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City staff outlines new state law allowing entertainment zones; commission asks staff to pursue options for downtown events
Summary
Planning staff briefed commissioners on Senate Bill 969, which authorizes municipalities to create entertainment zones where participating businesses may sell approved open‑container alcoholic beverages for consumption within the zone; commissioners asked staff to develop possible downtown maps and consult police.
Planning staff told the commission that California Senate Bill 969, adopted in January 2025, authorizes cities and counties to create by ordinance local "entertainment zones." Within a designated map, participating restaurants and bars may sell approved alcoholic beverages in open containers for consumption inside the mapped zone if the local jurisdiction adopts an ordinance and participating…
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