{"id":60257,"date":"2018-03-15T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T01:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-alcohol-justice-reports-california-senate-committee-chooses-commerce-over-public-health-safety-by-approving-the-dangerous-4-a-m-bar-bill\/"},"modified":"2018-03-15T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T15:22:03","slug":"alcohol-justice-denuncia-que-un-comite-del-senado-de-california-escoge-el-comercio-sobre-la-seguridad-y-la-salud-publica-al-aprobar-un-peligroso-proyecto-de-ley-que-permite-a-los-bares-vender-bebidas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/alcohol-justice-denuncia-que-un-comite-del-senado-de-california-escoge-el-comercio-sobre-la-seguridad-y-la-salud-publica-al-aprobar-un-peligroso-proyecto-de-ley-que-permite-a-los-bares-vender-bebidas\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol Justice Reports California Senate Committee Chooses Commerce Over Public Health &amp; Safety by Approving the Dangerous 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.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:1pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:1pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prntblns{\nBORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 14, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a> expressed disappointment as a majority of the California State Senate Governmental Organization Committee (GO) voted 8-2 at a <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 13, 2018<\/span> hearing, allowing SB 905 to proceed.\u00a0 The bill was introduced by Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>) and a number of co-authors including Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Ricardo Lara<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Bell Gardens<\/span>).<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg265bleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg265bleft\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo. \" style=\"HEIGHT: 233px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Alcohol Justice logo. \" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>At the hearing, opponents presented compelling, peer-reviewed data on harms and costs that would result from two additional hours of alcohol sales. Yet the committee seemed disinterested. The bill&#8217;s author attempted to discount it entirely while offering again his own meaningless, cherry-picked, disparate, numbers from federal sources.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz appeared and refuted Senator Wiener&#8217;s statement that <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> had asked to be included in the bill&#8217;s list of cities that could apply for later last call. Koretz stated that he was against expanding alcohol sales to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span>, and that the City Council had not been consulted and would probably not approve of it either.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Carson Benowitz-Fredericks<\/span>, Research Manager at Alcohol Justice, summarized the existing evidence supporting how the acute effects of extending alcohol sales would spread to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/news-2\/blog\/209-trading-hours\/1335-4-a-m-last-call-research-update-splash-effect-means-one-city-s-party-is-another-city-s-pain\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Splash Zones&#8221;<\/a> surrounding the six cities mentioned in the bill: <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">West Hollywood<\/span>. He also commented that a <i>true<\/i> &#8220;pilot project&#8221; would cover a small sample, not the 76% of the state&#8217;s population that will be exposed to additional alcohol-related harms if SB 905 becomes law. He also stated that the bill did not contain any language detailing the collection or analysis of data, or even how to pay for this <i>so-called<\/i> &#8220;pilot project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to the author&#8217;s continued mischaracterization of SB 905 as a &#8216;local control&#8217; measure, there is consensus among opponents that there is no such thing as local control in alcohol policy and that the harm from one city&#8217;s decision to change last-call times will &#8220;splash&#8221; over to every surrounding community. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Brenda Villanueva<\/span>, Prevention Coordinator of Pueblo y Salud and Co-chair of the Los Angeles Drug &amp; Alcohol Policy Alliance testified that <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span> does not have reliable, late night transportation options across cities&#8217; borders.\u00a0 She said <i>&#8220;\u2026the bill will cause early morning commuter backup for the inevitable <span class=\"xn-chron\">4:30 to 5:30 a.m.<\/span> drunk driving collisions from the bar crawlers who have to leave the entertainment districts and go back to their city of origin.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Brenda also offered a statement from <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. Dr. Fielding was Chair of the U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force which found in a peer-reviewed, global meta-analysis that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecommunityguide.org\/content\/reducing-the-harms-from-drinking-too-much-by-limiting-access-to-alcohol\" rel=\"nofollow\">every 2-hour increase in last-call times results in greater vehicle crash injuries and E.R. admissions.<\/a> (Hahn et al., 2010)\u00a0Dr. Fielding stated, <i>&#8220;\u2026I have no reason to believe that an increase in hours of sale anywhere in the U.S. would have different results.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> currently suffers over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths and <span class=\"xn-money\">$34 billion<\/span> in costs annually. The California Office of Traffic Safety has reported that fatal DUI is a chronic, worsening problem for the state. Between 2014 and 2016, alcohol-related crash deaths rose 21%. That number can only go with two additional hours of alcohol consumption. Thus, the only benefit of selling alcohol <span class=\"xn-chron\">between 2 and 4 a.m.<\/span> will be greater profits to bar, restaurant, and club owners in the party zones the bill will create. While the public and all levels of government will be forced to continue to cover the costs of cleaning up the mess that follows.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;It is profoundly disturbing that this committee will not even acknowledge the current annual catastrophe of alcohol-related harm in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>,&#8221; <\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span>, Public Affairs Director for Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;Instead, they approve a measure that will increase it. Not surprising really, as there is no other committee in the Senate so vulnerable to alcohol industry lobbying. The term GUI \u2013 Government Under the Influence &#8212; sadly fits them to a tee.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>According to the website <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/followthemoney.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">followthemoney.org,<\/a> <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> Senate GO Committee members who voted YES to approve Wiener&#8217;s poorly constructed and funded six city, 5-year experiment have taken a total of <span class=\"xn-money\">$727,802<\/span> in campaign contributions from beer, wine and spirits companies:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Chairman <span class=\"xn-person\">Bill Dodd<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Napa<\/span>) &#8212; <span class=\"xn-money\">$217,957<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Cathleen Galgiani<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Stockton<\/span>) &#8212; <span class=\"xn-money\">$141,016<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Anthony Cannella<\/span> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Ceres<\/span>) &#8212; <span class=\"xn-money\">$86,372<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Anthony Portantino<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">La Canada Flintridge<\/span>) &#8212; <span class=\"xn-money\">$84,488<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Ricardo Lara<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Bell Gardens<\/span>) &#8212; <span class=\"xn-money\">$62,171<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Jerry Hill<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Mateo<\/span>) &#8212; <span class=\"xn-money\">$59,999<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Steven Glazer<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Orinda<\/span>) \u2013 <span class=\"xn-money\">$38,399<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Steven Bradford<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">Gardena<\/span>) \u2013 <span class=\"xn-money\">$37,400<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two Senators voted NO:\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">Ted Gaines<\/span> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">El Dorado Hills<\/span>), <span class=\"xn-person\">Andy Vidak<\/span> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Hanford<\/span>)<br \/>Two Senators were absent:\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">Tom Berryhill<\/span> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Modesto<\/span>), <span class=\"xn-person\">Ben Hueso<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>The bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee where opponents would like to see the Governor&#8217;s State Budget and Accounting Department weigh-in. There is no language in SB 905 for additional funding for a true &#8220;pilot study&#8221; or for local enforcement or emergency services to deal with the projected increases in alcohol-related violence and traffic crashes after <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information or to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/MI\/campaigns\/53605\/respond\" rel=\"nofollow\">TAKE ACTION,<\/a> please visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">AlcoholJustice.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable1e8b\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"1\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>CONTACT:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Michael Scippa 415-548-0492<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Jorge Castillo 213-840-3336<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/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\/>\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\">SACRAMENTO, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 14, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alcoholjustice.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a> and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/alcoholpolicyalliance.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a> expressed disappointment as a majority of the California State Senate Governmental Organization Committee (GO) voted 8-2 at a <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 13, 2018<\/span> hearing, allowing SB 905 to proceed.\u00a0 The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60257","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\/60257","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=60257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}