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2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 9 - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
CHAPTER 5 - Restrictions on Issuance of Licenses
ARTICLE 2 - Limitation on Number of Licensed Premises
Section 23816.
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CA Bus & Prof Code § 23816 (2025)
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23816. The number of premises for which an onsale general license is issued shall be limited to one for each 2,000, or fraction thereof, inhabitants of the county in which the premises are situated. No additional onsale general licenses, other than a renewal or transfer or as permitted by Section 23821, shall be issued in any county where the number of all premises for which onsale general licenses are issued is more than one for each 2,000, or fraction thereof, inhabitants of the county. No onsale general license shall be issued in lieu of or upon the cancellation or surrender of an onsale beer and wine license.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 783.)
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