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Notices of Regulatory Relief (First Notice March 19, 2020; Second through Fifth Notices, March-June 2020) and COVID-19 advisories

ABC COVID-19 regulatory relief series (to-go alcohol with meals; delivery; expanded footprint) and advisories on the Limited Stay at Home Order (Nov. 25, 2020), Regional Stay at Home Order (Dec. 10, 2020) and Blueprint (Mar. 2021)

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control · California (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
California
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Bus. and Prof. Code sec. 23000 et seq.; Cal. Const. art. XX, sec. 22
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19
End
Relief phased out 2021-2022 (SB 389 codified to-go sales) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Alcohol and bars
Addressees
  • all ABC licensees
Functions reached
  • BA bar and alcohol service
  • DR
  • TO takeout
Collection
California CA

Operative words

ABC advisory of Nov. 25, 2020 (read): 'various activities must be restricted during the hours of 10:00 pm and 5:00 am'; 'Failure to comply with this and other public health orders issued by CDPH may result in disciplinary action against the ABC license.' ABC advisory of Dec. 10, 2020 (read): licensees 'may not serve any food or beverages to such customers for consumption on the licensed premises'; 'the number of people permitted to be on the premises shall not exceed 20% of the occupancy capacity at any given time.'

Enforcement

ABC license discipline (Bus. and Prof. Code sec. 24200)

Notes

ABC's advisories at https://www.abc.ca.gov/limited-stay-at-home-order/ and https://www.abc.ca.gov/regional-stay-at-home-order/ were read live;

Retrieval note

The two ABC advisories (Nov. 25 and Dec. 10, 2020) were read on ABC's live site and could be saved as exhibits by a later pass; the relief notices are referenced in ABC's own advisories of Apr. 30 and June 10, 2020.