SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—The owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during curfew hours for nonessential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Dec. 31. Roland Michael Barrera—who owns the Westend bar—is set to be arraigned June 22 on a misdemeanor count of violating and neglecting to obey a lawful order and regulation, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The 47-year-old Costa Mesa resident allegedly repeatedly refused to adhere to an order mandating that all nonessential businesses close between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., despite repeated efforts by law enforcement and city code enforcement officers to educate him on the law and seek voluntary compliance, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Costa Mesa police, city code enforcement officers, and agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) have responded to the bar numerous times since an emergency lockdown …
Costa Mesa Bar Owner Charged with Illegally Operating During COVID-19 Pandemic
December 31, 2020
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