21st Amendment ratified (1933)
The 21st Amendment repealed national Prohibition, which had banned alcohol sales since 1920. It gave each state the power to regulate the manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol within its borders.
States quickly built their own licensing systems; California began issuing alcohol permits shortly after.
Alcohol regulation became a state, not federal, matter. That is why a California agency, not Washington, decides whether Tacos Locos can pour beer and wine.
Explains the structure behind today's filing: the California ABC exists because the 21st Amendment delegated alcohol control to the states.
