Effective July 1, 2013, pursuant to the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012, this department is moving from the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency to this new Agency (Business, Consumer Services, and Housing).
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is vested with the exclusive power to license and regulate persons and businesses engaged in the manufacture, importation, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages in the State of California. More.....