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Restaurants that “Morph” into Bars and Nightclubs in California Communities: What’s the Problem and What Can Be Done About It?

bSeries: Policy Briefs
Topic: Policy and its Enforcement

This Policy Brief provides historical background describing how morphing restaurants have emerged over several decades to become a growing problem; reviews what the California ABC can and cannot do to help local jurisdictions address problems with morphing; and describes steps that local jurisdictions are using to make use of their authority to control problematic morphing in California communities.