcohol-related freeway deaths in the <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco Bay Area<\/span><\/a>, showing that crashes are 50% to 120% more likely to occur coming out of the cities of <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span> than into them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>&#8220;It&#8217;s easy for lawmakers to pretend their cities are the only ones that exist,&#8221; <\/i>said Miryom Yisrael, Chief Operating Officer of Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;But most of us live in residential areas, where the party isn&#8217;t always happening, but the crashes sure are.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>The new cost analysis replicates the landmark 2019 cost study from <span class=\"xn-person\">Meena Subbaraman<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">William Kerr<\/span> of the Alcohol Research Group. This study looked at the impacts per extra drink sold in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> if that city extended its last call times to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 A.M.<\/span> seven days a week. For the new analysis, the impact-per-drink was extended to the entire state, limited to just weekend early mornings, and adjusted for inflation. Assuming just 1 in every 20 bars and restaurants in the state adopt extended last call times, the costs would top <span class=\"xn-money\">$376 million<\/span> per year, and <span class=\"xn-money\">$2.046 billion<\/span> over five years. Costs for individual cities include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>: <span class=\"xn-money\">$27.2 million<\/span>\/year, <span class=\"xn-money\">$150 million<\/span> over 5 years<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>: <span class=\"xn-money\">$27.9 million<\/span>\/year, <span class=\"xn-money\">$154 million<\/span> over 5 years<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span>: <span class=\"xn-money\">$22.1 million<\/span>\/year, <span class=\"xn-money\">$122 million<\/span> over 5 years<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>: <span class=\"xn-money\">$10.9 million<\/span>\/year, <span class=\"xn-money\">$60.4 million<\/span> over 5 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This comes at a time when city after city is contemplating painful cuts to needed services, forced into austerity by budget holes.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;From the desert to the redwoods, our cities&#8217; budgets are drowning in debt,&#8221;<\/i> said <span class=\"xn-person\">Carson Benowitz-Fredericks<\/span>, Research Director for Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;Ad hoc efforts to create Bourbon St. on Main St. will suck money away from public transit, housing, EMS, recovery services\u2014everything that makes a city livable.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always known that late last calls bring a lot risks and harm,&#8221; <\/i>said Verdugo. <i>&#8220;What we&#8217;re realizing is that they&#8217;re also financially devastating. We can&#8217;t afford it. We call on the <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> legislature to keep common-sense last calls in place and reject AB 342.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Raul Verdugo<\/span><br \/>(310) 689-9401<\/p>\n<p>Carson\u00a0Benowitz-Fredericks<br \/>(917) 426-6443<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd8e0left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd8e0left\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo. \" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/ALCOHOL_JUSTICE_LOGO_01.jpg\" alt=\"Alcohol Justice logo. \" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4433017-1&amp;h=2694168677&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2693322%2FAlcohol_Justice_The_San_Francisco_lawmakers.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2693322%2FAlcohol_Justice_The_San_Francisco_lawmakers.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2693322\/Alcohol_Justice_The_San_Francisco_lawmakers.jpg<\/a><br \/><span>Logo &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4433017-1&amp;h=218496177&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2FALCOHOL_JUSTICE_LOGO_01.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2FALCOHOL_JUSTICE_LOGO_01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/ALCOHOL_JUSTICE_LOGO_01.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Alcohol Justice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p class=\"prntac\"><b>As CA Cities Choke in Debt, New Analysis Shows Crushing Costs from AB 342&#8217;s Early Morning Bar Hours<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN RAFAEL, Calif.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 21, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Between law enforcement, reckless driving, crime, and injuries, the financial burden from <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 A.M.<\/span> last call times may exceed <span class=\"xn-money\">$2 billion<\/span> over 5 years, according to an analysis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":271037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271035"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271059,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271035\/revisions\/271059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}