CaliforniaAlcoholic beverages: additional licenses: hospitality zone.
What it does
Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages and the granting of licenses for the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages within the state. Existing law limits the amount of on-sale general licenses that may be issued by the department based on the population of the county in which the licensed premises are located.
More detail
This bill would provide an exception to the limitation described above by authorizing the issuance of up to 20 additional new original on-sale general licenses, as specified, for bona fide public eating places located within a designated hospitality zone in the City and County of San Francisco, as defined. In order to authorize the issuance of additional licenses as described above, the bill would require an ordinance adopted by the local governing body of the City and County of San Francisco to designate or modify a hospitality zone to include specified information and findings. The bill would authorize the local governing body, in an ordinance designating or modifying a hospitality zone, to further limit, among other things, the maximum number of additional licenses to be issued within its hospitality zone. The bill would require the local governing body to submit the ordinance to the department upon the adoption of an ordinance to modify or repeal a hospitality zone. The bill would require any ordinance to establish, modify, or repeal a hospitality zone to be effective commencing the following July 1. The bill would require the department to follow specified procedures concerning the issuance of these licenses, and would authorize the department to designate these licenses as on-sale general for special use. The bill would prohibit licenses issued under its provisions from being, among other things, transferred from one county to another. If one of those licenses is canceled or revoked, the bill would authorize the department to issue an additional license. The bill would prohibit the department from issuing any license under these provisions after July 1, 2033.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 6Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 412, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 6Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 2Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2408.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB395 Wiener et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 28In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 395 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Haney. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 7277.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 21Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 20From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 10From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 10Coauthors revised.
- Jul 9
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 30From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.Major
- Jun 18From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.Major
- Jun 5Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1238.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 21From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.Minor
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 21.
- Apr 8From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 703.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 28From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.Major
- Mar 27Set for hearing April 8.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on G.O.Minor
- Feb 18From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- Feb 14Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced