Crime School

A disorderly house in California is a liquor licensed premises that disturbs the neighborhood or is maintained for purposes which are injurious to the public morals, health, convenience or safety. A liquor license outlet that: (a) disturbs the neighborhood with noise, loud music, loitering, littering, vandalism, urination or defecation by patrons, graffiti, etc.; or (b) has many crimes ongoing inside, such as drunks, fights, assaults, prostitution, narcotics, etc. The liquor license premises includes the parking lot (and 20 feet of sidewalk in some cases). (Calif B&P Code 25601 and 24200). What kind of liquor license establishments can be considered a disorderly house in California? How does a business operating as disorderly house affect the neighborhood and local law enforcement? Is a liquor license owner in California responsible for patron conduct in the parking lot and front sidewalk? How does the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control learn about crime and nuisance complain