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Alcohol license concentration and public safety at 3024 W. Temple Ave.

Pomona

Summary

A longtime convenience market wants to upgrade from beer-and-wine to a full liquor license. The Planning Commission approved it 4-3 with conditions, but the council paused to see whether the owners will offer a community benefit before making the required finding on May 18.

At a glance

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Last discussed May 4, 2026.

Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

Council members floated community benefit ideas like roughly $3,500 a year in donations or event support.

✅Who benefits

The market owners gain spirits sales and a remodel; the neighborhood gains enforceable operating conditions.

⚠️Who could be affected

Some neighbors, including a nearby Coptic Orthodox church, opposed adding distilled spirits sales.

Mentions & discussions (1)

MeetingMay 4, 2026tabled

City Council and Housing Authority — May 4, 2026

A longtime convenience market wants to upgrade from beer-and-wine to a full liquor license. The Planning Commission approved it 4-3 with conditions, but the council paused to see whether the owners will offer a community benefit before making the required finding on May 18.

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PCN for Type-21 Off-Sale General License — Diamond Market Deli

The CUP conditions ban single-can sales and on-site drinking and give the city revocation power it doesn't have over the current nonconforming use. The census tract has 6 off-sale licenses where 4 are allowed and the reporting district exceeded its crime threshold.

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