{"id":68762,"date":"2019-05-06T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-california-sb-58-opponents-hold-los-angeles-press-event\/"},"modified":"2019-05-06T08:18:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T12:18:02","slug":"opositores-al-proyecto-de-ley-del-senado-sb-58-de-california-llevan-a-cabo-evento-de-prensa-en-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/opositores-al-proyecto-de-ley-del-senado-sb-58-de-california-llevan-a-cabo-evento-de-prensa-en-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"California SB 58 Opponents Hold Los Angeles Press Event"},"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 4, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2456445-1&amp;h=191065312&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=2456445-1&amp;h=2140504924&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=2456445-1&amp;h=3639302541&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.councilmemberpaulkoretz.com%2F&amp;a=Paul+Koretz\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Koretz<\/span><\/a> hosted a press event at <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> City Hall yesterday to oppose SB 58, the third attempt by Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener<\/span> (D-<span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>) to impose an irresponsible <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar closing time &#8220;pilot project&#8221; on California.\u00a0 Speakers representing groups and organizations throughout the state reported on the city and statewide public health and safety threats the bill would create by allowing a patchwork quilt of ten cities \u2013 including <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> &#8211; to extend alcohol sales at bars, restaurants, and clubs to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg71ffleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg71ffleft\" 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><i>&#8220;Ever since Senator Wiener introduced his first of two failed attempts at a <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill in 2017, I have been saying that no one should ever prioritize a few hours of extra bar profits over public health and safety<\/i>,&#8221; stated Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz.\u00a0<i>&#8220;The Senator is well-aware this bill will only benefit a small number of bar and nightclub owners. What he fails to acknowledge is that those minimal gains for his nightlife supporters will cost governments and taxpayers dearly for law enforcement and emergency medical services. If this bill should pass, there will be additional DUI-related deaths and injuries. As an elected official, our first priority should be to protect the lives of our constituents, so I call upon my colleagues in the State Legislature to do just that and vote NO on SB 58.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Council Member Koretz introduced a resolution (Council File: 19-002-S39) opposing SB 58 on <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 5, 2019<\/span>. There is growing support among the other L.A. City Council Members and a vote could come in June. In <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>, SB 58 is currently sitting in the &#8220;Suspense File&#8221; of the <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> Senate Appropriations Committee where a determination on the bill is expected by <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 16, 2019<\/span>. If passed, it would then face a Senate floor vote by <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 31, 2019<\/span>, before crossing over to the Assembly to continue the legislative process.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Senator Wiener introduced SB 384, his first dangerous piece of legislation intending to strip away the protections of the state&#8217;s uniform, normal <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> closing time. It was turned into a study bill in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations and then gutted by the author and changed to a different topic. <\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Senator Wiener introduced SB 905, which would have allowed nine cities to participate in a half-baked, so-called, &#8220;pilot project&#8221; to extend sales from <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m. to 4 a.m.<\/span> The legislature ignored the overwhelming evidence that 76% of the state&#8217;s population would be turned into unwitting &#8220;Splash Zone&#8221; lab rats suffering increased public health and safety harms. They passed the bill, but Governor Brown, heeding the advice of the CHP, wisely vetoed the bill with these words: <i>&#8220;I believe we have enough mischief from midnight to 2 without adding two more hours of mayhem.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Wiener&#8217;s SB 58, which is virtually identical to last year&#8217;s SB 905, continues to mock the scientific process of a true pilot project, as well as the proven public health and safety concerns of extending alcohol-trading hours in ten cities, <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>, <span class=\"xn-location\">West Hollywood<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Palm Springs<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Cathedral City<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Coachella<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span>, as well as the Splash Zones surrounding them, will now be spared additional alcohol-fueled harm.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;SB 58&#8217;s author Senator Wiener claims that night life is critical to culture and economy. This belittles the great potential and abilities that exist in our communities apart from substance consumption,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0stated Gennesis Lopez, Co-Chair of the Coalition to Prevent Alcohol-Related Harms in LA Metro (COPALM). <i>&#8220;My concern with this bill is that low-income and underserved communities will be impacted the most. Families who are on constant survival mode and have limited literacy or luxury of time become targets for the expansion of nightlife. Nightlife is not meant or geared at &#8220;responsible decisions&#8221; and it perpetuates judgment impairment, human trafficking, and sex exploitation among many other issues. As a mother, I know that that is not the type of community I wish my children to be raised in. Today I stand in opposition of the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bill, not just for myself, but also for those who do not have a voice due to their immigration status, age, language barrier or any other hindrance. I am here for my community. Levanto mi voz por aquel que no puede, y urgo a los consejales que usen su poder para ser el bien.