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Details: Stacy Saetta, legal policy researcher at Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, will discuss current best practices and trends in social host accountability ordinances in California and the components of a social host ordinance (penalties, community service, responsible persons, etc.) that a community should consider based on local needs and goals when drafting one.  Gary Najarian, Prevention Coordinator of Marin County Division of Alcohol, Drug and Tobacco Programs, then will discuss the implementation of a social host ordinance campaign, including the challenges coalitions may face in seeking the enactment of an ordinance and his real-time experience in the successful enactment of social host ordinances in Marin County and in its incorporated cities.

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