The bars could pour “up to four”

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This story was originally published by CalmattersS Register about their ballots.

Are you enjoying the closure of a California bar at 2 o’clock in the morning?

Keep my beer, say a pair of Democrats from San Francisco.

Assembly member Matt Hani and Senator Scott Wiener are returning a measure to allow some restaurants and bars in California to serve alcohol by 4 hours on Friday, Saturday and state holidays, extending the current two -hour interruption time.

“World -class cities have a world -class nightlife,” Hani, San Francisco, says at a press conference on Monday. “The opportunities that this can provide for our small companies, for our hotels, for our restaurants are huge.”

Underneath AB342City leaders will decide which areas and companies can extend their hours and how long.

The owners of the companies, the associations of the city center and the legislators supporting the proposal claim that this will revive the post-forest nightlife in the cities in California and will attract more visitors and revenue, especially when California is preparing to host the World Cup in Los and Los Angeles in Los Angeles and

Wiener, who co -authored the legislation this year after his four previous unsuccessful attempts, told Calmatters that the effort is to give local authorities more authorities without the state nightlife “micro -control”.

“It is completely absurd that the state imposes time to close across the country for all 500 cities in California,” he said in an interview. “Cities and cities must be able to determine their own closing time based on their own local needs.”

Most conditions that adjust the bar hours set last call at 2am, According to analysis from toast, restaurant management company. New York is the only state that allows businesses across the country to serve alcohol by 4am and some cities, ChicagoAllow businesses to apply for licenses at a late hour to sell alcohol by 5am, people can drink all night in Nevada and Louisiana.

California legislators are trying to extend the last call from the beginning of the 2000s. But most attempts failed against the background of fears that drinking on a late night could lead to greater drunk driving and other crimes.

Then-gov. Jerry Brown, Democrat, impose legislation to extend the hours In 2018, arguing “We have enough mischief from midnight to 2, without adding two more chaos.”

Last year, governor Gavin Newo signed a law that prolonged alcohol sales by 4 o’clock in the morning – Just for Los Angeles Clippers you inside the arenaS For Hani, this signals the governor’s desire to apply expansion to other businesses.

A new attempt to maintain storms

Hani said that this year the proposal is much different than previous attempts that seek to create pilot programs in selected cities, including San Francisco. He said that this year the legislation will limit the extended hours to mostly two nights a week and to the “hospitality zones”, which in his opinion will be locally defined with nightlife centers, which are often passable, well -lit and close to public transit.

The changes were enough to dispel some concerns about public safety shared in the past. The California Association of Highway Patrols, a union representing patrol staff across the country, opposed such efforts, Arguing later closing the hours It would lead to more drunk driving. This year, this is neutral about the matter after working with Hani to change the language, said Union President Jake Johnson.

The proposal is Waiting to be heard in the Assembly Committee.

Ben Blmann, a businessman from San Francisco, who owns 12 bars, is the president of the California Nightlife Association that sponsors the measure this year. He claims that this would help cities more festive.

“Darkness is the favorite thing of criminals in the world, and when there are lights and security officers and people, they cannot do their criminal business,” Blaman told Calmatters.

Allowing bars in cities to stagnate their closing hours also allows customers to flow throughout the night, according to Blman and Hani.

“There is a push of big crowds at 2 o’clock in the morning, without anywhere else,” Hani said, allowing some of them to continue the night elsewhere can help reduce the number of drunken patrons on the streets at once.

But The Assembly Zama Tom LakayA Republican from Palmdale and a former highway officer for 28 years, he called the bill “The Young Policy I have voted throughout the time that he is in service.”

Extension of the last calls can encourage more terrains in a late night, which can lead to a more tired and tired driving, he argues.

“I don’t care what sales job or what safety measure they are trying to sell on this issue,” Lakey said. “What is undoubtedly a fact is that over time, people’s fatigue exponentially increases, especially between 2 and 4 in the morning, and this is a huge threat to the motor public.”

Despite their enthusiasm for drinking on a late night, both Wiener and Hani claim they can’t stay out to drink until 4am

“But it warms my heart … knowing that there are people who will be out to 4 have fun,” Vinner said.

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