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23mid-1960s, where, he said, he was exposed to %u201creally good beer.%u201d77 Though he was friends withhomebrewers and micro-brewers, he was not a brewer. After consulting with Dr. Lewis at UC Davis and numerous brewers and would-be brewers, Bates wrote California Assembly Bill 3610, which allowed brewers to sell directly to consumers. At this point, Bill Owens was so invested in the brewpub idea that he testified in its favor during committee hearings at the California Assembly and Senate. Large breweries saw direct sales as a threat to their business but when Bates amended the bill to require brewpubs to service food alongside beer opposition vanished.78Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 3610 into law on September 13, 1982, and went into effect January 1, 1983, beginning the race for the first legal brewpub in the US.Owens knew he had a few months to get his business in place. When he asked how to money his CPA pulled out a Limited Partnership Agreement form and whited out %u201calmond farm%u201d and put in %u201cbrewery.%u201d79 Owens wrote a prospectus for potential investors in July 1982, explaining the concept of a brew pub to be opened in Hayward, California. Since it was such a new concept, the terms %u201cbrew pub,%u201d %u201cbrewpub,%u201d %u201cbrewery,%u201d and %u201cmicro-brewery%u201d were used interchangeably. The location was set and the schedule of brewing 100 gallons every Monday, fermenting for seven days, then lagering (aging) for 21 days was in place. Owens was seeking 25 partners at $2,500 each for $62,500 to build out the first California brewpub, for which did not yet have a name. The anticipated benefits of partnership included:-Participation in the first Brew Pub built in the San Francisco Bay Area.-The Brew Pub is designed after the highly successful English Brew Pubs.-Chain, Franchise potential.-The Brew Pub has economical [sic] feasibility. The potential for quick cash distribution. Minimum on investment before general partner shares in profits. -Some investment tax credits.80The anticipated opening date was March 1983. Owens contemplated two locations, Walnut Creek and Hayward, but settled on downtown Hayward because of the cost%u2014the rent was