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Appellate Panel Rules for Yoga Instructors in Battle over Classes in Beaches, Parks
- On Wednesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that San Diego's prohibition on conducting yoga sessions in public parks and along the shoreline infringes upon First Amendment rights.
- The ban arose from amended street vendor ordinances that prohibited commercial activities without permits, including yoga classes of four or more people.
- Steven Hubbard and Amy Baack, both yoga teachers, filed a federal lawsuit opposing the city's prohibition on yoga classes, asserting that offering such instruction is a form of protected free speech.
- The appeals court affirmed that instructing yoga falls under First Amendment protections and determined that the city's ordinance was a content-based restriction that did not demonstrate any legitimate safety concerns.
- The ruling blocks enforcement of the ban pending further proceedings, allowing instructors to resume classes while the city evaluates potential next steps.
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Yoga classes return to San Diego beachfront park after appeals court deems them 'protected speech'
A federal appeals panel has ruled that a 2024 local law to bar yoga classes for larger groups in San Diego's shoreline parks violates instructors' rights. Yoga instructor Steve Hubbard resumed conducting his class for at least a dozen mat-toting…
City blocked from applying vendor laws to beachside yoga classes
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A preliminary injunction was issued Wednesday by a federal appeals court in a lawsuit filed by two yoga instructors over the city of San Diego's crackdown on donation-based yoga classes at public parks and beaches under its vendor laws. The decision by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which reverses a lower court's partial dismissal of the case, blocks the city from enforcing the vendor law as it pertains to thes…
Appeals Court Rules San Diego’s Yoga Ban Is Unconstitutional - The Thinking Conservative
The city of San Diego’s ban on yoga classes in public parks and beaches was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. The post Appeals Court Rules San Diego’s Yoga Ban Is Unconstitutional appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
Appeals Court Rules San Diego’s Yoga Ban Is Unconstitutional
SAN DIEGO—The city of San Diego’s ban on yoga classes in public parks and beaches was ruled unconstitutional on June 4 by a federal appeals court that found such classes are protected by the First Amendment. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling states city officials had not shown any “plausible connection between plaintiffs teaching yoga and any threat to public safety and enjoyment in the city’s shoreline parks.” The crackdown on the c…
Unfortunately, the revolution is also not organized in neighbourhood apps, as our author Leo Fischer found in his nd column »The Voice of Reason«. Instead, everyone only wants to sell yoga classes.
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