Two weeks after the city council approved the ordinance, Mayor Jerry Sanders signed the controversial ordinance into effect on Wednesday. The ordinance's signing came on the 74th anniversary of the repeal of the Prohibition Act barring alcohol production and consumption in the United States. The ban barring all alcoholic consumption on the beach, at the park, or by the bay will begin January 4, 2008.
Opponents of the ban are already beginning the process to block the ban. The group "
Ban The Ban 3" has said they should have no problem collecting all required 30,209 certified signatures within 30 days. If the petition drive succeeds, the council would have to rescind the ban or put it to a city vote. If it goes to the city for a vote (as it did previously in 1991 and 2002) the ban would be delayed until an election.
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Opponents of beach alcohol ban start petition drive "We'll easily be able to gather over 85,000 signatures," Reynoso said. "We've received inquiries from over 7,000 people who want to help or want to sign."
About 80 volunteers were scheduled to go through a short training session Thursday night before setting out for streets, shopping centers and other venues.
Leaders said they expect to have hundreds of signature-gatherers, most of whom will be unpaid volunteers. A fund for donations is listed on the Web site, but neither Reynoso nor another spokeswoman could say Thursday how much money is in the war chest or who is contributing to it.
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