{"id":60181,"date":"2018-03-11T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-community-rally-to-protest-state-senator-ricardo-laras-support-of-sb-905-the-dangerous-4-a-m-bar-bill-experiment\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T00:08:03","slug":"manifestacion-de-la-comunidad-para-protestar-contra-el-apoyo-del-senador-estatal-ricardo-lara-a-la-ley-sb-905-el-peligroso-experimento-de-la-ley-de-bares-hasta-las-4-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/manifestacion-de-la-comunidad-para-protestar-contra-el-apoyo-del-senador-estatal-ricardo-lara-a-la-ley-sb-905-el-peligroso-experimento-de-la-ley-de-bares-hasta-las-4-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Rally to Protest State Senator Ricardo Lara&#8217;s Support of SB 905 -The Dangerous 4 a.m. Bar Bill Experiment"},"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, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 11, 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> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/projects\/ladapa\" rel=\"nofollow\">Los Angeles Drug &amp; Alcohol Policy Alliance<\/a> have organized a community rally to protest State Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Ricardo Lara<\/span> (D- <span class=\"xn-location\">Bell Gardens<\/span>) in response to his continued support and co-authorship of SB 905 to extend alcohol sales at bars, restaurants and clubs to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>. The bill will be heard in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee this coming Tuesday (3\/13) in <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>. Senator Lara is a member of the committee. A number of his <span class=\"xn-location\">Huntington Park<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span> constituents will be present. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgb4beleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgb4beleft\" 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>WHAT: Protest Rally<\/p>\n<p>WHEN: <span class=\"xn-chron\">Monday, March 12, 2018<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">12 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>WHERE: Sen. Ricardo Lara&#8217;s Huntington Park District Office, 6550 Miles Ave., 2nd Floor <span class=\"xn-location\">Huntington Park, CA<\/span> 90255<\/p>\n<p>WHY: \u00a0 <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>On the heels of failing to pass a <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill last year (SB 384), State Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>), and State Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Ricardo Lara<\/span> (D- <span class=\"xn-location\">Bell Gardens<\/span>), have 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 failed 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)\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 &#8220;splashes&#8221; over to 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>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Senator Lara has accepted <span class=\"xn-money\">$62,171<\/span> in campaign finance contributions from beer, wine and liquor businesses. <\/b>(followthemoney.org)<\/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\u00a0&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"callto:(415) 548-0492\" rel=\"nofollow\">(415) 548-0492<\/a>\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:michaels@alcoholjustice.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">michaels@alcoholjustice.org<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span>, Advocacy Director, Alcohol Justice\u00a0&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"callto:(213) 840-3336\" rel=\"nofollow\">(213) 840-3336<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:jorgec@alcoholjustice.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">jorgec@alcoholjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\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> \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, Calif.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 11, 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> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/projects\/ladapa\" rel=\"nofollow\">Los Angeles Drug &amp; Alcohol Policy Alliance<\/a> have organized a community rally to protest State Senator &lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60181","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\/60181","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=60181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}