California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

**About** 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. **Our Values** **Trust** – We serve the public and one another with fairness and integrity. **Innovation** – We embrace emerging change for continuous improvement. **Professionalism** – We are ethical and respectful in all that we do. **Our Vision** Protect California communities through excellence in alcohol regulation and education. **History** Upon the repeal of prohibition in 1933 and the return of the legal sale of alcoholic beverages to California, taxation and regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages were given to the State Board of Equalization. In 1955, an amendment to the State Constitution became effective removing the duty of regulating the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages from the State Board of Equalization and placing it in the new Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.