Councilmember Koretz introduced the resolution opposing Wiener's SB 58 on March 5, 2019. 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 statewide public health and safety threats the bill would create by allowing a patchwork quilt of cities to extend alcohol sales to 4 a.m.
"The Los Angeles City Council's vote to support my resolution OPPOSING SB 58 'the 4 am bar bill' sends a clear message to the Sacramento legislature that here in Los Angeles we put the lives and public safety of our residents before the profit of a few bar and club owners," said Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz of the Fifth District.
In Sacramento, the fate of the bill currently rests with the Assembly Appropriations Committee, chaired by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, which will make a determination on August 30, 2019. If passed and signed into law by Governor Newsom, SB 58 would expose over 76% of California's population to increased early morning commute hour alcohol-related harm.
FACTS
SB 58 would allow closing times for on-sale retailers to be extended from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. as part of a poorly conceived and inadequately funded "pilot program" conducted by the ABC
SB 58 would allow ten cities to extend last call: San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, Los Angeles, West Hollywood, Long Beach, Cathedral City, Coachella, Palm Springs and Fresno.
SB 58 strips away statewide uniform protections of 2 a.m. last call
SB 58 costs the state at least $3-4 million per year to administer and mitigate the harm
SB 58 costs cities and towns in "Splash Zones" millions more
SB 58 disregards 40 years of peer-reviewed, public health research on the dangers of extending last call
SB 58 ignores $35 billion in annual alcohol-related harm in California
SB 58 subsidizes and rewards nightlife alcohol-sellers at tax-payer expense
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), California already suffers more annual alcohol-related harm than any other state: over 10,500 alcohol-related deaths, $35 billion in total costs, $14.5 billion in state costs.
The public is invited to express opposition to SB 58 by texting JUSTICE to 313131.
CAPA Member Organizations
Alcohol Justice
Alcohol-Narcotics Education Foundation of California
ADAPP, Inc.
ADAPT San Ramon Valley
Bay Area Community Resources
Behavioral Health Services, Inc.
CA Council on Alcohol Problems
CASA for Safe & Healthy Neighborhoods
Center for Human Development
Center for Open Recovery
DogPAC of San Francisco
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Eden Youth & Family Center
Institute for Public Strategies
FASD Network of Southern CA
FreeMUNI ? SF
Friday Night Live Partnership
Koreatown Youth & Community Center
Laytonville Healthy Start
L.A. County Friday Night Live
L.A. Drug & Alcohol Policy Alliance
L.A. County Office of Education
Lutheran Office of Public Policy ? CA
MFI Recovery Center
Mountain Communities Family Resource Center
National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse
National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence ? Orange County
Partnership for a Positive Pomona
Paso por Paso, Inc.
Project SAFER
Pueblo y Salud
Reach Out
San Marcos Prevention Coalition
San Rafael Alcohol & Drug Coalition
SAY San Diego
Saving Lives Drug & Alcohol Coalition
South Orange County Coalition
Tarzana Treatment Centers, Inc.
The Wall Las Memorias Project
UCEPP Social Model Recovery Systems
Women Against Gun Violence
Youth For Justice
CONTACT: Michael Scippa 415 257-2490 Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336