{"id":38949,"date":"2014-08-25T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T15:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=38949"},"modified":"2014-08-25T12:00:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-25T16:00:51","slug":"a-pesar-del-enorme-cabildeo-de-clear-channel-y-jcdecaux-la-coalicion-para-prohibir-anuncios-de-bebidas-alcoholicas-en-la-propiedad-publica-en-los-angeles-exhorta-a-la-comision-de-planificacion-urban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/a-pesar-del-enorme-cabildeo-de-clear-channel-y-jcdecaux-la-coalicion-para-prohibir-anuncios-de-bebidas-alcoholicas-en-la-propiedad-publica-en-los-angeles-exhorta-a-la-comision-de-planificacion-urban\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Massive Lobbying by Clear Channel and JCDecaux, Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles Urges City Planning and Land Use Management Committee to Say No to Outdoor Alcohol Ads at LAX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\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}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b><br \/>\nDespite Massive Lobbying by Clear Channel and JCDecaux, Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles Urges City Planning and Land Use Management Committee to Say No to Outdoor Alcohol Ads at LAX <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noalcoholads.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">(www.NoAlcoholAds.org)<\/a> will be present tomorrow at the City Planning and Land Use Management Committee (PLUM) hearing to demand that the newly proposed LAX outdoor sign district not include alcohol ads.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20110727\/DC41105LOGO\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20110727\/DC41105LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;In the dying days of summer, JCDecaux, Clear Channel and their lobbyists, think they can sneak this measure through with nobody watching and no opposition,&#8221;<\/i> stated Jorge Castillo, Advocacy Director at Alcohol Justice and member of the Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles. <i>&#8220;We may not have their spending budget but we have the endorsement of the community. To protect the public health and safety of L.A. residents and visitors, we&#8217;ll urge the PLUM committee to just say NO to outdoor alcohol ads at LAX.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>According to official reports from the City Ethics Commission, in just the first six months of 2014, JCDecaux has spent $190,000 lobbying to secure city advertising contracts and to make sure alcohol ads are not excluded from contracts covering LAX. The firms they paid to lobby on their behalf include: Englander, Knabe &amp; Allen, Ek &amp; Ek, and Molina Consulting. JCDecaux has the current LAX indoor advertising contract.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Clear Channel in the first six months of 2014 has spent $ 241,000 lobbying to secure city advertising contracts and insure that alcohol ads would not be excluded from any contract.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Money should never be part of this discussion. It is very dangerous. Young people that see those signs suffer great harm in their lives from the use of alcohol,&#8221;<\/i> stated Kitty Dukakis, a coalition supporter.<\/p>\n<p><b>What:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Los Angeles City Planning and Land Use Management Committee Hearing<br \/><b>When:<\/b> \u00a0\u00a0Tuesday, August 26, 2014 2:30 P.M.<br \/><b>Where:<\/b> \u00a0Room 350, L.A. City Hall, 200 North Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90012<br \/><b>Why:\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>The sign district would allow almost 300,000 sq. ft. of new off-site advertising on terminal buildings and parking structures. That includes almost 40,000 sq. ft. of digital displays with brightly-lit, changeable messages. <\/li>\n<li>Alcohol is an estimated $116 billion-per-year industry in the U.S., and underage drinkers are responsible for 20% of all alcohol consumed and for 19% (or $22.5 billion) of alcohol industry revenues. <\/li>\n<li>Advertisements promoting alcoholic beverages are pervasive, and oversight is left to ineffective self-regulation by the alcohol industry. <\/li>\n<li>A 2006 study that found reductions in alcohol advertising could produce declines in adolescent alcohol consumption (e.g., a 28% reduction in alcohol advertising would reduce adolescent monthly alcohol participation from 25% to between 24 and 21%, and binge drinking from 12% to between 11 and 8%). <\/li>\n<li>Despite claims of economic necessity, revenue from alcohol ads comprises less than 1% of reporting agencies&#8217; operating revenue <\/li>\n<li>Last December, UCLA, Center for Alcohol Marketing to Youth, &amp; Dr. Jonathan Fielding submitted clear and compelling evidence that alcohol advertising on city owned property encourages youth <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles is a grassroots effort. <\/p>\n<p><b>Coalition members include:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>American Indian Movement \u2013 WEST<br \/>Alcohol Justice<br \/>Asian American Drug Abuse Program Inc.<br \/>Boyle Heights Stakeholders Association<br \/>Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight<br \/>Community Coalition<br \/>Institute for Public Strategies<br \/>Koreatown Youth &amp; Community Center<br \/>Mexican History Foundation<br \/>Mothers of East L.A. (MELA)<br \/>Personal Involvement Center, Inc.<br \/>P3 Partnership for a Positive Pomona<br \/>Phoenix House<br \/>Pillar of Fire Church &amp; School<br \/>Paso por Paso<br \/>Pueblo y Salud<br \/>Saving Lives Drug and Alcohol Coalition<br \/>Sycamore Grove School<br \/>Tarzana Treatment Centers &amp; AWARE Coalition<br \/>T.R.E.A.T Advocacy &amp; Support for Recovering Individuals<br \/>The Wall Las Memorias Project<br \/>United Coalition East Prevention Project<br \/>Woman&#8217;s Christian Temperance Union of Southern California<br \/>Women Against Gun Violence<br \/>Writers In Treatment<\/p>\n<p><b>Supporters include:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Michael &amp; Kitty Dukakis, former Massachusetts Governor &amp; First Lady<br \/>Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council<br \/>California Council on Alcohol Problems<br \/>California Alliance for Retired Americans<br \/>California Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse<br \/>Center for Living and Learning<br \/>Church of the Resurrection <br \/>County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators&#8217; Association of California<br \/>Crescenta Valley Drug &amp; Alcohol Prevention Coalition<br \/>Cri-Help<br \/>David H. Jernigan, Ph.D. Director Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth<br \/>Day One Pasadena<br \/>Dr. J. Benjamin Hardwick<br \/>Ernest P. Noble, Ph.D., M.D. Director of the UCLA Alcohol Research Center\u00a0 <br \/>Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H Director &amp; Health Officer County of Los Angeles Public Health<br \/>Jerry L. Grenard, Ph.D. School of Community and Global Health Claremont Graduate University<br \/>Jeremy T. Goldbach, Ph.D., LMSW USC School of Social Work<br \/>Kurtwood Smith, actor<br \/>Monsignor John Moretta<br \/>National Council on Alcoholism &amp; Drug Dependence East San Gabriel &amp; Pomona Valleys<br \/>Public Citizen<br \/>Resurrection Church Neighborhood Watch \u2013 Los Angeles<br \/>San Fernando Valley Partnership<br \/>Venice Neighborhood Council<br \/>Wesley L. Ford, M.A., M.P.H. Director Substance Abuse Prevention and Control<\/p>\n<p><b>TAKE ACTION \u2013 Tell the PLUM Committee \u2013 NO OUTDOOR ALCOHOL ADS AT LAX &#8211; Click here <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1tIBuka\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1tIBuka<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For More Information go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcoholjustice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.AlcoholJustice.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noalcoholads.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.NoAlcoholAds.org<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT:\u00a0Michael Scippa 415 548-0492\u00a0<br \/>Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divMediaContact\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- #End release --><\/div>\n<p>\n  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Massive Lobbying by Clear Channel and JCDecaux, Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles Urges City Planning and Land Use Management Committee to Say No to Outdoor Alcohol Ads at LAX LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38949","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=38949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}