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suburb" of downtown Los Angeles and also an independent municipality.[6] L.A.'s city-wide prohibition law was repealed by referendum in May 1933.[7] The Gandier ordinance was named for Daniel McGillivray Gandier, a leader of the California Anti-Saloon League.[8][2]
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