{"id":56751,"date":"2017-09-02T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T01:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-last-call-for-wieners-4-a-m-bar-bill\/"},"modified":"2017-09-02T15:38:02","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T19:38:02","slug":"ultima-llamada-para-el-proyecto-de-ley-de-wiener-para-mantener-los-bares-abiertos-hasta-las-4-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/ultima-llamada-para-el-proyecto-de-ley-de-wiener-para-mantener-los-bares-abiertos-hasta-las-4-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Call for Wiener&#8217;s 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]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 1, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a>, and Alcohol Justice are reporting that Senator Wiener&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill proposal is effectively dead. The action occurred today at the final Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing where SB 384&#8217;s dangerous policy proposal was completely removed. It was replaced with language that would create a state task force to study the public health and safety implications of extending last call and report findings and recommendations back to the legislature by the end of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/551569\/California_Alcohol_Policy_press_conference.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/551569\/California_Alcohol_Policy_press_conference.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Senator Wiener&#8217;s bill is now on life support as a task force study proposal,&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Bruce Lee Livingston<\/span>, Executive Director \/ CEO of Alcohol Justice.<i> &#8220;The Senator has lied for months saying there is no science on the harm from extending last call by 2 hours. In fact, there are numerous studies showing that extending bars hours increases street violence, traffic collisions, and emergency room utilization.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Smart minds prevailed today in the Assembly Appropriations Committee as SB 384 was gutted, and gutted well for very good reason,&#8221;<\/i> stated Richard Zaldivar,\u00a0Executive Director of The Wall Las Memorias Project and Chair of CAPA<i>. &#8220;That bill was bad for <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> residents, their public health and public safety.\u00a0The people of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> won today! We don&#8217;t need to increase taxpayers&#8217; money in police and emergency services.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>According to CDC-reviewed reports, <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> already suffers <span class=\"xn-money\">$35 billion<\/span> in alcohol-related harm every year, with 10,500 lives lost and hundreds of thousands of additional injuries. Local and state government share of this grisly tab is a whopping <span class=\"xn-money\">$14.5 billion<\/span> annually.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;While Senator Wiener did a masterful job in the Senate at pulling the wool over his colleagues eyes, he ran into the truth in the Assembly Appropriations Committee today,&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span>, spokesperson for Los Angeles Drug and Alcohol Policy Alliance (L.A. DAPA)<i>. &#8220;His denial of peer-reviewed research and his constant crowing about the virtually worthless local control process was finally challenged. We&#8217;re very appreciative that the Assembly Members put a stop to that nonsense today.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Today&#8217;s Committee action, which effectively killed the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill, is a grassroots victory for the thousands throughout the state who made their voices heard over the past nine months.&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Veronica De Lara<\/span>, Program Director, Pueblo y Salud, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Fernando<\/span><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The demise of the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill allows us to refocus on the larger cost of alcohol addiction, abuse and related harm in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Mark Carlson<\/span>, Director of the Lutheran Office of Public Policy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener<\/span>, criticizing his own gutted SB 384, said,<i> &#8220;It&#8217;s embarrassing that <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> shuts down its nightlife so early. We&#8217;re not going to give up.&#8221; <\/i>In response, <span class=\"xn-person\">Sara Cooley<\/span>, Advocacy Manager for CAPA said,<i> &#8220;I question the equivalency of the stakes here: assured death and injury on one side and Senator Wiener&#8217;s embarrassment on the other.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Current research does not support expanding hours of alcohol sales,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Fielding<\/span>, M.D., M.P.H., M.A., M.B.A, Distinguished Professor UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, and Chair, U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force<i> &#8220;\u2026increases in hours of sale that are two hours or greater will lead to increases in excessive alcohol use and related problems.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In a previous statement of opposition, <span class=\"xn-person\">Patricia Rillera<\/span>, Executive Director, MADD Southern California stated, <i>&#8220;Over one-third of all <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> highway deaths resulted from drunk and drugged driving. Extending alcohol service hours at bars and nightclubs would bring associated public safety risks and increased law enforcement costs.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;We are still skeptical about the SB 384 task force proposal,&#8221;\u00a0 <\/i>added Livingston<i>. &#8220;It could be dominated by the same bar and nightclub owners and developers who have supported his failed <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> last call attempt,&#8221; We may be asking the Governor to veto it if it passes through the legislature before the end of the session on <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 15<\/span>.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For More Information go to: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alcoholjustice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.AlcoholJustice.org<\/a> or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 548-0492 <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span> 213 840-3336<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg2534left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg2534left\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Alcohol Justice)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Alcohol Justice logo. (PRNewsFoto\/Alcohol Justice)\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  California Alcohol Policy Alliance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 1, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a>, and Alcohol Justice are reporting that Senator Wiener&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill proposal is effectively dead. The action occurred today at the final Assembly Appropriations Committee hearing where SB 384&#8217;s dangerous policy proposal was completely removed. It was replaced with language that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56751","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=56751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}