{"id":68720,"date":"2019-05-02T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-los-angeles-says-no-4-a-m-last-call\/"},"modified":"2019-05-02T10:00:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T14:00:03","slug":"los-angeles-dice-no-a-la-ultima-llamada-en-los-bares-a-las-4-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/los-angeles-dice-no-a-la-ultima-llamada-en-los-bares-a-las-4-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Says NO 4 a.m. Last Call"},"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\">May 2, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=1359873266&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholpolicyalliance.org%2F&amp;a=California+Alcohol+Policy+Alliance+(CAPA)\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=637070158&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a>, and Los Angeles City Councilmember <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=2189832607&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.councilmemberpaulkoretz.com%2F&amp;a=Paul+Koretz\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Koretz<\/span><\/a> have come together again to host a press event to oppose another <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill. SB 58 is State Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener&#8217;s<\/span> 3<sup>rd<\/sup> attempt in three years to disrupt the state&#8217;s uniform mandatory closing time for alcohol sales. In response, Councilmember Koretz introduced a resolution (Council File: 19-002-S39) opposing SB 58 on <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 5, 2019<\/span>. Friday&#8217;s press event participants will report on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=3509811323&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=city+and+statewide+public+health+and+safety+threats\" rel=\"nofollow\">city and statewide public health and safety threats<\/a> the bill would create by allowing a patchwork quilt of cities \u2013 including <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> &#8211; to extend alcohol sales to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> If passed and signed into law by Governor Newsom, SB 58 would launch a dangerous ten-city, five-year experiment that could expose over 76% of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> population to increased alcohol-related harm. The bill faces a Senate Appropriations Committee determination by <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 16, 2019<\/span>. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgb325left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgb325left\" title=\"Alcohol Justice logo. \" border=\"0\" alt=\"Alcohol Justice logo. \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><b>What: <\/b>Press Event\/Opposition Rally\/Call to Action<\/p>\n<p><b>When: <\/b>\u00a0Friday, May 3, 2019, <span class=\"xn-chron\">9:00 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where: <\/b><span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> City Hall, 200 N Spring St. <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles CA<\/span>, 90012 (First Street steps) <\/p>\n<p><b>Who:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Koretz<\/span>, Los Angeles City Council District 5 <\/li>\n<li>Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Los Angeles City Council District 8 <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Sonny Skyhawk<\/span>, Alcohol Justice <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Melissa Estelle<\/span>, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Miriam Castro<\/span>, Promotora &#8211; Mujeres Transformando La Comunidad <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Zaldivar<\/span>, The Wall Las Memorias Project <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Brenda Villanueva<\/span>, Los Angeles Drug &amp; Alcohol Policy Alliance (L.A.DAPA) <\/li>\n<li>Gennesis Lopez, Coalition to Reduce Alcohol Related Harms in LA Metro (CoPalm) <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Veronica De Lara<\/span>, California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Why:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Having failed to pass two previous <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bills (SB 384 in 2017, SB 905 in 2018), State Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>) authored SB 58, a poorly conceived and inadequately funded ABC &#8220;pilot project&#8221; to extend last call to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> in ten cities. <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 disregards 40 years of peer-reviewed, public health research on the dangers of extending last call. <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 will strip away uniform protections of the existing <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> last call, and spread additional alcohol overconsumption, loss of life, injury, and nuisance across the state. <\/li>\n<li>According to California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), fatal DUI is a <u>chronic, worsening problem<\/u> for <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. <\/li>\n<li>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=1054942188&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3712516%2F&amp;a=U.S.