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suburb" of downtown Los Angeles and also an independent municipality.[6] L.A.'s city-wide prohibition law was repealed by referendum in May 1933.[7] The Gandier ordinance was named for Daniel McGillivray Gandier, a leader of the California Anti-Saloon League.[8][2]
References
edit- ^ "Gandier Ordinance Carries by Nearly Twenty Thousand". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1917. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ a b "Dr. Gandier Dies in Sanitarium After Long Illness". Morning Free Press. June 4, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ Court, California Supreme (1927). Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California. Bancroft-Whitney.
- ^ "Beer Rooms Raided". The Los Angeles Times. July 29, 1919. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1924). The Anti-saloon League Year Book: An Encyclopedia of Facts and Figures Dealing with the Liquor Traffic and the Temperance Reform. Anti-saloon league of America. p. 81.
- ^ "Liquor Ban Is to Be Rigorously Enforced". The Los Angeles Times. July 1, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Gandier ordinance". Daily News. December 30, 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "For Funeral of Gandier". The Los Angeles Times. June 5, 1920. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
Further reading
edit- Ostrander, Gilman M. (1957). The Prohibition Movement in California, 1848–1933. University of California Publications in History (57). University of California Press. LCCN 58009056. OCLC 2764766.
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