Small businesses, restaurants protest health orders
CARLSBAD — For at least 150 businesses in the cities of Carlsbad and Oceanside, staying open in defiance of the state’s regional stay-at-home order is a matter of survival during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Starting this past Friday, North County business owners launched what local employment attorney Michael Curran termed “a peaceful protest,” as numerous restaurants resumed outdoor dining options — and even some indoor dining — despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s health orders on Dec. 6 restricting such practices.
Curran is participating in the protest by working pro-bono for a number of business owners, providing legal advice and other services from his Encinitas firm, Curran & Curran Law.