Brentwood, CA Public Conduct: Public Alcohol Use (2026)

010 that except as otherwise provided, it is unlawful for any person to drink any malt, spirituous or vinous liquor containing alcohol on any public street, alley, way, sidewalk, parkway or public parking area within the city. 900 of the municipal code, which covers alcoholic beverage sales land-use rules. This means a licensed restaurant patio serving alcohol under its ABC on-sale permit is not violating the open-container ban, but drinking on a public sidewalk, a city parking lot, or in a park outside such licensed premises is prohibited citywide, at any hour.

The ordinance dates to 2008 (Ord. 853 § 8) and applies uniformly across Brentwood's public rights-of-way and public parking areas, giving police and code enforcement a straightforward basis to cite open-container violations downtown, at parks, and along public streets during festivals or after-hours gatherings.