California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) to Announce 2019 CAPA Alcohol Prevention Heroes

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4th Annual CAPA Summit at the California Endowment Center, Los Angeles

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Nov 06, 2019, 08:00 ET

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA), and Alcohol Justice, are pleased to announce the CAPA Alcohol Prevention Hero Awards for 2019, during a press event at the 4th Annual CAPA Summit. This year CAPA took a leadership role in successfully opposing SB 58, Senator Scott Wiener's 3^rd failure in three years to change last call policy at California bars, restaurants, and nightclubs.

What:	Press Event / 2019 CAPA Alcohol Prevention Hero Awards

When:	Thursday, November 7, 2019, 12:30 P.M.

Where:	Yosemite Room, California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities
	1000 North Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Who:	2019 CAPA Alcohol Prevention Hero Awards:
•	Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale), California State Assemblymember, District 36
•	*CAPA Member Agency of the Year - Surprise*
	2019 CAPA Wakinyan Awards:
•	Paul Krekorian, (D-Los Angeles) Los Angeles City Council, District 2
•	Paul Koretz, Los Angeles City Council, District 5
•	Alison Simard, Director of Communications, Councilmember Paul Koretz
•	Jeffrey Ebenstein, Director of Policy and Legislation, Councilmember Paul Koretz.
•	Miriam Castro, CAPA member, community organizer
•	Richard Zaldivar, CAPA Co-Chair, Founder/E.D., The Wall - Las Memorias Project, President/Chair, Alcohol Justice Board of Directors

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.DAPA)
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

CAPA Mission:
The California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) shall unite diverse organizations and communities in California to protect health and safety, and prevent alcohol-related harm through statewide action.

CAPA Platform:
Current core issues leading to specific advocacy and policy change action items.

Raise the price of alcohol through taxes and fees, supporting the "Charge for Harm" concept that the industry should pay for treatment, prevention and all other costs to government.
Limit alcohol advertising in all media, especially on government-controlled property and where children or targeted populations are exposed.
Make the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable to public health and safety concerns of the community, and not to cater to industry profits and license expediency, through policies that reduce alcohol outlet density and increase funding for alcohol control, regulation, and enforcement.
Eliminate product lines (such as alcopops and malt liquors) oriented to underage youth and vulnerable or targeted populations.
Reduce the allowable blood alcohol content for drivers as "Point .05 Saves Lives"

For More Information go to: https://alcoholpolicyalliance.org/ or https://alcoholjustice.org/

Take Action here: to thank the California legislators who stopped SB 58!

CONTACT: Michael Scippa 415 548-0492
Jorge Castillo 213 840-3336

SOURCE California Alcohol Policy Alliance