SAN DIEGO, California, December 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A judge in southern California delivered an early Christmas present to restaurant owners in San Diego, issuing a ruling allowing them to resume on-site dining and ignore Governor Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order.
Judge Joel Wohlfeil of California’s Superior Court issued on Wednesday a preliminary injunction in a case two strip-clubs brought against San Diego County, California Governor Newsom, and county and state health departments on Wednesday, and then reaffirmed his decision on Thursday after the county sought an emergency hearing seeking to maintain COVID-19 lockdowns.
The injunction directed state authorities to cease enforcing the State’s Regional Stay Home Order not only for the two establishments who were the plaintiffs in the case, but for every restaurant in San Diego County.
Wohlfeil asserted that the state and county failed to provide adequate evidence that restaurants were responsible for the spread of COVID-19.
“The court’s intention is that all businesses which provide restaurant service, meaning all restaurants in the county of San Diego, are encompassed within the scope of the court’s order,” Wohlfeil said at Thursday’s hearing.
“Christmas came early for us,” said San Diego restaurant owner Nicholas Kacha, in a live interview with
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