Campaign Launched to Stop California SB 635 that Would Extend Last Call at Bars, Restaurants and Nightclubs to 4 a.m

<div id="mediaarticlebody"><p class="first">LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to Alcohol Justice, community organizations concerned with public health and safety have joined the statewide coalition to <strong>STOP Leno's 4 a.m. <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_7">Bar Bill</span>.</strong>  They will be joined by police chiefs and Los Angeles city council members Monday at a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_1">Los Angeles City Hall</span> press event to launch their campaign and support <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_4">Council Member Bernard Parks</span>' resolution to oppose passage of SB 635. The bill, authored by <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_5">Senator Mark Leno</span> (D-San Francisco) would make it possible for any <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_6">California</span> bar, restaurant or nightclub to extend drinking hours from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.</p><p>(Logo:  <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.prnewswire.com%2Fprnh%2F20130406%2FDC89996LOGO" rel="nofollow">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130406/DC89996LOGO</a> )</p><p>(Logo:  <a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fphotos.prnewswire.com%2Fprnh%2F20110727%2FDC41105LOGO" rel="nofollow">http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110727/DC41105LOGO</a> )</p><p><strong>What:       </strong>Press event and rally</p><p><strong>When:      </strong>Monday, April 8, 2013 10:00 AM</p><p><strong>Where:     </strong>Los Angeles City Hall South Steps (W 1^st. St.)</p><p><strong>Who:        </strong> <strong>Speakers Include:</strong><br/></p><ul type="disc"><li>Bernard Parks, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_2">Los Angeles</span> Councilmember Dist. 8, (former L.A. Chief of Police)</li><li><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_9">Richard Alarcon, Los Angeles Councilmember</span> Dist. 7</li><li>Jorge Castillo, Advocacy Director, Alcohol Justice</li><li>Ruben Rodriguez, Executive Director, Pueblo y Salud, Inc.,</li><li>Richard Zaldivar, Founder and Executive Director of The Wall Las Memorias Project</li><li>Jeanne Shimatsu, Prevention Coordinator AADAP, Inc.</li><li>Paul Scott, WCTU</li><li>Sarah Blanch, Institute for Public Strategies</li><li>Margot Bennett, Executive Director, Women Against Gun Violence</li><li>Leonard Lee Buschel, Founder Writers in Treatment, & Reel Recovery Film Festival</li><li>Sara Cooley, MA/MPH, Project Coordinator, P³ Partnership for a Positive Pomona</li><li>Susan Blauner, Director of Operations, Saving Lives Drug and Alcohol Coalition</li><li>Dennis Hathaway, President, Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight</li><li>John O. Whitaker, Jr., CDS, CATC II, President, Paso Por Paso</li><li>Kevin M. Key, Community Organizer, United Coalition East Prevention Project</li><li>Crystal Cedillo, Community Organizer Koreatown Youth and Community Center </li></ul><p>Why: </p><ul type="disc"><li>Extending hours of on-site alcohol sales into the wee hours of the morning will benefit a few bar, restaurant and nightclub owners, as well as alcohol producers and distributors, while increasing alcohol-related harms and costs at public expense</li><li>Evidence shows that two more hours of alcohol sales will nearly double alcohol-related violence, crime, police calls, emergency room visits, etc.</li><li><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_3">California</span> already suffers $38.4 billion a year in alcohol-related harm, with local and state governments paying $8 billion annually</li><li>Alcohol-related deaths in California top 10,000 per year with over 900,000 alcohol-related incidents of harm (crimes, injuries, high-risk sex, etc.)</li><li>The last time the California alcohol excise tax was increased was in 1992</li><li>State, city and county public health and safety providers do not have the resources to mitigate the current alcohol-related economic and social harms, so who will cover the damages of two more hours of late-night alcohol consumption?</li><li>Taxpayers will pick up the bloody tab for Leno's bar bill </li></ul><p>Statewide Coalition Members include:</p><p>Alcohol Justice<br/>Asian American Drug Abuse Program (AADAP)<br/>Ban Billboard Blight<br/>Bay Area Community Resources (BACR)<br/>County Alcohol & Drug Program Administrators Association of California (CADPAAC)<br/>California Council on Alcohol Problems (CALCAP)<br/>California Narcotic Officers Association<br/><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1365274942858_8">California Police Chiefs Association</span><br/>Friday Night Live<br/>Institute for Public Strategies<br/>Lutheran Office of Public Policy California<br/>Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood<br/>Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca<br/>Metro United Methodist Urban Ministry<br/>P3 Partnership for a Positive Pomona<br/>Paso Por Paso, Inc.<br/>Phoenix House<br/>Pueblo Y Salud, Inc.<br/>People Reaching Out<br/>Prevention Institute<br/>Social Model Recovery Systems<br/>The Wall – Las Memorias Project<br/>WCTU<br/>Women Against Gun Violence<br/>Writers In Treatment<br/>Youth Leadership Institute (YLI)</p><p><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Falcoholjustice.org%2Fcampaigns%2Fwatchdogging%2Fsb-635-4am-bar-bill.html" rel="nofollow">For More Information: STOP Leno's 4 a.m. Bar Bill</a></p><p><a href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Faction.alcoholjustice.org%2FMI%2FCampaigns%2F31462%2FRespond" rel="nofollow">Take Action against SB 635 here!</a></p><p><strong>CONTACT:    <br/></strong> Michael Scippa 415 548-0492<br/>Jorge Castillo213 840-3336</p><p>SOURCE Alcohol Justice</p></div><img border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-89EKCgBk8MZdE.gif" width="1" /><br /><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/campaign-launched-stop-california-sb-635-extend-last-185900286.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p>

Campaign Launched to Stop California SB 635 that Would Extend Last Call at Bars, Restaurants and Nightclubs to 4 a.m

LOS ANGELES, April 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to Alcohol Justice, community organizations concerned with public health an...

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