Celeste Young

Celeste Young, a NICPP prevention specialist who made the presentation before the commission, said responsible beverage sales and service training would lessen those problems by teaching servers how to detect false IDs and how to refuse service to aggressive or intoxicated drinkers.

Young argued that alcoholic beverage servers shouldn't be treated any differently than hairdressers, manicurists and food handlers, who must be certified for health and safety reasons.

"If you get a bad haircut, it grows out," Young said.
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"They shouldn't have any problem supporting the bill then," Young said.

Celeste Young, Prevention Specialist nrprev@mhsinc.org (760) 788-6246

Celeste Young, Community Organization Specialistnrprev@mhsinc.org(760) 788-6246

The proposed ordinance emerged after the North Inland Community Prevention Program approached the city's neighborhood commission with the idea, said Celeste Young, a prevention specialist with the group. The program is part of Mental Health Systems Inc., which provides mental health and drug and alcohol rehabilitation service. Young said her group had analyzed Sheriff's Department statistics related to alcohol sales to minors and DUI checkpoints, which indicated that San Marcos had higher incidence of minors using alcohol than normal.

Prevention specialist Celeste Young said her organization examined DUI records from the Sheriff's Department and other statistics, and her colleagues deemed San Marcos a hot spot for alcohol-related incidents. "This is a community that houses a university and a junior college, which means that we've got a lot of young people up there," Young said. Working with a local Kiwanis club, Mental Health Systems officials trained students from California State University San Marcos to assess how responsible local drinking establishments were. "There were a few problems out there," Young said.

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Celeste Young, a NICPP prevention specialist who made the presentation before the commission, said responsible beverage sales and service training would lessen those problems by teaching servers how to detect false IDs and how to refuse service to aggressive or intoxicated drinkers.

Young argued that alcoholic beverage servers shouldn't be treated any differently than hairdressers, manicurists and food handlers, who must be certified for health and safety reasons.