{"id":48240,"date":"2016-09-29T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-governor-brown-sends-mixed-message-on-youth-alcohol-prevention-powdered-alcohol-banned-but-free-booze-allowed-at-barbershops-beauty-parlors\/"},"modified":"2016-09-29T10:49:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T14:49:57","slug":"el-gobernador-brown-envia-mensaje-mixto-sobre-la-prevencion-del-consumo-de-alcohol-entre-los-jovenes-el-alcohol-en-polvo-esta-prohibido-pero-se-permiten-bebidas-alcoholicas-en-barberias-y-salones-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-gobernador-brown-envia-mensaje-mixto-sobre-la-prevencion-del-consumo-de-alcohol-entre-los-jovenes-el-alcohol-en-polvo-esta-prohibido-pero-se-permiten-bebidas-alcoholicas-en-barberias-y-salones-de\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Brown Sends Mixed Message on Youth Alcohol Prevention: Powdered Alcohol Banned, But Free Booze Allowed at Barbershops &amp; Beauty Parlors"},"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]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN RAFAEL, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 28, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; The <a href=\"http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance<\/a> is expressing both gratitude and outrage in response to Governor Brown&#8217;s inconsistent actions today on new laws dealing with alcohol policy in the state.<\/p>\n<p><b>On the good side:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>He signed into law both AB 1554 &amp; SB 819 to ban powdered alcohol in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> (the state now becomes the 34<sup>th<\/sup> to proactively ban the product) <\/li>\n<li>He signed into law AB 2687 making it unlawful for a person who has 0.04 BAC to drive a motor vehicle when a passenger for hire is in the vehicle \u2013 this would apply to Uber, Lyft and similar services <\/li>\n<li>He signed into law SB 1046 requiring DUI offenders to install ignition interlock devices <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>On the bad side:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>He signed into law AB 1322 which will allow barbershops and beauty parlors to give away alcohol without a license <\/li>\n<li>He vetoed AB 2121 which would have mandated advanced bartender training <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>&#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> has put the alcohol industry on notice that we will not tolerate dangerous, youth-oriented products like powdered alcohol now or in the future,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Thania Balcorta<\/span>, Co-Chair of California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA). &#8220;<i>CAPA is proud to have played a roll in organizing statewide support for the ban.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>AB 1554, authored by Assemblymember <span class=\"xn-person\">Jacqui Irwin<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Thousand Oaks<\/span>), and SB 819, by Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Bob Huff<\/span> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Diamond Bar<\/span>), prohibit the possession, purchase, sale, offer for sale, distribution, manufacture, or use of powdered alcohol in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> and would make the violation of those provisions punishable with a fine.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8220;We are outraged that the Legislature and Governor through AB 1322 have failed to regulate alcohol consumption at 42,000 beauty salons and barbershops,&#8221; <\/i><\/b>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Zaldivar<\/span>, Co-Chair of CAPA and Founder\/Executive Director of the Wall \/ Las Memorias Project. <i>&#8220;We now call upon\u00a0<b>cities and counties to protect the health and safety of youth by enacting local zoning restrictions and effective police enforcement on salons and barbershops.&#8221;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> suffers more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$22 billion<\/span> in alcohol-related harm and 10,000 alcohol-related deaths annually. Alcohol Justice has estimated that the number of venues allowed to serve alcohol in the state could now increase by 41% because the Governor signed AB 1322.\u00a0 Additional alcohol-related harm is inevitable with increased availability, especially when there is no license required and no enforcement of current alcohol regulations. <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate that Governor Brown vetoed AB 2121,&#8221; stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Ruben Rodriguez<\/span>, <\/i>Executive Director of Pueblo y Salud and Co-Chair of Los Angeles Drug and Alcohol Policy Alliance (L.A. DAPA).<i> &#8220;The bill that would have addressed bad retailers, with irresponsible alcohol sales and serving practices, by requiring training to prevent harm to the public.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>With regard to the signing of SB 1046 into law,<i> &#8220;Alcohol Justice applauds MADD and Senator Hill for successfully passing this bill to create a permanent ignition interlock program in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> to limit repeat drunk driving<\/i>,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Bruce Lee Livingston<\/span>, Executive Director\/CEO of Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;However, Governor Brown screwed up in signing AB 1322 and vetoing AB 2121. Nevertheless, the California Alcohol Policy Alliance has shown that dozens of organizations working together can make a difference through legislation controlling drunk driving and dangerous products.&#8221;<\/i> <\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT:<\/b><br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 548-0492<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span> 213 840-3336\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN RAFAEL, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 28, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; The <a href=\"http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance<\/a> is expressing both gratitude and outrage in response to Governor Brown&#8217;s inconsistent actions today on new laws dealing with alcohol policy in the state.<\/p>\n<p><b>On the good side:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>He signed into law both AB 1554 &amp; SB 819 to ban powdered alcohol in &lt;span&#8230;<br \/>\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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48240","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=48240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}