California Grocers Association v. City of Long Beach
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Trial Court Opinion
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6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 9
11 CALIFORNIA GROCERS Case № 2:21-cv-00524-ODW (ASx)
ASSOCIATION,
12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PRELIMINARY 13 v. INJUNCTION [18]
CITY OF LONG BEACH,
15 Defendant.
UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL
18 WORKERS LOCAL 324,
Intervenor.
20 I. INTRODUCTION 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 roles that do not practically permit quarantining from others. For example, grocery 26 workers have served an essential function by keeping stores open, stocked, and 27 sanitized, despite the perils of working frequently within six feet of the general public. 28 This case concerns the Premium Pay for Grocery Workers Ordinance 2 (“Ordinance”), recently enacted by Defendant City of Long Beach (“City”), which 3 mandates that all grocery workers in the…