City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/13/2018
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Discussion on SB 905 the Wiener Bill
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FROM:
Charlie McClendon, City Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is for discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
Councilmembers Shelley Kaplan and John Aguilar requested that an item be placed on the Study Session Agenda to discuss whether or not the City Council would like Cathedral City to be added to the list of qualified cities in the Pilot Program under SB 905.
DISCUSSION:
SB 905 was introduced by Senator Wiener to amend, repeal, and add Section 25631 of, and to add and repeal Section 25634 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to alcoholic beverages.
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Act provides that any on or off-sale licensee, or agent or employee of the licensee, who sells, gives, or delivers to any person any alcoholic beverage between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. of the same day, and any person who knowingly purchases any alcoholic beverages between those hours, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law provides for moneys collected as fees pursuant to the act to be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund, with those moneys generally allocated to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control upon appropriation by the Legislature.
This bill would require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, beginning January 1, 2021, and before January 2, 2026, to conduct a pilot program that would authorize the department to issue an additional hours license to an on-sale licensee located in a qualified city in which the licensee is located. The bill would impose specified fees related to the license to be deposited in the Alcohol Beverage Control Fund. The bill would require the applicant to notify specified persons of the application for an additional hours license and would provide a procedure for protest and hearing regarding the application. The bill would require the Department of the California Highwa...
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