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Help Prevent DUIs and Underage Drinking by Checking Identifications This Holiday Season

Dec 22, 2025

The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) asks ABC-licensees to help prevent DUIs and check identifications closely to prevent underage drinking during the 2025 holiday season. If your holiday celebrations involve alcohol, planning for a sober ride home must be…

ABC Awarded Grant to Reduce Underage Drinking and Alcohol-Related Harm in California

Dec 10, 2025

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced today it has been awarded a $3 million grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), to reduce underage drinking and increase…

ABC Asks Licensees and the Public to Work Together to Prevent DUIs this Thanksgiving Weekend

Nov 25, 2025

The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) encourages ABC licensees to check identifications closely to prevent underage drinking and to not serve obviously intoxicated customers this Thanksgiving weekend…

ABC Encourages the Public to Celebrate Halloween Responsibly

Oct 30, 2025

The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) reminds licensees and the public to be safe this Halloween by working together to reduce drunk driving…

ABC Observes National Teen Driver Safety Week

Oct 22, 2025

The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), in partnership with the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)…

ABC Marks One Year of Illegal Hemp Product Enforcement at Licensed Locations

Oct 15, 2025

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) is marking one year of identifying and removing illegal hemp products from ABC-licensed locations in the state. The Department has been enforcing an emergency regulation published by the California…

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The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control provides the highest level of equitable service and public safety to the people of the state through licensing, education, and enforcement.

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3927 Lennane Drive, Suite 100Sacramento, CA 95834

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The department’s workload is divided into three elements: administration, licensing, and compliance. The department’s headquarters in Sacramento consists of the Director’s office and other offices performing licensing, fiscal management, legal, trade practices, training, and personnel / labor relations and other administrative support functions for the department. Read more »

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