BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
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As Amended April 15, 2015
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: | |April 9, 2015 |SENATE: |37-0 |April 23, 2015 |
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(adopted by unanimous vote)
Original Committee Reference: RLS.
SUMMARY: Proclaims the month of April 2015 as California Craft
Beverage Month.
The Senate amendments make technical changes to the resolution.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, the 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
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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,
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
Analysis Prepared by:
Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0000175