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California Alcoholic Beverage Control Act ("ABC Act")

Codified as
The California Business and Professions Code
Division 9
Alcoholic Beverages

ARTICLE 5. Entertainment Zones

Services

Wine Law

Beverage Law

Litigation

Regulatory Compliance

Corporate & Transactional

ABC Act Chapters

Chapter 1. General Provisions and Definitions.

Chapter 1.5. Administration.

Chapter 2. Authorized Unlicensed Transactions and Exemptions.

Chapter 3. Licenses and Fees.

Chapter 4. Imports.

Chapter 5. Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses.

Chapter 6. Issuance and Transfer of Licenses.

Chapter 7. Suspension and Revocation of Licenses.

Chapter 8. Hearings.

Chapter 9. Excise Taxes [Repealed].

Chapter 10. Alcoholic Beverages Fair Trade Contracts and Price Posting [Repealed].

Chapter 11. Wine Fair Trade Contracts and Price Posting [Repealed].

Chapter 12. Beer Price Posting and Marketing Regulations.

Chapter 13. Labels and Containers.

Chapter 14. Seizure and Forfeiture of Property.

Chapter 15. Tied–House Restrictions.

Chapter 16. Regulatory Provisions.

Chapter 17. Administrative Provisions.

Chapter 18. Alcoholic Rehabilitation [Repealed].

Table of Contents

§ 25690.

(a) If the City and County of San Francisco establishes an entertainment zone, it shall do both of the following:

  1. Establish a process or procedure by which persons in possession of alcoholic beverages in the entertainment zone may be readily identifiable as being 21 years of age or older.
  2. Provide all of the following to the department:
    1. A copy of the ordinance establishing the entertainment zone.
    2. Information as may be necessary to identify the boundaries of the entertainment zone.
    3. The days and hours of operation of the entertainment zone.
    4. The types of alcoholic beverages permitted within the entertainment zone.
    5. The approved nonglass and nonmetal containers in which alcoholic beverages may be authorized.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique economic circumstances in the City and County of San Francisco.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 700, Sec. 6. (SB 76) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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