While businesses throughout the state are shut down due to the latest stay-at-home order, strip clubs are surprisingly still open. This is baffling to business owners that have had to close their doors, and suffer massive financial strain as a result.<\/p>\n
Gyms are closed, restaurants are limited to take out only, and grocery stores had their capacity limited to 35%, yet Pacers Showgirls International and the Cheetahs Gentlemen\u2019s Club, for example, are still thriving.<\/p>\n
County officials are barred from taking action against gentleman’s clubs because of an injunction put in place by a judge. That injunction granted a temporary restraining order that halted the county’s cease and desist order.<\/p>\n
San Diego Superior Court Judge Joel R. Wohlfeil stated that adult live entertainment is \u201cconstitutionally protected speech.\u201d<\/p>\n
The county is not giving up, however, with officials voting 3-2 to appeal the judge’s decision.<\/p>\n
Many do not think that the regulations in place are reasonable, and believe they are inconsistent.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe anybody can make a business in America. So it\u2019s\u00a0nothing against the strip clubs, but it’s how inconsistent it is that somehow this virus lives in — \u00a0you can’t contract it in certain areas,” said Alondra Ruiz, owner of The Village SD restaurant.<\/p>\n