California Grocers Association v. City of Long Beach

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9 10 11 CALIFORNIA GROCERS Case № 2:21-cv-00524-ODW (ASx) ASSOCIATION, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PRELIMINARY 13 v. INJUNCTION [18] 14 CITY OF LONG BEACH, 15 Defendant. 16 17 UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL 18 WORKERS LOCAL 324, 19 Intervenor. 20 21 I. INTRODUCTION 22 The COVID-19 pandemic has been awful. In an effort to avoid illness, permanent 23 health damage, and death, we have lived in a state of quarantine for an entire year and 24 counting. Meanwhile, certain workers deemed “essential” have continued to work in 25…