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California Craft Distillers Face End of Direct Shipping Rights
Opponents have spent more than $1 million lobbying as lawmakers face a deadline to preserve the pandemic-era shipping rule, advocates say.
- California craft distillers face the end of direct-to-consumer shipping rights as temporary pandemic-era allowances expire December 31, unless lawmakers intervene before the Legislature finishes for the year on August 31.
- Powerful lobbying groups, including the Wine Institute and Teamsters, successfully blocked efforts to make shipping permanent, arguing pandemic-era rules were only temporary and should expire as designed, six years later.
- While California craft distillers reported spending $54,000 on lobbying this year, opposing groups spent more than $1 million. These opponents have donated at least $11 million to California politicians since 2000.
- Folsom Republican Assemblymember Josh Hoover unsuccessfully attempted to amend Assembly Bill 2211 to preserve shipping rights, stating, "They went directly to legislators' offices and basically torpedoed any effort we came up with."
- With legislative sessions concluding August 31, Dry Diggings Distillery owner Cris Steller is already reducing distribution. Teamsters lobbyist Matt Broad noted the labor group supports established shipping standards to ensure legal delivery and liability compliance.
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California craft liquor delivery is about go away thanks to big money lobbying
California craft liquor deliveries could end Jan. 1. Distillers say powerful alcohol companies, the wine industry and Teamsters killed a possible extension of deliveries.
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