{"id":69073,"date":"2019-05-22T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-california-state-senate-under-the-influence-votes-29-6-to-approve-sb-58-senator-wieners-dangerous-4-a-m-bar-bill-experiment\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T22:36:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T02:36:12","slug":"el-senado-estatal-de-california-vota-bajo-la-influencia-29-6-para-aprobar-el-proyecto-de-ley-sb-58-el-peligroso-experimento-de-ley-de-bares-hasta-las-4-a-m-del-senador-wiener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-senado-estatal-de-california-vota-bajo-la-influencia-29-6-para-aprobar-el-proyecto-de-ley-sb-58-el-peligroso-experimento-de-ley-de-bares-hasta-las-4-a-m-del-senador-wiener\/","title":{"rendered":"California State Senate &#8216;Under the Influence Votes&#8217; 29-6 to Approve SB 58 &#8211; Senator Wiener&#8217;s 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\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 22, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Alcohol Justice, the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA), and Los Angeles City Council Member Paul Koretz condemned the California State Senate&#8217;s vote today that chose nightlife over all life and industry influence over public health and safety. The Senators voted 29-6 on SB 58, Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener&#8217;s<\/span> third attempt in three years to disrupt the protections of a uniform closing time in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span>. SB 58 would allow 10 cities to extend drinking hours until <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> in party zones. If passed by the Assembly and signed into law by Governor Newsom, the bill would allow a poorly conceived &#8220;pilot project&#8221; to turn 76% of the state&#8217;s population into &#8220;Splash Zone&#8221; lab animals. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc6d4left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgc6d4left\" 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;Once again our state Senate has turned its back on common sense by approving this dangerous bill,&#8221; <\/i>said <span class=\"xn-person\">Bruce Lee Livingston<\/span>, Executive Director \/ CEO of Alcohol Justice. <i>&#8220;A handful of greedy bars, night clubs, and hotels are driving this faulty policy that will extend violence, traffic deaths and nuisance into the early morning commute hours.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;I&#8217;m truly disappointed in the <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> Senators who cast an AYE vote on SB 58, allowing alcohol service until <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 am<\/span>, putting the revenue of a few alcohol establishments ahead of safeguarding human lives,&#8221; <\/i>said Los Angeles Councilmember Paul Koretz who has been an active opponent of all versions of the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill from the beginning.\u00a0 <i>&#8220;This bill has the potential to endanger millions of Californians who could be within harm&#8217;s way as drunk drivers make their way into commuter traffic.\u00a0 I&#8217;m hoping that legislators in the State Assembly exercise more wisdom in protecting the lives of all Californians.&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The Senate floor vote to approve SB 58 was not unanimous. 20% of the Senate did not support the measure. Kudos to Senators Bates, Chang, Jackson, Rubio, Umberg, and Wilk for voting no. They chose public health and safety over nightlife interests. <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Enacting SB 58 increases the potential for more drunk drivers on our roads and placing more lives at risk,&#8221; <\/i>said Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Patricia Bates<\/span> (R-<span class=\"xn-location\">Laguna Niguel<\/span>), who opposed SB 58.<i> &#8220;At a time when the state is seeking ways to reduce drunk driving such as increasing the use of ignition interlock devices, it makes little sense to pass a measure like SB 58. I hope the Assembly will reject the bill.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The Senators voting yes on SB 58 failed to represent the best interests of all <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> residents,&#8221;\u00a0<\/i>stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Veronica De Lara<\/span>, Co-Chair of the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA). &#8220;SB 58 continues <i>to grow Statewide opposition and will be demonstrated in the Assembly. We urge Assembly members to listen to their constituency, which are firmly against SB 58.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;Senate Wiener may be gloating over his &#8216;3<sup>rd<\/sup> times the charm&#8217; victory today,&#8221; <\/i>observed <span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span>, Public Affairs Director at Alcohol Justice<i>. &#8220;But there is nothing charming about a toxic public policy that benefits a select group of business owners at considerable cost to the state.&#8221; <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Conservative estimates place state costs at around <span class=\"xn-money\">$3<\/span>-4 million per year to administer SB 58, mitigate the harm, and clean the blood off the highway. Costs to surrounding &#8220;Splash Zone&#8221; cities and towns could be millions more. <\/p>\n<p>Alcohol Justice urges concerned Californians to contact their Assemblymember and make it clear that <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> last call times will hurt the community. <i>&#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> politicians need to protect public health and safety, and stop subsidizing Big Alcohol. Nightlife is not more important than all life,&#8221; <\/i>added Scippa. <\/p>\n<p><b>Facts:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b>\u00a0\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 chronic, worsening problem 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=2475646-1&amp;h=1238699262&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 every 2-hour increase in last-call times results in greater vehicle crash injuries and E.R. admissions. <\/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>According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2475646-1&amp;h=2029454754&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>READ MORE: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2475646-1&amp;h=1952768291&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2Faj_in_the_news%2F3-5-18_NBC-LA_Koretz-Resolution.pdf&amp;a=LA+City+Councilman+Introduces+Resolution+Against+Extending+Alcohol+Sales+to+4+A.M.\" rel=\"nofollow\">LA City Councilman Introduces Resolution Against Extending Alcohol Sales to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 A.M.<\/span><\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2475646-1&amp;h=2982401184&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fdailybruin.com%2F2019%2F04%2F18%2Frisk-of-alcohol-related-incidents-outweighs-potential-benefits-of-proposed-bill%2F&amp;a=Risk+of+alcohol-related+incidents+outweighs+potential+benefits+of+proposed+bill\" rel=\"nofollow\">Risk of alcohol-related incidents outweighs potential benefits of proposed bill<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2475646-1&amp;h=509234545&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2Faj_in_the_news%2F5-5-19_SFExaminer-SB58-Op-Ed_BL.pdf&amp;a=California%27s+zombie+4+a.m.+bar+bill+lacks+justification\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> zombie <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill lacks justification<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>TAKE ACTION to <\/b>STOP SB 58: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2475646-1&amp;h=711543539&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>\u00a0 or Text Justice to 313 131<\/p>\n<p><b>CONTACT: <br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 548-0492 <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span> 213 840-3336 (Spanish speaking)<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Allison Simard<\/span> (213) 473-7005 (Council Member Koretz&#8217;s office)<\/p>\n<p>Logo\u00a0&#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2475646-1&amp;h=1166330648&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2Falcohol_justice_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F147418%2Falcohol_justice_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/147418\/alcohol_justice_logo.jpg<\/a> <\/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\">SAN FRANCISCO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 22, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Alcohol Justice, the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA), and Los Angeles City Council Member Paul Koretz condemned the California State Senate&#8217;s vote today that chose nightlife over all life and industry influence over public health and safety. The Senators voted 29-6 on SB 58, Sen. <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener&#8217;s<\/span> third attempt in three years to disrupt the protections of a uniform closing time in &lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69073","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\/69073","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=69073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}