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Public hearing Thursday on alcohol-related issues & Palmdale youth

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PALMDALE – The Palmdale Planning Commission will hold a public hearing this evening to discuss how alcohol-related problems impact the community and, in particular, the children.

The event starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the City Council chambers, located at 38300 Sierra Highway in Palmdale.

The public hearing was requested by the Prevention Community Council (PCC) of Palmdale to inform the Commission on how alcohol control policies and enforcement factor into reducing problems like DUIs and violent crime.

“Our primary goal is to reduce alcohol consumption and binge drinking by underage youth who reside in Palmdale,” stated Waunette Cullors, prevention project coordinator for Pueblo y Salud.”No one is wanting to get rid of alcohol; we simply want stronger controls that limit alcohol sales in certain areas of our community, especially near schools.”

The grass-roots collaboration is supported by the Antelope Valley Healthcare District board of directors, whose members will address the Planning Commission during the public hearing.

Experts in the alcohol prevention field and prominent members of the community will also speak at the hearing.

The hearing is the culmination of a yearlong collaboration between City staff and health and safety advocates.

“The hope is to reach a compromise that takes into account the city’s business interests while creating an environment that is healthy and safe for residents, especially for our children,” stated Diane Love, a member of the Prevention Community Council.

The PCC encourages all local residents to attend the March 12 public hearing to add their voices to this very important issue.

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[Information via press release from Pueblo y Salud.]

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7 comments for "Public hearing Thursday on alcohol-related issues & Palmdale youth"

  1. Guess who approved the business permits of all the liquor stores and smoke shops in Slumdale….

    • If it weren’t for booze the BLVD would fold up. It is barely hanging on now. I saw the clothing store is for lease. Turn it into a bar or tattoo parlor and it will thrive.

          • Does anyone know how many businesses have opened and closed on the blvd since its renovation?

            What’s odd is that before the renovation there had been businesses there for years and years somehow doing okay.

            Someone who used to post here said that the blvd was an ‘incubator’ for new startup businesses that would then re-locate elsewhere. Huh?

            Yeah, right. That’s how it’s been promoted from the start.

            Tell that to the owner of Barone’s who already had a popular restaurant and opened a second one on the blvd in what must be a cursed location because nothing lasts there for long. He said there wasn’t enough traffic when he closed.

            Rex has conned a lot of business people to sink their money into the failing blvd with all his boasting and bragging about how it is the ‘heart of the Valley’.

            At the same time, he has done more damage to the blvd and Lancaster simply by speaking publicly.

  2. Good luck with this topic…. most youth in Pdale smoke and drink. To many in foster care. Banish DCFS and I bet this may help.