Amended in Assembly May 13, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 24

Introduced by Assembly Member Nestande

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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February 22, 2013

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 24—Relative to California Beer Distributor Month.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 24, as amended, Nestande. California Beer Distributor Month.

This measure would proclaim the month of May 2013 as California Beer Distributor Month.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, In the United States, beer distributors are licensed
and regulated by state and federal governments. Distributors are
a critical component of the state-based system of alcohol regulation
established under the 21st Amendment to the United States
Constitution and in the California Constitution. These laws provide
for an orderly distribution system that gives access to markets,
promotes competition, and protects the public; and

WHEREAS, California’s beer distributors maintain and market
a diverse beverage portfolio, buying from many brewers and selling
to all licensed retailers in the area. This practice gives consumers
over 13,000 brand choices, from domestic brands, to craft-brewed
specialty beers and imports, all at competitive prices; and

WHEREAS, California’s beer distributors are highly regarded
for local sales knowledge and specialized marketing, bringing
brewers’ beers to life on tap or on the grocery shelf by building
brands through retailer and consumer education, promotions, and
tasting events; and

WHEREAS, California’s beer distributors are working smarter
and greener every day, powering their warehouses with solar
energy, complying with California’s rigorous diesel regulations,
and investing in the latest technology and innovative sustainable
solutions to reduce their carbon footprint businesswide; and

WHEREAS, California benefits from beer distributors as the
single point of contact, ensuring a transparent paper trail for the
full collection and payment of California’s redemption values and
all sales, excise, and state taxes. California’s beer distributors are
the link to beverages brought in from out of state that need to be
tracked back to the point of manufacture for state taxing and public
safety purposes; and

WHEREAS, California’s beer distributors are third and fourth
generation independent family businesses commited to the
economic and civic vibrancy of their communities and to ever
stronger family businesses for the benefit of their employees and
future generations; and

WHEREAS, California’s beer distributors, located in all 58
California counties, contribute $931,668,114 annually to
California’s economy in direct wages and health care benefits to
their 11,743 employees; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby proclaims the
month of May 2013 as California Beer Distributor Month; and be
it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.