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          Date of Hearing:  April 6, 2015 


                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES


                                Richard Gordon, Chair


          ACR 32  
          (Bloom) - As Amended March 25, 2015


          SUBJECT:  California Craft Beverage Month.


          SUMMARY:  Proclaims the month of April 2015 as California Craft  
          Beverage Month.  Specifically, this resolution makes the  
          following legislative findings:


          1)California is the birthplace of the craft brewing movement,  
            when Fritz Maytag acquired the Anchor Brewing Company in 1965  
            and began brewing authentic handcrafted beers.  California is  
            also home of the first microbrewery in Sonoma in 1977.


          2)In 2014, the California craft brewery industry had an annual  
            impact of $5.5 billion on the state's economy and supported  
            more than 500,000 jobs.


          3)The largest number of licensed wineries in the state and  
            nation are small, family owned wine producers. In 1990 Family  
            Winemakers of California was founded to provide a small  
            producer perspective on public policy matters.


          4)The Family Winemakers of California now have 425 small,  








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            independently owned wineries, which add to the prestige of  
            California wine and are a significant part of the more than  
            $60 billion state wine industry.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




          Support


          California Artisanal Distillers Guild




          Opposition


          None on file




          Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800

















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