+Community+Preventive+Services+Task+Force\" rel=\"nofollow\">U.S. Community Preventive Services Task Force<\/a> found that <u>every 2-hour increase in last-call times results in greater vehicle crash injuries and E.R. admissions<\/u>. <\/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 every surrounding community. <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 will cost the state at least <span class=\"xn-money\">$3<\/span>-4 million per year to administer, mitigate the harm, and clean the blood off the highway; and cost cities and towns in &#8220;Splash Zones&#8221; millions more. <\/li>\n<li>According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=264448688&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=California+already+suffers+over+10%2C500+alcohol-related+deaths+annually%2C\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> already suffers over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths annually,<\/a> <span class=\"xn-money\">$35 billion<\/span> in total costs, and <span class=\"xn-money\">$14.5 billion<\/span> in state costs. <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 subsidizes and rewards late-night alcohol-sellers at tax-payer expense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>CAPA Member Organizations <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Alcohol Justice <\/li>\n<li>Alcohol-Narcotics Education Foundation of <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>ADAPP, Inc. <\/li>\n<li>ADAPT San Ramon Valley <\/li>\n<li>Bay Area Community Resources <\/li>\n<li>Behavioral Health Services, Inc. <\/li>\n<li>CA Council on Alcohol Problems <\/li>\n<li>CASA for Safe &amp; Healthy Neighborhoods <\/li>\n<li>Center for Human Development <\/li>\n<li>Center for Open Recovery <\/li>\n<li>DogPAC of <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Dolores Huerta Foundation <\/li>\n<li>Eden Youth &amp; Family Center <\/li>\n<li>Institute for Public Strategies <\/li>\n<li>FASD Network of Southern CA <\/li>\n<li>FreeMUNI \u2013 SF <\/li>\n<li>Friday Night Live Partnership <\/li>\n<li>Koreatown Youth &amp; Community Center <\/li>\n<li>Laytonville Healthy Start <\/li>\n<li>L.A. County Friday Night Live <\/li>\n<li>L.A. Drug &amp; Alcohol Policy Alliance <\/li>\n<li>L.A. County Office of Education <\/li>\n<li>Lutheran Office of Public Policy \u2013 CA <\/li>\n<li>MFI Recovery Center <\/li>\n<li>Mountain Communities Family Resource Center <\/li>\n<li>National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse <\/li>\n<li>National Council on Alcoholism &amp; Drug Dependence \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Orange County<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Partnership for a Positive Pomona <\/li>\n<li>Paso por Paso, Inc. <\/li>\n<li>Project SAFER <\/li>\n<li>Pueblo y Salud <\/li>\n<li>Reach Out <\/li>\n<li>San Marcos Prevention Coalition <\/li>\n<li>San Rafael Alcohol &amp; Drug Coalition <\/li>\n<li>SAY <span class=\"xn-location\">San Diego<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Saving Lives Drug &amp; Alcohol Coalition <\/li>\n<li>South Orange County Coalition <\/li>\n<li>Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc. <\/li>\n<li>The Wall Las Memorias Project <\/li>\n<li>UCEPP Social Model Recovery Systems <\/li>\n<li>Women Against Gun Violence <\/li>\n<li>Youth For Justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b><i>TAKE ACTION to STOP SB 58: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=1566402017&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2vuTUxF%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2-6XVyoX2HuysXQYR7kx9rHnnlk9n4uuLBDPA4KcyBwP1ZV6aZLlrC4To&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2vuTUxF\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2vuTUxF<\/a> \u00a0or Text Justice to 313 131<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: <br \/><\/b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=832196931&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fla-oe-koretz-4am-bar-bill-20190426-story.html&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fla-oe-koretz-4am-bar-bill-20190426-story.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/la-oe-koretz-4am-bar-bill-20190426-story.html<\/a>\u00a0 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2453946-1&amp;h=3660003646&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fdailybruin.com%2F2019%2F04%2F18%2Frisk-of-alcohol-related-incidents-outweighs-potential-benefits-of-proposed-bill%2F&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fdailybruin.com%2F2019%2F04%2F18%2Frisk-of-alcohol-related-incidents-outweighs-potential-benefits-of-proposed-bill%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/dailybruin.com\/2019\/04\/18\/risk-of-alcohol-related-incidents-outweighs-potential-benefits-of-proposed-bill\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT: <\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 548-0492 <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span> 213 840-3336<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Alison Simard<\/span> 213-473-7467<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; 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