Strangely enough, this judge is a Biden appointee.
Maybe he understands that language like this is so vague that it is bound to be overturned along the path upwards to the Supreme Court, and he does not want an overturned decision like that on his judicial record.
He was a magistrate judge for the same court [SD California] before he was elevated to the district judgeship.
This sometimes makes a difference in judicial temperament.