![]() ![]() The District Attorney’s Office reports it is hopeful that there will be no new violations and that the case can be resolved through additional education courses through ABC and other educational efforts instead of jail time. “It is a trying and tedious time for many business owners but they risk being prosecuted and losing their licenses by not following regulations that are mean to protect the health and safety of all of us.”īoth the owner and the manager face a maximum sentence of one year in jail if convicted. “ABC agents have been working from the very start of this pandemic to educate bar and restaurant owners regarding health and safety regulations as they pertain to COVID-19 and the spread of this deadly virus,” said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President Alan Barcelona. This establishment, like all bars in the state of California, is regulated through ABC and law enforcement access is a condition of its license as a bar. on December 12, 2020, Mauro is accused of grabbing a uniformed police officer and physically trying to prevent him from entering the Westend Bar. According to the district attorney’s office, on multiple occasions the Westend Bar continued to operate outside of the mandated closure times, at time hosting 50-70 customers without enforcing social distancing or facial coverings for their employees or customers.Īt approximately 11 p.m. ![]() Luisza Giulietta Mauro, 26, of Huntington Beach and manager of the bar, has been charged with one misdemeanor count of resisting a police officer.Ĭosta Mesa police officers, code enforcement officers and agents from the California Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) responded to the Westend Bar numerous times since an emergency lockdown order was issued on Novemmandating all non-essential businesses close between 10 p.m. Roland Michael Barrera, 47, of Costa Mesa and owner of the Westend Bar, has been charged with one misdemeanor count of violating and neglecting to obey a lawful order and regulation. The manager of the bar has been charged with resisting a police officer when she allegedly attempted to prevent him from entering the bar. SANTA ANA- On December 31, 2020, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announce that the owner of a Costa Mesa bar has been charged with illegally operating during the COVID-19 pandemic despite repeated attempts by law enforcement and the city Code Enforcement officers to educate the bar owner on the law and seek voluntarily compliance with the non-essential business curfew order.
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