We’re even closer to 4AM last call, since the LOCAL act passed in California’s state Senate
Call your state assemblyman and Governor Brown if you want to see this bill become law
Senator Scott Weiner’s LOCAL act, which would allow cities to extend last call to 4 am, officially passed in the California state Senate.
Since 1935, restaurants, bars and other drinking establishments have had a strict cutoff at 2 am for serving alcohol. Senator Weiner sees this law as economically inhibiting, especially for nightlife cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
Now that the proposed bill passed the Senate, it moves to the state Assembly for a vote. If it passes there, it will be up to Governor Jerry Brown to sign it into law.
This is the furthest a bill regarding the extension of last call has made it through the legislative process.
If the LOCAL act does become law, not every city in California will be mandated to have a later last-call. The decision to extend the hours will be up to each individual city and their legislators.