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Supes weigh in on state booze fee bill
By: Joshua Sabatini
Examiner Staff Writer
10/16/09 4:39 PM PDT
On Monday, the Board of Supervisors City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee will vote on a resolution in support of state assembly bill 1019 -- introduced by assembly member Jim Beall that would impose a 10 cent per drink surcharge on wholesales located in California who distribute alcoholic beverages to retailers for consumption in the state. The fee would pay for the costs associated with alcohol, such as treatment programs and emergency response.
The resolution, which was introduced by Supervisors Bevan Dufty, says, “Alcohol sales and consumption in this county generates the need for numerous regulatory and service programs, costing this county millions of dollars annually.” It says, “There is a rational basis for the assessment of fees statewide for costs to the state government for past, present and future harm and ofr new and old programs to mitigate harm.”
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