The State - News from July 9, 1989
A coalition of San Jose civic groups has called for a crackdown on the sale of cheap, higher-alcohol wine favored by many of the city’s homeless. Under a proposed ordinance, the city would restrict the number of new liquor stores downtown and cut back sales of the wine containing up to 21% alcohol. Support for the plan came three weeks after community pressure in San Francisco persuaded Gallo and Canandaigua Wine Co. Inc. to take their higher-proof wines out of downtown stores for a six-month trial period.
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