Alcoholic beverages: licenses: County of San Luis Obispo.

The new code section was renumbered from Section 23826.21 to Section 23826.23 of the Business and Professions Code, likely to resolve a numbering conflict with another enacted or pending bill.

The enrolled version records final passage dates: passed the Assembly on September 3, 2025, and passed the Senate on September 2, 2025, with the bill now awaiting the Governor's signature.

Header changed from enrolled bill format (Assembly/Senate passage dates, clerk signatures) to chaptered format with 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' and chapter number 568.

Line breaks, indentation, and page numbering were reformatted throughout to match the official chaptered publication layout.

Governor's approval date filled in as October 10, 2025, replacing the previously blank date field.

Added an entirely new Section 23826.21 to the Business and Professions Code authorizing up to 10 additional original on-sale general licenses for bona fide public eating places in San Luis Obispo County, capped at 5 per year.

Added legislative findings and declarations that a special statute is necessary because tourism in San Luis Obispo County has grown exponentially despite steady population growth, driving increased demand for alcohol licenses.

New licenses cannot be transferred out of San Luis Obispo County or to premises that do not qualify under the section's provisions.

New licenses cannot be sold or transferred for a price greater than the original fee paid by the seller or transferor, effectively capping resale value at cost.

Persons holding a valid on-sale general license for seasonal business are explicitly allowed to apply for one of the new licenses, removing a potential barrier.

The original nonsubstantive changes to Section 325 (consumer complaints) were retained but renumbered from Section 1 to Section 1 after the new alcohol provisions were inserted as the first section of the bill.

The new provision is renumbered from Section 23826.21 to Section 23826.23 of the Business and Professions Code, likely to avoid a numbering conflict with another bill.

An amendment to Section 325 of the Business and Professions Code (Consumer Affairs Act) is removed. That provision had made nonsubstantive changes to how the Director of Consumer Affairs receives consumer complaints about unfair competition, deceptive practices, public health risks, licensed business violations, and student concerns related to private postsecondary education.

The fiscal committee designation changed from 'no' to 'yes,' meaning the bill now requires review by the legislative fiscal committee before passage.