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Outdoor Dining

An appeals court in California overturned a ruling that blocked LA County’s ban on outdoor dining, finding that courts should be “extremely differential to public health authorities, particularly during a pandemic.” The county recently lifted its prohibition on outdoor dining, but as conditions may change and the ban may be reimposed, the court ruled the consolidated cases are not moot.

/ March 1, 2021
Patrons eat lunch outside of Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Pasadena, Calif. Pasadena has become an island in the center of the nation's most populous county, where a surge of COVID-19 cases last week led to a three-week end to outdoor dining and California's first stay-home order since the pandemic began to spread across the state in March. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

LOS ANGELES — An appeals court in California overturned a ruling that blocked LA County’s ban on outdoor dining, finding that courts should be “extremely differential to public health authorities, particularly during a pandemic.” The county recently lifted its prohibition on outdoor dining, but as conditions may change and the ban may be reimposed, the court ruled the consolidated cases are not moot.

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