{"article":{"id":8936,"heading":"San Diego City Council Puts Beach Drinking Ban on Ballot","author":"Mark Gabrish Conlan\/Zenger's Newsmagazine","created":"2001-07-26 19:17:11","modified":"2005-08-15 00:36:50","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:36:50","article":"

San Diego City Council Puts Beach Alcohol Ban on Ballot

by MARK GABRISH CONLAN





























<\/p>\n","contact":"mgconlan@earthlink.net","link":"http:\/\/zengers.tripod.com\/","address":"P.O. Box 50134, San Diego, CA 92165","phone":"(619) 688-1886","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The San Diego City Council on July 23 responded to a public referendum petition to put its controversial ban on drinking on city beaches to a public vote. Opponents of the ban focused on the $180,000 it would cost to add the issue to the March 5, 2002 election. Supporters said that's a drop in the bucket compared to the costs of additional police to patrol the beaches and prevent alcohol-related crime.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2001\/07\/san_dd3p82l.txt","filesize":"6.5 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2001\/07\/8936.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}