Will banning new liquor licenses make Calwa a safer place?

Local business owners say they’re just trying to grow, but county leaders argue the area already has too much alcohol in an underprivileged community.

A store owner in Calwa has applied for a liquor license but has been denied.

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A county supervisor has said that too many stores sell alcohol and that those stores bring too many vagrants.

However, there is also an ordinance that limits the number of stores that can sell alcohol in Fresno County.