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Monterey County DA’s Office Warns Hobby Lobby of California Code Violation
KSBW ^ | May 14, 2020

Posted on 05/15/2020 1:33:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A member of the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said the Salinas store was warned they were in violation of CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE 17200

The Monterey County District Attorney's Office is putting another Central Coast business on notice for potentially violating the county's shelter-in-place order. The DA's office warned Hobby Lobby in Salinas that they were in violation of California Business and Professions Code 17200:

"As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising."

A representative of the DA's office said this is a civil violation and not a criminal statute.

One customer who was inside the store at the time said the manager told them to they could not sell them non-essential items.

"Unless customers were buying masks or fabric for PPE then they'd have to leave their purchases," Angela Aguilar said referring to items that had not yet been purchased. "I was saying I'll buy a piece of fabric if I have to just let me get my items and they said, 'No that's not the point.'"

One KSBW viewer sent in an email they received from the Monterey County DA's office saying they would investigate the store after they complained about potential violations.

The DA's office said they are not out looking to prosecute businesses, but they are following up on complaints of improper practices.

Hobby Lobby has not yet responded to our request for comment.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: business; hobbylobby; monterey; nannystate; policestate; tyranny
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To: rockrr

You have to know what the commissar is thinking at the moment to properly understand the complaint ... submit your request forms in triplicate and patiently wait for three years for an ambiguous reply.


21 posted on 05/15/2020 2:04:43 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet
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To: packrat35

So publish their names. It’s not classified information.


22 posted on 05/15/2020 2:05:11 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Bingo.


23 posted on 05/15/2020 2:10:21 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist Communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: thesearethetimes...

I ain’t the Gestapo. It ain’t hard to spot the Karens here on FR. They are numerous and they don’t hide it.

I keep the list for my own use. Basically, I know never to trust them again.


24 posted on 05/15/2020 2:10:30 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: mass55th

I ain’t the Gestapo. It ain’t hard to spot the Karens here on FR. They are numerous and they don’t hide it.

I keep the list for my own use. Basically, I know never to trust them again.


25 posted on 05/15/2020 2:10:51 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: packrat35

It is amazing the sheer number of doomsayer nuts here on FR.

How many so far?


26 posted on 05/15/2020 2:13:04 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The CHICOM/PRCNN, controllers of America's Fake news media, CDCNN, WHO, are the Deep Staters!)
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To: mass55th

“Where’s your polling data for that?”

Agreed. I certainly wasn’t one of those polled. Good grief, one mention in one story of one instance of wonkiness, and conservatism is pronounced dead????


27 posted on 05/15/2020 2:16:38 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ
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To: Pontiac

Yep, badly written original article (small town TV reporter)...doesn’t matter now anyway...there is an update at the website:
“The Monterey County District Attorney announced on Friday that Hobby Lobby is in compliance with the shelter-in-place order.”


28 posted on 05/15/2020 2:18:18 PM PDT by Drago
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To: max americana

Are you kidding, not too many years ago FR was supporting pro-open borders, pro globalist Boosh...They were either all duped or were simply posers.


29 posted on 05/15/2020 2:18:52 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: AFB-XYZ

I re-read some of the posts on this thread, and I think I jumped the gun a little. Sorry about that! :-)


30 posted on 05/15/2020 2:19:21 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ
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To: packrat35

I think your number is way exaggerated.


31 posted on 05/15/2020 2:24:57 PM PDT by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: packrat35

After working in uniform for 25 years in NY State’s prison system, I learned not to trust any one. I’m a long-time skeptical as well. That’s why I questioned your 50% number. I don’t believe it because there is no proof. If you don’t want to be challenged on it, better not to even include it, especially if you can’t, or won’t prove it.


32 posted on 05/15/2020 2:26:09 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Hilarious and so true.

Also if they do go to Journalism school, look what they learn:

https://journalism.columbia.edu/classes

Fun with word search:

Sex / Gender: 10
Immigrant / immigration: 7
Race: 6

Truth: 2 (neither time mentioned as a value)

And the winner is:

TRUMP: 11 times in the Columbia Journalism Curriculum


33 posted on 05/15/2020 2:27:02 PM PDT by edwinland
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To: mass55th

skeptical = skeptic


34 posted on 05/15/2020 2:27:34 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: Responsibility2nd

When I was taking night courses in the late 70’s and early 80’s, a professor told our English class that newspaper articles are written so that grammar-school level people can read them.


35 posted on 05/15/2020 2:30:01 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: edwinland; All
It's pretty badly written. Angela appears to be the "One customer who was inside the store at the time said the manager told them to they could not sell them non-essential items."

My understanding there are states where prohibiting sale of "non-essential items" is public policy (Michigan). Reading between the lines here, It sounds like this isn't policy in California so why is Hobby Lobby trying to stop customers from buying whatever they have on sale?

36 posted on 05/15/2020 2:30:21 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: nickcarraway

GEEZ! Did you not read the article you posted?

The Monterey County District Attorney announced on Friday that Hobby Lobby is in compliance with the shelter-in-place order.

According to the DA’s office, an investigator found the business falls into the definition of an essential business pursuant to the May 1 shelter-in-place order issued by the county.


37 posted on 05/15/2020 3:04:40 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: packrat35

Please read the article.

The Monterey County District Attorney announced on Friday that Hobby Lobby is in compliance with the shelter-in-place order.

According to the DA’s office, an investigator found the business falls into the definition of an essential business pursuant to the May 1 shelter-in-place order issued by the county.


38 posted on 05/15/2020 3:05:15 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: edwinland

Worst post:

The Monterey County District Attorney announced on Friday that Hobby Lobby is in compliance with the shelter-in-place order.

According to the DA’s office, an investigator found the business falls into the definition of an essential business pursuant to the May 1 shelter-in-place order issued by the county.


39 posted on 05/15/2020 3:05:59 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: nickcarraway

Sue them in Federal court.


40 posted on 05/15/2020 3:24:35 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
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