{"id":71098,"date":"2019-08-28T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-alcohol-justice-reports-los-angeles-city-council-says-no-to-4-a-m-bar-bill\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T09:42:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T13:42:01","slug":"alcohol-justice-informa-el-consejo-de-la-ciudad-de-los-angeles-le-dice-no-a-la-ley-de-bares-abiertos-hasta-las-4-a-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/alcohol-justice-informa-el-consejo-de-la-ciudad-de-los-angeles-le-dice-no-a-la-ley-de-bares-abiertos-hasta-las-4-a-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Alcohol Justice Reports: Los Angeles City Council Says NO to 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]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 27, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=2463892137&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=3861572885&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholpolicyalliance.org%2F&amp;a=California+Alcohol+Policy+Alliance+(CAPA)\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA)<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=489074751&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fprojects%2Fladapa&amp;a=Los+Angeles+Drug+%26+Alcohol+Policy+Alliance%C2%A0(L.A.DAPA)\" rel=\"nofollow\">Los Angeles Drug &amp; Alcohol Policy Alliance\u00a0(L.A.DAPA)<\/a> expressed gratitude today to the Los Angeles City Council for passing a resolution strongly opposing Senator <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Wiener&#8217;s<\/span> SB 58 &#8211; the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> bar bill. Councilmember Paul Koretz&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=2501458720&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fclkrep.lacity.org%2Fonlinedocs%2F2019%2F19-0002-s39_reso_03-05-2019.pdf&amp;a=resolution\" rel=\"nofollow\">resolution<\/a> succeeded in changing the narrative from increasing nightlife profits to protecting public health and safety. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg25afleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg25afleft\" 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>Councilmember Koretz introduced the resolution opposing Wiener&#8217;s SB 58 on <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 5, 2019<\/span>. Today the Council voted 10 to 2 to formally oppose the bill which has been supported by Mayor Garcetti and Assemblymember Santiago who have consistently ignored the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=1667359970&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2FLATE-NIGHT-THREAT-final.pdf&amp;a=statewide+public+health+and+safety+threats\" rel=\"nofollow\">statewide public health and safety threats<\/a> the bill would create by allowing a patchwork quilt of cities to extend alcohol sales to <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 a.m.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;The Los Angeles City Council&#8217;s vote to support my resolution OPPOSING SB 58 &#8216;the <span class=\"xn-chron\">4 am<\/span> bar bill&#8217; sends a clear message to the <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span> legislature that here in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> we put the lives and public safety of our residents before the profit of a few bar and club owners,&#8221; <\/i>said Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz of the Fifth District.<\/p>\n<p>Expected social costs generated <i>annually<\/i> in the <span class=\"xn-location\">City of Los Angeles<\/span> <i>alone<\/i> would be <b><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=2430375708&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2Fhighcost4am-PRINT.pdf&amp;a=%2488%E2%80%93%24354.5+million%3B+while+the+additional+revenue+would+only+be+%2436.5%E2%80%93%24146.1+million.\" rel=\"nofollow\">$88\u2013$354.5 million; while the additional revenue would only be <span class=\"xn-money\">$36<\/span>.5\u2013$146.1 million.<\/a><\/b> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=1125288954&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2Fimages%2Freports%2Freports-full%2Fhighcost4am-PRINT.pdf&amp;a=The+five-year+trial+period+net+social+cost+of+harm+in+Los+Angeles+would+range+from+%24266.5+million+to+%241+billion.\" rel=\"nofollow\">The five-year trial period net social cost of harm in <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span> would range from <b><span class=\"xn-money\">$266.5 million<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-money\">$1 billion<\/span>.<\/b><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>, the fate of the bill currently rests with the Assembly Appropriations Committee, chaired by Assemblymember <span class=\"xn-person\">Lorena Gonzalez<\/span>, which will make a determination on <span class=\"xn-chron\">August 30, 2019<\/span>. If passed and signed into law by Governor Newsom, SB 58 would expose over 76% of <span class=\"xn-location\">California&#8217;s<\/span> population to increased early morning commute hour alcohol-related harm. <\/p>\n<p><b><u>FACTS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>SB 58 would allow closing times for on-sale retailers to be extended from <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m. to 4 a.m.<\/span> as part of a poorly conceived and inadequately funded &#8220;pilot program&#8221; conducted by the ABC <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 would allow ten cities to extend last call: <span class=\"xn-location\">San Francisco<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Oakland<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Sacramento<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Los Angeles<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">West Hollywood<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Beach<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Cathedral City<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Coachella<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Palm Springs<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Fresno<\/span>. <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 strips away statewide uniform protections of <span class=\"xn-chron\">2 a.m.<\/span> last call <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 costs the state at least <span class=\"xn-money\">$3<\/span>-4 million per year to administer and mitigate the harm <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 costs cities and towns in &#8220;Splash Zones&#8221; millions more <\/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 ignores <span class=\"xn-money\">$35 billion<\/span> in annual alcohol-related harm in <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>SB 58 subsidizes and rewards nightlife alcohol-sellers at tax-payer expense <\/li>\n<li>According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> already suffers more annual alcohol-related harm than any other state: over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths, <span class=\"xn-money\">$35 billion<\/span> in total costs, <span class=\"xn-money\">$14.5 billion<\/span> in state costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>The public is invited to express opposition to SB 58 by texting JUSTICE to 313131.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>CAPA Member Organizations <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/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>CONTACT: <br \/><\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Scippa<\/span> 415 257-2490 <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jorge Castillo<\/span> 213 840-3336 <\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=2241072621&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><\/span><\/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<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 27, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=2463892137&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alcoholjustice.org%2F&amp;a=Alcohol+Justice\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alcohol Justice<\/a>,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2563293-1&amp;h=3861572885&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholpolicyalliance.org%2F&amp;a=California+Alcohol+Policy+Alliance+(CAPA)\" rel=\"nofollow\">California Alcohol Policy Alliance&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71098","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\/71098","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=71098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}