Dear Interested Parties,
On February 9, 2022, the City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Restaurant Beverage Program (RBP) Ordinance (No. 187,402), which creates two versions of the RBP, a general and an Alcohol Sensitive Use Zone (ASUZ) version, for sit-down restaurants to serve alcohol if they meet more than 50 eligibility criteria, performance standards, and enforcement procedures. The ASUZ version contains additional standards, including a one-year provisional period with a complaint portal review. The RBP Ordinance became effective on March 31, 2022, and can be accessed here.
To participate in either program, a qualifying restaurant must be located in a neighborhood that has been identified as eligible by the City Council. The RBP Ordinance requires the City Council to designate specific geographic areas by City Council Resolution in order to activate either the general or sensitive use provisions of this ordinance. The City Council has already adopted Resolutions to activate the general version of the RBP in the entirety of Council Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12, and 13; and both the general and ASUZ versions in parts of Council District 15. On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee will consider a proposed Resolution relative to activating the RBP in certain areas in Council District 14. You can find the resolution, along with its attached map and findings, by visiting the Resolution’s Council File (CF 17-0981-S10) and in the agenda for this meeting.
The PLUM Committee meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and be conducted in person at City Hall. Agendas for City Council and Committee meetings can be found online at https://clerk.lacity.org/
For more information regarding the RBP Ordinance, please visit the Council File No. 17-0981. If you have any questions, please contact Roberto Luna at roberto.luna@lacity.org and reference Ordinance No. 187,402 and Case No. CPC-2018-4660-CA.
Thank you for your continued interest in the RBP.
Sincerely,
Los Angeles City Planning
