Los Angeles City Council Public Safety Committee to Vote on Ordinance Calling for Alcohol-Ad Ban
Experts Agree Youth Drinking and Harm Encouraged by Allowing Alcohol Ads on Public Property
LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to Alcohol Justice, youth, adults, and community organizations that make up the The Coalition to Ban Alcohol Ads on Public Property in Los Angeles (www.NoAlcoholAds.org) will attend the L.A. City Council Public Safety Committee meeting tomorrow at L.A. City Hall. They will testify and encourage passage of Council Member Richard Alarcon's motion "requesting that the City Attorney, with the assistance of the Board of Public Works, Departments of Building and Safety and General Services, and the Planning Department, prepare an ordinance to prohibit alcohol advertising on city-owned and controlled property." The motion has been held up in the Public Safety Committee since the summer of 2011 by committee chair Mitchell Englander.
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What: Public Hearing
When: Friday, May 24, 2013 8:30 AM
Where: Los Angeles City Hall, Room 1010, North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Who: Speakers Include:
- John Viernes, Jr. Director LADPH Substance Abuse Prevention Control
- Richard Zaldivar, Executive Director and President of The Wall Las Memorias
- Ruben Rodriguez, Executive Director, Pueblo y Salud, Inc.
- Jorge Castillo, Advocacy Director, Alcohol Justice
- Margot Bennett, Executive Director, Women Against Gun Violence
- Terry Marquez, Chair, Boyle Heights Stakeholders Association, NW
- Sara Cooley, MA/MPH, Project Coordinator, P3 Partnership for a Positive Pomona
- Susan Blauner, Director of Operations, Saving Lives Drug and Alcohol Coalition
- Dennis Hathaway, President, Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight
- John O. Whitaker, Jr., CDS, CATC II, President, Paso Por Paso
- Kevin M. Key, Community Organizer, United Coalition East Prevention Project
Why:
- Families and youth utilize city owned and controlled property on a daily basis, such as school buildings, recreation centers, libraries and bus shelters
- Last December, UCLA, Center for Alcohol Marketing to Youth, & Dr. Jonathan Fielding submitted clear and compelling evidence that alcohol advertising on city owned property encourages youth alcohol consumption which leads to harm
- The L.A. County Department of Public Health has recommended reducing alcohol advertising in public spaces and in areas commonly seen by minors as a way to help discourage underage drinking
- The City of Los Angeles should play a positive role in reducing exposure to alcohol ads
- The City Council should direct the City Attorney to craft the ordinance language required to ban alcohol ads on city owned and controlled property to protect youth and reduce alcohol-related harm to all residents and visitors of Los Angeles
Coalition Members include:
- American Indian Movement – WEST
- Alcohol Justice
- Asian American Drug Abuse Program Inc.
- Boyle Heights Stakeholders Association
- Boyle Heights Coalition for a Safe & Drug Free Community
- California Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
- Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight
- Community Coalition
- Institute for Public Strategies
- Koreatown Youth & Community Center
- Mexican History Foundation
- Mothers of East L.A. (MELA)
- P3 Partnership for a Positive Pomona
- Phoenix House
- Pilar of Fire Church
- Paso por Paso
- Pueblo y Salud
- Saving Lives Drug and Alcohol Coalition
- Sycamore Grove School
- Tarzana Treatment Centers & AWARE Coalition
- United Coalition East Prevention Project
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Women Against Gun Violence
- Writers In Treatment
Supporters include:
- Michael & Kitty Dukakis, former Massachusetts Governor & First Lady
- Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council
- California Council on Alcohol Problems
- California Alliance for Retired Americans
- Center for Living and Learning
- County Alcohol and Drug Program Administrators' Association of California
- Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Prevention Coalition
- Cri-Help
- Day One Pasadena
- Monsignor John Moretta
- NCADD East San Gabriel & Pomona Valleys
- Public Citizen
- Resurrection Church Neighborhood Watch – Los Angeles
- San Fernando Valley Partnership
- Venice Neighborhood Council
For More Information go to: www.NoAlcoholAds.org
CONTACT: Michael Scippa 415 548-0492
For events occurring May 24, 2013 Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336
SOURCE Alcohol Justice
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