Alcohol Marketplaces 2.0 Part 1: Solicitation of sales by unlicensed third-party providers
Only businesses that hold a license to sell alcohol at retail can sell alcohol to consumers. That simple fact complicates matters for unlicensed entities such as online marketplaces, delivery apps, and delivery services that would like to create or enhance platforms to facilitate alcohol sales. Marketplace platform providers, alcohol licensees, and alcohol and tax regulatory agencies all have different goals and concerns when it comes to the sale of beverage alcohol products.
In this
Alcohol Marketplaces blog series, Rebecca Stamey-White, partner at Hinman & Carmichael LLP, and Jeff Carroll, general manager of Avalara for Beverage Alcohol, will explore multiple issues surrounding alcohol marketplaces and propose a compliance framework to meet the goals and concerns of different stakeholders.
State Agency Hits Non-Compliant Restaurants With Warnings, Fines
Orange County officials might not be clamping down on local restaurants defying state health orders, but that doesn’t mean the eateries are off the hook.
California’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has been penalizing noncompliant restaurants since July, and has cited 19 Orange County businesses for violating state health orders. It has issued several warnings that resulted in voluntary compliance.
Its clampdown continues during an ongoing regional stay-at-home order for Southern California. Under the state-mandated guideline, which began Dec. 12, restaurants are restricted to takeout and delivery only. However, many are ignoring the rule and have opened their patios and indoor dining rooms to patrons.
OC bar owner charged with illegally operating during pandemic, allegedly defying regulations
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The owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during curfew hours for nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Ronald Michael Barrera, who owns the Westend Bar, is facing one misdemeanor count of violating and neglecting to obey a lawful order and regulation, according to the Orange County District Attorney s Office.
The charges were filed after repeated attempts by law enforcement and city code enforcement officers to educate him on the law and seek voluntary compliance, officials added. The 47-year-old Costa Mesa resident and bar owner on numerous occasions allegedly refused to adhere to an order mandating that all nonessential businesses close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
Costa Mesa Bar Owner Charged with Illegally Operating During COVID-19 Pandemic
SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) The owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during curfew hours for nonessential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Dec. 31.
Roland Michael Barrera who owns the Westend bar is set to be arraigned June 22 on a misdemeanor count of violating and neglecting to obey a lawful order and regulation, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The 47-year-old Costa Mesa resident allegedly repeatedly refused to adhere to an order mandating that all nonessential businesses close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., despite repeated efforts by law enforcement and city code enforcement officers to educate him on the law and seek voluntary compliance, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
COSTA MESA, Calif. (KABC) The owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during curfew hours for nonessential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Ronald Michael Barrera, who owns the Westend Bar, is facing one misdemeanor count of violating and neglecting to obey a lawful order and regulation, according to the Orange County District Attorney s Office.
The charges were filed after repeated attempts by law enforcement and city code enforcement officers to educate him on the law and seek voluntary compliance, officials added. The 47-year-old Costa Mesa resident and bar owner on numerous occasions allegedly refused to adhere to an order mandating that all nonessential businesses close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.