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California Alcoholic Beverage Control Act ("ABC Act")

Codified as

California Business and Professions Code
Division 9
Alcoholic Beverages

CHAPTER 16. ARTICLE 5. Entertainment Zones

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§ 25690. Generally.

(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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