LA County official votes to ban outdoor dining at restaurants over COVID-19 — then dines outdoors just hours later

A Los Angeles County supervisor voted to ban outdoor dining at restaurants over COVID-19 concerns — and then just hours later dined outside a Santa Monica eatery, KTTV-TV reported.

The station said it received multiple tips that shortly after her vote last Tuesday, Supervisor Sheila Kuehl was seen dining outside Il Forno Trattoria, an Italian restaurant near her home that she's described as one of her "favorite" places to dine.

While restaurant managers had no comment for KTTV, a Kuehl spokesperson offered the station the following statement: "She did dine al fresco at Il Forno on the very last day it was permissible. She loves Il Forno, has been saddened to see it, like so many restaurants, suffer from a decline in revenue. She ate there, taking appropriate precautions, and sadly will not dine there again until our Public Health Orders permit."