EPD Gets Grant from ABC

[Stock photo from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control website]

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced that it is awarding nearly $3 million for the 2026-27 fiscal year to 43 local law agencies to assist their fight against alcohol-related crime in California.

ABC will administer grants to local police and sheriff’s departments through its Alcohol Policing Partnership Program (APP). The APP Program was created in 1995 to strengthen partnerships between ABC and local law enforcement agencies in order to address problem businesses, keep alcohol away from minors, and bring penalties such as fines, suspensions or revocations against businesses that violate the law.

The funds will be used to reduce the number of alcohol sales to minors, obviously intoxicated patrons, and other alcohol-related crime that negatively impact communities.

“Too many young people are killed in alcohol-related incidents every year,” said ABC Director Paul Tupy. “If we can limit youth access to alcohol, and prevent service to obviously intoxicated patrons, then we can save lives and strengthen communities.”

The APP Program has distributed more than $75 million to local law enforcement to combat alcohol-related crime since it was created 30 years ago.

ABC protects communities through education, and by administering prevention and enforcement programs designed to increase compliance with California’s alcoholic beverage laws.

The local law enforcement agencies who have been selected by ABC to receive grant funding are as follows:

1. Anderson Police Department
2. Berkeley Police Department
3. Capitola Police Department
4. Chula Vista Police Department
5. Clovis Police Department
6. Corona Police Department
7. Covino Police Department
8. Downey Police Department
9. Eureka Police Department
10. Fontana Police Department
11. Fullerton Police Department
12. Huntington Park Police Department
13. Inglewood Police Department
14. Kingsburg Police Department
15. Lodi Police Department
16. Long Beach Police Department
17. Los Angeles Police Department
18. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
19. Los Banos Police Department
20. Marysville Police Department
21. Merced Police Department
22. Monterey County Sheriff’s Office
23. Nevada County Sheriff’s Office
24. Ontario Police Department
25. Orange Police Department
26. Pacifica Police Department w/ South San Francisco Police Department
27. Pomona Police Department
28. Rancho Cordova Police Department
29. Redding Police Department
30. Redlands Police Department
31. Riverside Sheriff’s Office
32. Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety
33. San Diego Police Department
34. San Diego Sheriff’s Office
35. San Fernando Police Department
36. San Pablo Police Department
37. Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office
38. Santa Clara Police Department
39. Santa Maria Police Department
40. Santa Monica Police Department
41. South Gate Police Department
42. Tuolumne Sheriff’s Office
43. Watsonville Police Department

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