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Council approves downtown entertainment zone allowing to-go alcoholic beverages in designated core

5605827 · August 19, 2025
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Summary

The Redding City Council voted to adopt an ordinance establishing a downtown entertainment zone under California Senate Bill 969, permitting licensed vendors to sell durable, marked to‑go alcohol containers for consumption within the marked zone during set hours and subject to review and enforcement.

The Redding City Council on Aug. 18 approved an ordinance to create a downtown entertainment zone under state law that will allow people aged 21 and older to legally possess and consume alcoholic beverages purchased from licensed downtown vendors within a defined public core.

The ordinance, proposed after staff outreach with downtown business owners and Redding Police Department representatives, authorizes consumption of to‑go alcoholic beverages in a zone generally framed by Eureka Way on the north, Oregon Street on the west, Lincoln Street on the south…

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