BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SB 905
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
SB 905
(Bates) - As Amended April 7, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control (ABC) to issue a club license to a nonprofit umbrella
organization consisting of multiple veteran organizations
established to provide a central meeting location, resources,
and services for veterans and does not discriminate or restrict
membership, as specified.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Minor and absorbable costs to ABC.
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COMMENTS:
Purpose and Background. According to the author, SB 905 expands
existing authority of a veterans' club to serve and sell
alcoholic beverages to include nonprofit organizations
consisting of multiple veteran service organizations. The author
notes that SB 685 (McGuire, Chapter 423, Statutes of 2015)
allowed veterans' club to sell alcoholic beverages, but that
bill did not address nonprofit umbrella organizations such as
the Veterans Association of North County (VANC) in San Diego. SB
905 is intended to fix this oversight.
VANC was established as a non-profit in 2007 to provide a
central meeting place for North County veterans' organizations
and their members, as well as to provide training, counseling,
job placement, housing assistance and other services to
veterans. VANC worked with the City of Oceanside to establish a
long-term lease of an abandoned police station that they have
refurbished and is awaiting its grand opening.
In addition to providing a meeting facility, the training that
VANC hopes to offer its members and community is security guard
training and certification, truck driver training, fiber optics
training and certification, as well as, a culinary arts training
and certification program utilizing the kitchen facilities.
VANC would also like to use the facility for a variety of
receptions and dinners.
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Analysis Prepared by:Luke Reidenbach / APPR. / (916)
319-2081