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Lawsuit filed against the City of San Diego claims it’s unconstitutional to ban beach yoga classes
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The battle to keep outdoor yoga classes available on public park spaces in San Diego is now heading to the courts.
For the second time in a matter of weeks, a popular yoga instructor was ticketed for offering his donation-optional class in Pacific Beach.
The city has said that these classes were never legal to begin with and is continuing to crack down.
A new lawsuit filed Monday against the City of San Diego, claiming that it is unconstitutional to ban yoga classes on public beaches and parks, comes just a couple days after one of the plaintiffs was detained and cited for holding classes despite the city's crackdown.
Following a calming beachside yoga class in Pacific Beach on Saturday came a heated exchange between park rangers, who continued to keep their calm, and yoga instructor Steve Hubbard, also known as "Namasteve," who was detained and ticketed for a second time in the past month for allegedly breaking the city's ordinance against teaching group yoga classes on public beaches and parks.
"I'll be honest with you, I probably could have handled it a little bit better," Hubbard told CBS 8, "but when you are violating people's rights, people are going to get a little bit emotional."
MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-filed-against-city-of-san-diego-claims-its-unconstitutional-to-ban-outdoor-yoga-classes/509-d3aae38b-fc0b-46cd-a4dd-9538b5e9ffa2