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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Cowboy Star Restaurant has lost once again, in their efforts to stay fully open with indoor operations.
They sought injunctive relief, and it was denied today, by Superior Court Judge Kenneth Medel. His contention was that the current public health outweighed that of the plaintiff’s argument that they were not a major cause of any spread of COVID-19.
The restaurant contended that neither they, nor the gyms were responsible for the spread of the virus and that they have adhered to all measures to protect patrons. They had hoped for the court to see the inequity of restricting business without a clear indication that their operations endangered public health.
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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Restaurants have been a flashpoint for controversy amid the pandemic stay-at-home orders.
Class action lawsuits have been filed in San Diego, Orange, San Francisco and Sacramento counties against the state and local agencies that involve operation fees.
“We’ve sustained a huge blow to our bottom line and are just struggling to keep the doors open,” said Jon Weber, a lead plaintiff and owner of the Cowboy Star Restaurant and Butcher Shop in San Diego. “We usually pay these fees in full at the beginning of the year so we can sell liquor and serve food.”
The legal action is a result of restaurants across the state facing unprecedented challenges to stay open and maintain cash reserves amid new operating restrictions in the COVID-19 era.
The shutdown order by Gov. Gavin Newsom took effect last weekend.
Cowboy Star Restaurant owner, Angie Weber, joined Good Morning San Diego and said, “We are incredibly frustrated with the closure of restaurants and gyms, the states Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr Ghaly admitted this week that they have no data to show that our sectors are contributing to increased Covid cases, but rather they picked our businesses to close in an effort to keep people home. But they didn’t close big box retail. I struggle to understand if this is just incompetence or is it outright malice. Out of the last 364 days, we have only been open to guests for 91 days. However, we have had to pay fees to the state and the county the entire time we have been closed. People need to understand, that these small grants they’re offering don’t even cover the fees we have been forced to pay them.”