{"id":60151,"date":"2018-03-08T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-los-angeles-community-town-hall-on-the-4-a-m-bar-bill\/"},"modified":"2018-03-08T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T18:04:03","slug":"la-alcaldia-de-los-angeles-sobre-la-ley-de-cierre-de-bares-a-las-4-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-alcaldia-de-los-angeles-sobre-la-ley-de-cierre-de-bares-a-las-4-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Community Town Hall On The 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\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 8, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alcoholjustice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a>, Institute for Public Strategies, and Behavioral Health Services in <span class=\"xn-location\">Hollywood<\/span> are sponsoring a Community Town Hall meeting and panel discussion for residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">West Hollywood<\/span> on allowing alcohol-serving establishments in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> to stay open until <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd0fdleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd0fdleft\" title=\"California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) AlcoholPolicyAlliance.org\" border=\"0\" alt=\"California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) AlcoholPolicyAlliance.org\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/651555\/CAPA_logo_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>INVITED:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Koretz<\/span>, Los Angeles City Councilmember\n<\/li>\n<li>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Deborah Allen<\/span>, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health\n<\/li>\n<li>Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Oren Katz<\/span>, Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Carson Benowitz-Fredericks<\/span>, Research Manager, Alcohol Justice\n<\/li>\n<li>Local Law Enforcement\n<\/li>\n<li>West Hollywood City Council Members\n<\/li>\n<li>Concerned Residents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WHAT: Town Hall Meeting &amp; Panel Discussion on SB 905 (Wiener) \u2013 the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> Bar Bill<\/p>\n<p>WHEN: <span class=\"xn-chron\">Thursday, March 8, 2018<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-chron\">6:30 p.m.<\/span> (Check-in &amp; Snacks) to <span class=\"xn-chron\">8:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>WHERE: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/dir\/%27%27\/Mears+Center+Auditorium,+Hollywood+Presbyterian+Church,+1760+Gower+St.,+Los+Angeles,+CA\/@34.1032833,-118.3920803,12z\/data=%214m8%214m7%211m0%211m5%211m1%211s0x80c2bf475bcc6f79:0x11624ec2661b3e24%212m2%211d-118.3220402%212d34.1033032\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mears Center Auditorium, Hollywood Presbyterian Church<\/a>, 1760 Gower St., <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles, CA<\/span> 90028 (Parking off Carlos Ave.)<\/p>\n<p>WHY: \u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>On the heels of failing to pass his <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill (SB 384) last year, State Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>) has introduced SB 905, a dangerous six-city, five-year experiment to extend last call hours until <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>This bill, like three others that have stalled out in previous sessions, will spread alcohol overconsumption, loss of life, injury, and nuisance across the state.\n<\/li>\n<li>Fatal DUI is a <u>chronic, worsening problem<\/u> for <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>.\n<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force found that <u>every 2-hour increase in last-call times results in greater vehicle crash injuries and E.R. admissions<\/u>. (Hahn et al., 2010)\u00a0\n<\/li>\n<li>There is no such thing as &#8220;local control&#8221; in alcohol policy. The harm from one city&#8217;s decision to change last-call times splashes over every surrounding community.\n<\/li>\n<li><b><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> already suffers over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths and <span class=\"xn-money\">$34 billion<\/span> in costs annually.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>For more information:<br \/><\/i><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span>, Public Affairs Director, Alcohol Justice \u2013 (415) 548-0492 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:michaels@alcoholjustice.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">michaels@alcoholjustice.org<\/a>\u00a0 <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Sarah Blanch<\/span>, Regional Director, Institute for Public Strategies \u2013 (310) 215-9924 x133 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:sblanch@publicstrategies.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">sblanch@publicstrategies.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/651555\/CAPA_logo_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/651555\/CAPA_logo_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Alcohol Justice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 8, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alcoholjustice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a>, Institute for Public Strategies, and Behavioral Health Services in <span class=\"xn-location\">Hollywood<\/span> are sponsoring a Community Town Hall meeting and panel discussion for residents of <span class=\"xn-location\">Los&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comida-y-bebida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60151","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=60151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}