{"id":82583,"date":"2015-10-09T16:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T23:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/press-release\/kycc-responsible-retailer-commended-by-ca-state-senate-lapd-l-a-city-attorney\/"},"modified":"2015-10-09T16:34:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T23:34:29","slug":"kycc-responsible-retailer-commended-by-ca-state-senate-lapd-l-a-city-attorney","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/press-release\/kycc-responsible-retailer-commended-by-ca-state-senate-lapd-l-a-city-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"KYCC Responsible Retailer Commended by CA State Senate, LAPD, L.A. City Attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Oct. 9, KYCC helped to honor the 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Street OK Liquor Store in Koreatown for their outstanding commitment to community safety and health. The California State Senate, Los Angeles City Attorney\u2019s Office and the Los Angeles Police Department all gave certificates of recognition to owner Bong-Ok Lee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LAPD Capt. Vito Palazzolo and Deputy City Attorney Steve Houchin were all in attendance to deliver the commendations to Ms. Lee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe California State Senate would like to recognize 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Street OK Liquor for their exemplary collaboration in reducing alcohol-related harms and teenage drinking in our community,\u201d said Senator Kevin De Leon. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8th Street OK Liquor, which opened in 1988 on the corner of Western Avenue and 8th Street, has been a neighborhood stalwart for almost three decades. Late owner Young-Ok Lee, aka \u201cMama\u201d was dedicated to Koreatown youth and families, which led to the store\u2019s reputation as a community-focused business. Her sister Bong-Ok has remained equally committed to the neighborhood and its residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2013, 8<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Street OK Liquor has been a community partner of KYCC\u2019s Responsible Retailer Campaign, a program of KYCC\u2019s Prevention Education Unit responding to the proliferation of liquor stores and its connection to alcohol abuse in Koreatown, Pico-Union and Westlake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>KYCC is working in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control Division, in addressing underage drinking.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.koreatimesus.com\/k-town-korean-mama-liquor-store-receives-commendation\/\">Korea Times<\/a> English Edition\u2019s article and view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m2EziooIYB0\">LA18<\/a>\u2019s news segment on KYCC\u2019s Responsible Retailer event. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 9, KYCC helped to honor the 8th Street OK Liquor Store in Koreatown for their outstanding commitment to community safety and health. The California State Senate, Los Angeles &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77116,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,252,267,277,280],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82583","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category--es","category-kycc-in-the-news-es","category-neighborhood-spotlight-es","category-october-2015-es","category-prevention-education-es"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/82583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/82583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}