Big Alcohol Watchdog Update: Charge For Harm Rally -Sacramento CA.

--- While California scrambles to fill another multi-billion dollar budget hole, the Assembly Health Committee killed a $1.4 billion mitigation fee program to charge the alcohol industry for some of the states annual $38 billion in alcohol-related harm.
Authored by Assembly Member Jim Beall (D-San Jose), AB 1019 would have created the Alcohol-Related Services Program to help cover Californias annual alcohol-related trauma care, hospitalization, treatment, prevention, and criminal justice costs.
The Charge for Harm Alliance that has been building since early 2009 continues to support Bealls efforts. They rallied on the Capitol steps before Januarys 5th. committee vote.

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