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>At the core of the protest was the concern that if passed by the legislature SB 58 would probably be signed into law by Governor Newsom, whose alcohol-related businesses have made him a very wealthy man. The bill would then launch a dangerous five-year experiment that could expose over 76% of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> population to increased alcohol-related harm. <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;MADD is extremely concerned that eliminating a statewide cutoff limit on the sale of alcohol will encourage &#8220;barhopping&#8221; \u2013 patrons driving from one city to the next looking for one last drink,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0Melissa Estelle, MPH, CHES, Senior Program Specialist, Legislative Liaison for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) <span class=\"xn-location\">Southern California<\/span>. <i>&#8220;On behalf of the victims and survivors we serve, MADD urges lawmakers to reject SB 58 in its current form. Please consider not only the fiscal impact DUIs have on our communities, but also the lifelong consequences caused by one person&#8217;s choice to drink, and then drive.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> currently suffers over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths and $37+ billion in costs annually. The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has reported that fatal DUI is a <u>chronic, worsening problem<\/u> for the state. Between 2014 and 2016, alcohol-related crash deaths rose 21%. That number can only go up 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 mitigating the harms that follow.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;We hope Senator Wiener and the rest of our state legislators hear us loudly, again, that <span class=\"xn-location\">CALIFORNIA<\/span> COMMUNITIES DO <u>NOT<\/u> WANT A <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 A.M.<\/span> LAST CALL,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0stated\u00a0Brenda Villanueva, Co-Chair of the Los Angeles Alcohol and Drug Policy Alliance (CAPA). <i>&#8220;All the peer-reviewed science says that increases in hours of sale that are two hours or greater will lead to increases in excessive alcohol use and related problems. We are asking all of our legislators: Por favor, take a stand for public health over private profits and KILL THIS BILL.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The data most often referred to and consistently ignored or dismissed by Senator Wiener &amp; his late night supporters comes from a U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) task force led by <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. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2456445-1&amp;h=1686916094&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 in a peer-reviewed, global meta-analysis that every 2-hour increase in last-call times results in greater vehicle crash injuries and E.R. admissions. (Hahn et al., 2010) Dr. Fielding stated, <i>&#8220;&#8230;I 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><i>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been working on this project since 2014 when it started as No More Liquor Stores,&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Miriam Castro<\/span>, Promotora and activist with Madres Que Luchan.<i> &#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate that on every street there are places exposing our children, grandchildren and senior citizens to alcohol. We know it would be more negative to allow for a <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> last call. The community calls on our decision makers to take action. We are not invisible!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The peer-reviewed evidence for increased harms has been presented to the legislature and the Governor in a joint CAPA\/Alcohol Justice report entitled, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2456445-1&amp;h=3920371205&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=The+Late+Night+Threat%2C+Science%2C+Harms%2C+and+Costs+of+Extending+Bar+Service+Hours.\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Late Night Threat, Science, Harms, and Costs of Extending Bar Service Hours.<\/a> It highlights the existing data supporting how the acute effects of extending alcohol sales would spread to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2456445-1&amp;h=2888940878&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fnews-2%2Fblog%2F209-trading-hours%2F1335-4-a-m-last-call-research-update-splash-effect-means-one-city-s-party-is-another-city-s-pain&amp;a=%22Splash+Zones%22\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Splash Zones&#8221;<\/a> surrounding the ten cities in Wiener&#8217;s poorly constructed &#8220;pilot project.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;SB 58 fails to address who will pay for the alcohol-related harms that this bill will cost,&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Veronica De Lara<\/span>, co-chair of the California Alcohol Policy Alliance. <i>&#8220;The bill will endanger all the lives of the commuters that will be going to work in the early hours.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a0&#8220;At Alcohol Justice we promote evidence-based public health policies and organize campaigns with diverse communities and youth against the alcohol industry&#8217;s harmful practices,&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Sonny Skyhawk<\/span>, actor, producer, activist, proud citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribal Nation, and Alcohol Justice Board Member. <i>&#8220;SB 58&#8217;s has been mischaracterized as a &#8216;local control&#8217; measure. But local control in alcohol policy is challenging at best and non-existent when it comes to this bill. The harm from one city&#8217;s decision to change last-call times will <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2456445-1&amp;h=3661339592&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-cover.jpg&amp;a=%22splash%22+over\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;splash&#8221; over<\/a> to every surrounding community. SB 58 will spread alcohol overconsumption, loss of life, injury, and nuisance across the state. We cannot allow that to happen.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\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><b><i>TAKE ACTION to STOP SB 58: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2456445-1&amp;h=120589811&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=2456445-1&amp;h=1811364177&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=2456445-1&amp;h=2152354092&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>:<br \/><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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