SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of Los Angeles Drug and Alcohol Policy Alliance (LADAPA) will hold a protest rally to demand that the public retains the right to comment upon any new off-sale alcohol license applications in Los Angeles. The rally will take place immediately prior to a Los Angeles City Planning hearing to review Councilmember Krekorian's proposed alcohol streamline ordinance that will eliminate public comment from the restaurant alcohol licensing approval process.
If passed, the ordinance would allow businesses to cheaply and quickly get a permit to sell alcohol, while communities will no longer have a voice in how it's sold, when it's sold, or where it's sold. The proposed ordinance will do away with public input and automatically grant licenses if restaurants agree to a set of very weak conditions. Opponents call it "a rubber stamp for harm."
Two recent criminal indictments point to the need for greater public input and oversight of the alcohol licensing process in Los Angeles. A California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agent was "on the take" in Koreatown; and, Councilmember Jose Huizar, who chaired the PLUM committee that reviews alcohol license approvals for the City, has lost his position and is now under FBI investigation.
Rally
City Planning Hearing
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SUPPORTERS:
Los Angeles Drug and Alcohol Policy Alliance
Alcohol Justice
Behavioral Health Services, Inc.
Boyle Heights Stakeholders Association
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight
Community Intelligence
Copalm
Institute for Public Strategies
Koreatown Youth & Community Center
Mothers of East L.A.
P3 Partnership for A Positive Pomona
Paso Por Paso, Inc.
Pueblo Y Salud, Inc.
San Fernando Valley Partnership
Saving Lives Coalition
Spa-2 Communities in Action
Social Model Recovery Services
Tarzana Treatment Centers
United Coalition East Prevention Project
The Wall Las Memorias Project
Watts Healthcare Corporation
Women Against Gun Violence
Women's Christian Temperance Union
CONTACT: | Cynthia Nickerson 323 675-8785 |
Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336 |
SOURCE Los Angeles Drug and Alcohol Policy Alliance