A new California bill could save outdoor dining as we know it

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Some restaurants spent tens of thousands of dollars for outdoor dining pivots. AB 1217 could provide stability for those who could lose their permits — and investments — next year.

If passed and subsequently signed into law, the statewide regulation would sustain many of the permitting leniencies and programs designed to help businesses pivot to outdoor dining by allowing the conversion of parklets, alleyways and sidewalks to new dining spaces.

The proposed bill would build upon some of the pandemic relief found in Assembly Bill 61, a bill co-authored by Gabriel. That bill — which was signed into law in 2021 — extended flexibility to restaurants with temporary catering licenses, allowing for more outdoor food preparation, among other practices. Similarly, AB 1217 would extend the currently temporary relief measures such as conditional use permits for outdoor dining expansion and parklet conversion to alfresco seating.

“The point here is to work with local governments and hopefully not to get in a fight with them,” the assemblymember said. “But at the end of the day, we’re not going to allow local governments to kill outdoor dining.”

 

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