California: Initiative would raise alcohol tax significantly
One of the great pleasures of living in California is that, comparatively speaking, our alcohol laws and fees are not draconian. We don’t have blue laws, liquor can be sold in normal supermarkets, and there are precious few moratoria on liquor licenses here in the Golden State. Alcohol is freely available and relatively cheap, and yet most people drink responsibly; our percentage of alcohol-caused accidents, for example, is 18th lowest in the nation, tied with Minnesota, North Dakota and Ohio.