LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - December 4, 2020 - As we enter day 263 of “fourteen days to slow the spread,” Los Angeles has been hard at work to, in the words of Mayor Eric Garcetti, “cancel everything”.

Among his new nonsensical and unconstitutional restrictions includes a ban on outdoor dining, driving, and travel on public transport, bikes, motorcycles, and scooters (except for “essential” activities). So severe are his travel restrictions that even “unnecessary walking” is banned.

There’s still no word on how regulated excessive breathing and thinking will be.

Among the “essential industries” granted exceptions include those who work in entertainment, and private golf courses. Or in other words, people with the political power to lobby for exceptions.

The timing on these severe restrictions is just as absurd as the restrictions themselves. After all, one doesn’t need to do more than take a few seconds to search “Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest” on Google images to find countless images documenting tens to hundreds of thousands of people walking in close proximity in crowded streets earlier this year. Large crowds also gathered in the city to celebrate the media’s declaration of a Biden presidential win, to which participants faced zero consequences.

Garcetti is facing the kind of resistance one would expect, and opponents of his unlawful restrictions already have scored a temporary victory when it comes to his ban on outdoor dining.

A judge instructed attorneys representing the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to return to court next week with medical evidence to justify a three-week ban on outdoor dining that many restaurant owners say could put them out of business.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Chalfant “appeared sympathetic” to separate lawsuits seeking to lift the restriction filed by the Kalifornia Restaurant Association and famed attorney Mark Geragos, who owns the Engine Co. No. 28 restaurant in downtown L.A. However, according to the outlet, “Chalfant said he was reluctant to issue an order that could have a major impact on public health without first reviewing scientific data about the danger of coronavirus transmission at an outdoor dining establishment.”

He scheduled another hearing for next Tuesday when public health officials will have an opportunity to bring forth information that backs up their decision to issue such a directive.

It sure is nice to see a judge actually requiring evidence to justify the clampdowns on human freedom we’ve witnessed this year.

Evidence aside, for the sake of consistency, how does one allow outdoor protests but ban outdoor dining? Perhaps the coronavirus is just acting as a Trojan Horse for these sorts of politicians.