Last call at Calif. bars will not be extended
By Dennis Romero, LA Weekly
It was a valiant effort that nearly slid by the foes of alcohol, but in the end there wasn’t enough time and support to save a proposal to allow cities like Los Angeles to extend bars’ last call serving times to 4am.
Legislation that would have given municipalities the flexibility to go later for last call died over the holiday weekend in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Jeff Cretan, communications director for the proposal’s author, Sen. Scott Wiener, explained what happened.
The bill’s core language was replaced with a proposal to create a task force that would study the idea of extending alcohol service hours, he said via email.