{"id":2429231,"date":"2026-05-23T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2429231"},"modified":"2026-05-23T12:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T12:03:12","slug":"fresno-is-one-vote-away-from-allowing-alcohol-consumption-in-entertainment-zones-cbs47-and-ksee24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fresno-is-one-vote-away-from-allowing-alcohol-consumption-in-entertainment-zones-cbs47-and-ksee24\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno is one vote away from allowing alcohol consumption in \u2018Entertainment Zones\u2019 | CBS47 and KSEE24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>FRESNO, Calif. (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.yourcentralvalley.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KSEE\/KGPE<\/a>) \u2013 Change is brewing in Downtown Fresno.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fresno City Councilmembers voted Thursday to pass\u00a0the first phase of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\/news\/local-news\/fresno-entertainment-zones-alcohol\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2742455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an ordinance to allow people to drink alcohol<\/a> on designated streets during certain events.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And with that vote, Fresnans are one step closer to seeing more fermentation on Fulton Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re going to have alcohol sales, why not let the small businesses participate in that?\u201d CEO of the Downtown Fresno Partnership Elliott Bach said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance would allow \u201centertainment zones\u201d downtown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bach said local businesses that already have liquor licenses would be able to sell alcohol to go, but only for people to drink inside the designated zone during permitted events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe drink that sold by the business can wander into the street where there might be food vendors, music, all the good things, right?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bach points to San Francisco, where the city has over a dozen entertainment zones following the passage of a state law in 2024 allowing cities to create these zones in the first place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Fresno, the three zones would run north along Fulton, starting in the brewery district between Mono and Inyo.<\/p>\n<p>Bach said bars that participate would get permits for the events. He said this makes it safer because licensed businesses would be the ones pouring drinks, rather than temporary vendors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIf there are going to be alcohol sales, wouldn\u2019t you rather businesses that have their liquor license at stake that are experienced in doing this 365 days a year, that those are the places where people are, you know, getting that drink?\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said he supports the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fresno.legistar.com\/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=15482574&amp;GUID=CE757185-8F1B-45E5-978B-9DAE433778A8\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fresno.legistar.com\/View.ashx?M=F&amp;ID=15482574&amp;GUID=CE757185-8F1B-45E5-978B-9DAE433778A8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ordinanc<\/a>e but understands concerns around safety. Dyer said drinkers would wear wristbands and the alcohol would be served in a specific cup, making it easy for officers to spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to create an environment downtown that is unique to the rest of the city. If we are truly going to revitalize and transform downtown in the manner in which we need. We need a lot of people visiting downtown,\u201d Dyer said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dyer said this could take place for about 20 events each year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Max Brazil, who was meeting friends at Tioga Sequoia Friday afternoon, said he\u2019s interested in the ordinance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me it sounds like a good time as long as everybody\u2019s safe,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He thinks it would get more people downtown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would definitely be good for businesses, especially downtown, which could use a lot more foot traffic,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The ordinance returns to the council on June 4\u00a0for a final vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content-cta-group\">\n<div class=\"modal--suggest-correction article-content-cta-group__cta\" data-component=\"modal\">\n\t\t\t\t<button data-modal-trigger=\"\" class=\"suggest-correction-button\">Suggest a Correction<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"modal__dialog\">\n<div class=\"modal__dialog-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"modal__close-button\" aria-label=\"Close Modal Content\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" viewbox=\"0 0 16.85 16.875\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<title>Close Modal<\/title>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M9.65 8.454l6.88-7.063a.809.809 0 0 0 0-1.15.782.782 0 0 0-1.14 0L8.52 7.305 1.37.241a.782.782 0 0 0-1.14 0 .809.809 0 0 0 0 1.15l7.15 7.063-7.15 7.063a.809.809 0 0 0 0 1.15.824.824 0 0 0 .6.219.787.787 0 0 0 .59-.219l7.15-7.063 6.87 7.063a.824.824 0 0 0 .6.219.619.619 0 0 0 .54-.219.792.792 0 0 0 0-1.15z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"modal__dialog-title\">Suggest a Correction<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yourcentralvalley.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE\/KGPE) \u2013 Change is brewing in Downtown Fresno.\u00a0 Fresno City Councilmembers voted Thursday to pass\u00a0the first phase of an ordinance to allow people to drink alcohol on designated streets during certain events.\u00a0\u00a0 And with that vote, Fresnans are one step closer to seeing more fermentation on Fulton Street.\u00a0 \u201cIf we\u2019re going to have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2429232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2429231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Fresno-is-one-vote-away-from-allowing-alcohol-consumption-in.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2429231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429233,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2429231\/revisions\/2429233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2429232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2429231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2429231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2429231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}