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Supervisor Avalos introduces ordinance to charge alcohol wholesalers for city alcohol-related costs
Summary
Supervisor Avalos introduced an ordinance establishing an "alcohol mitigation fee" on wholesalers and distributors to recover city costs the controller's nexus study attributed to alcohol-related harms, including public health and emergency services.
Supervisor Avalos introduced an ordinance to establish an alcohol mitigation fee that would charge wholesalers and distributors — not retailers — for a share of the public costs the city attributes to alcohol consumption.
Avalos said the fee would be assessed at the wholesaler/distributor level at a rate equivalent to roughly 7.5 cents per ounce of ethanol (about 4.5 cents per standard drink, as stated in his remarks). He said the controller’s office…
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