Gandier ordinance explained

The Gandier ordinance was the local alcohol-prohibition ordinance in the city of Los Angeles, California, United States, passed in November 1917 and effective April 1918.[1] [2] The Gandier ordinance pre-dated the statewide Wright Act of 1922 and national prohibition in the United States.[3] Under the Gandier ordinance it was illegal to sell beverages with higher than 0.5% alcohol,[4] but "pharmacists might fill prescriptions for alcoholic liquors in a quantity not to exceed one-half pint (eight ounces) upon a single prescrip-tion. There was no limitation in the ordinance with reference to the frequency with which prescriptions might be issued."[5] Liquor remained legal until 1919 in "wet" enclaves like Venice, then an independent city, and Vernon, an "industrial suburb" of downtown Los Angeles and also an independent municipality.[6] L.A.'s city-wide prohibition law was repealed by referendum in May 1933.[7] The Gandier ordinance was named for Daniel McGillivray Gandier, a leader of the California Anti-Saloon League.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 1917-11-21 . Gandier Ordinance Carries by Nearly Twenty Thousand . 2024-06-08 . The Los Angeles Times . 13.
  2. News: 1920-06-04 . Dr. Gandier Dies in Sanitarium After Long Illness . 2024-06-08 . Morning Free Press . 1.
  3. Book: Court, California Supreme . Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California . 1927 . Bancroft-Whitney . en.
  4. News: 1919-07-29 . Beer Rooms Raided . 2024-06-08 . The Los Angeles Times . 26.
  5. Book: Cherrington, Ernest Hurst . The Anti-saloon League Year Book: An Encyclopedia of Facts and Figures Dealing with the Liquor Traffic and the Temperance Reform . 1924 . Anti-saloon league of America. . 81 . en.
  6. News: 1919-07-01 . Liquor Ban Is to Be Rigorously Enforced . 2024-06-08 . The Los Angeles Times . 1.
  7. News: 1933-12-30 . Gandier ordinance . 2024-06-08 . Daily News . 13.
  8. News: 1920-06-05 . For Funeral of Gandier . 2024-06-08 . The Los Angeles Times . 19.

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