Supporters of the LA nightlife community will join authors of the LOCAL Act, which allows – but does not require -- local communities to extend alcohol sales hours in bars, nightclubs, and restaurants past 2 a.m., at a press conference in the Broadway Theater District in Downtown LA
Los Angeles– This Friday Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), and Assemblymembers Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles), and Matt Dababneh (D-Woodland Hills), will join Los Angeles nightlife and hospitality leaders in support of Senate Bill 384. SB 384 allows – but does not require – local communities to extend alcohol service to as late as 4 a.m. The LOCAL Act, which stands for Let Our Communities Adjust Late Night, applies to bars, nightclubs, and restaurants, but not to liquor stores.
WHAT: Press Conference in support of SB 384 to allow communities to extend late night alcohol sales
WHO: Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco)
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles)
Assemblymember Matt Dababneh (D-Woodland Hills)
Jessica Lall, President & CEO, Central City Association
Cedd Moses, Owner & CEO, Broadway Bar and 213 Hospitality
David Cooley, Owner, The Abbey and The Chapel
Adele Yellin, Owner, Grand Central Market
WHEN: Friday, August 18, 2017
9:00 a.m.
WHERE: Broadway Theater District
830 S Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014
WHY: The LOCAL Act has passed the State Senate and is awaiting a vote in the State Assembly, which will take place in the next few weeks. California’s hospitality and nightlife industry, including food service, bars/clubs, restaurants, and live music, generate many billions of dollars in consumer spending and employ well over a million Californians.
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago is the Chair of the Assembly’s Communications and Conveyance Committee, and a member of both the Assembly Public Safety Committee and the California Latino Legislative Caucus. He represents the 53rd District composed of the cities of Los Angeles, Huntington Park, and Vernon.
CONTACT: (Santiago) Jackie.Koenig@asm.ca.gov, (916) 319-2053
(Wiener) Jeff.Cretan@sen.ca.gov, (415) 308-6782