About Us
The BUDI Advisory Board is a coalition of community leaders from diverse sectors of San Diego County who convene to prevent binge and underage drinking through policy advancement.
The BUDI Advisory Board is facilitated by the Institute for Public Strategies, a nonprofit organization that specializes in population-wide upstream prevention. The coalition applies the latest research and best practices in the field of upstream prevention to its advocacy and strategy efforts.
Vision
A county where the role of alcohol is determined by its community stakeholders and not by the alcohol industry.
Mission
To advance informed alcohol policies that promote safe, healthy and thriving communities.
Binge Drinking – The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration defines binge drinking as five (5) or more alcoholic drinks for males or four (4) or more alcoholic drinks for females on the same occasion (i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other) on at least one (1) day in the past month.
Approach
Our initiative is dedicated to involving all segments of the community and key stakeholders in efforts to establish or modify both formal and informal standards, codes, and attitudes that affect the rates of underage and high-risk drinking, as well as other harmful behaviors in our neighborhoods. We will address various focus areas, including:
Focus Areas
BUDI Status Report:
an in-depth analysis of alcohol consumption patterns among youth and adults, the subsequent public health ramifications, and the impact on public safety, particularly concerning DUI incidents and traffic fatalities. This report helps inform and guide future regional prevention and intervention strategies.
Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACEs):
PACEs refers to the research surrounding the significant effects of positive and adverse childhood experiences (PACEs) and how they interact to influence our lives, organizations, systems, and communities.
Alcohol and Mental Health
Public health messaging about preventing and reducing youth alcohol consumption, and stopping excessive alcohol use in adults and its consequences.
DUI prevention and prevention of alcohol-related trauma
Public Health messaging supporting interventions designed to reduce alcohol-related harm, including Responsible Beverage Service training
Alcohol Outlet Density:
How an over-concentration of alcohol retailers can impact public health
History
The BUDI Advisory Board was previously known as The Alcohol Policy Panel (APP). It was established in 1995 when a well-respected group of community leaders from throughout San Diego County came together and proposed a menu of policies designed to reduce underage and binge drinking.This coalition included various community leaders who were concerned about the effects of alcohol use and underage drinking on our neighborhoods. The previous APP not only supported BUDI’s initiatives but also played a vital role in advocating for prevention campaigns throughout the county. Among the APP’s most significant achievements are:
Accomplishments
Healthier Beaches and Parks
- Hard alcohol restrictions in place in all 90 San Diego County parks.
- All but one San Diego County beach is now alcohol-free.
Improved Retail Alcohol Environment
- Responsible Beverage Sales and Service (RBSS) ordinances adopted in more than 10 municipalities, all yielding decreases in Place of Last Drink Survey data.
- More bartenders and servers trained in RBSS practices in San Diego County than any other county in California by 50 percent.
- Advocated to prevent local permits that would have allowed movie theaters to sell alcohol in multiple municipalities.
- Successfully advocated to prevent a local permit that would have allowed alcohol to be serve at a go-cart racing track.
- Successfully advocated with other statewide groups to prevent state legislation that would have paved the way for bars to close at 4 a.m. in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 legislative sessions.
Protecting Youth
- Social Host Ordinances in place in all San Diego cities and the unincorporated areas of the county.
- Successfully advocated for state legislation that prohibits the sale of powdered alcohol in California.
- Successfully advocated for state legislation that reclassified alcopops as distilled spirits and changed the taxation from 20 cents per gallon to $3.30 per gallon.
- Billboard ordinances established in multiple San Diego cities to restrict outdoor promotion of alcohol products near youth-frequented areas.
- San Diego County Law Enforcement Task Force on Alcohol and DUI established in 1999 to engage all San Diego County law enforcement agencies in conducting high-visibility, multi-jurisdictional operations to reduce underage and binge drinking.
Advisory Board Members
Stacie Perez
Director
Housing & Clinical Services
Episcopal Community Services
Email: sperez@ecscalifornia.org
Craig Carter
Retired Chief
Escondido Police Department
Email: craigcarter911@gmail.com
Cally Bright
Deputy District Attorney
San Diego County
Email: cally.bright@sdcda.org
Dana Brown
Organizational Liaison
PACEs Connection
Email: dbrown@pacesconnection.com
Jim Crittenden
Coordinator, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention
San Diego County Office of Education
Email: jcrittenden@sdcoe.net
Carol Green
President
Ninth District PTA
Email: cgreen@capta.org
Chief Roxana Kennedy
Chief of Police
Chula Vista Police Department
Email: rkennedy@chulavistapd.org
Elvin Lai
President/CEO, Ocean Park Inn, INC
Vice Chair of the San Diego Convention Center, &
President of the San Diego County Lodging Association.
Email: elvin@g4strategies.com
Roneet Lev, M.D.
Executive Director
Independent Emergency Physicians Consortium
Email: roneetlev@gmail.com
Jeanne McFarland
EMS Coordinator
City of Escondido
Email: jmcfarland@escondido.org
Chief James Miyashiro
Assistant Vice President for Public Safety
University of San Diego
Email: jmiyashiro@sandiego.edu
Monique Myers
Deputy District Attorney
San Diego County
Email: monique.myers@sdcda.org
Marian Novak
Project Director
Responsible Hospitality Coalition
Email: rhcsd@aol.com
Felipe Nuño
Chairperson
Otay Mesa Parks & Recreation Board
Email: felipe9@juno.com
Lupe Samaniego-Kraus
Student Health Services (Retired)
University of California San Diego
Email: lupesamaniegokraus@gmail.com
Scott Suckow
Executive Director
Liver Coalition of San Diego
Email: scott.suckow@outlook.com
Sean Verner
Executive Director
Pathfinders of San Diego
Email: admin@pathfindersofsd.com
Alcohol Policy Tools
Deemed Approved Ordinances & Conditional Use Permits
Municipalities do have a positive impact on reducing criminal activity and public nuisance activity near alcohol retail outlets by placing conditions on an alcohol retailer that ensures the business thrives, is consistent with the community’s character, and does not detract from the quality of the life of local residents. This is accomplished through a number of tools available for local control of alcohol outlets that includes:
- Conditional Use Permits
– For new alcohol retail outlets
- Deemed Approved Ordinance
– For existing alcohol retail outlets
Place of Last Drink – POLD
BUDI Status Report
GIS Mapping / Alcohol Outlet Density
Young Advocates
Public Health Messaging
Risk Assessments and Environmental Scans
Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Special Event Training
- Bar Undercover Assessments
