Scott Wiener s Bills Expanding Outdoor Drinking Rules Pass Unanimously In Committee
Two bills introduced in February in the California State House by Senator Scott Wiener have passed with unanimous, bipartisan support in the Senate Governmental Organization Committee and hopefully this means that soon there will be post-pandemic extensions for restaurants and bars outdoor drinking spaces, and an easier path for entertainment venues to serve alcohol.
Senate Bill 314, with was co-authored by a bipartisan group of state senators, makes what Wiener calls common sense changes to existing ABC regulations around extending existing liquor licenses outdoors. The bill, if passed by the full Legislature, would allow current licensees who have emergency-relief expanded-premises permits for liquor service to have a one-year grace period in which to keep those outdoor setups and in which to apply for permanent extensions for those licenses to the outdoors. This means that once local emer
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It is currently held by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), who has yet to formally announce if she will seek an 18th two-year term in 2022. In November Pelosi had indicated that this will be her last stint serving as speaker, agreeing to a pledge she had made to hand over the gavel at the end of the 117th Congress.
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