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And 40% or more of the bars are flaunting the law.

How are they flaunting the law? Are you suggesting that they've switched to being employee-owned so they can proudly point to the part of the law which exempts employee-owned bars? Or are you saying they flout the law and disregard it altogether?

Flaunt/flout. Whatever. They're thumbing their noses at the nannies and permitting smoking in their bars because that's the only way they can stay in business. This was written up in the SF Chronicle a couple weeks ago. I can probably find it if necessary. In addition, this is California, and much of the state has mild weather year round. That makes outdoor patios very comfortable and virtually all of them welcome smokers.

The market WILL adjust. But it won't adjust the way the antis want it to and that won't help those people who put their hearts, souls and life savings into small restaurants and bars and lost it all because of this jihad.

How are they flaunting the law? Are you suggesting that they've switched to being employee-owned so they can proudly point to the part of the law which exempts employee-owned bars? Or are you saying they flout the law and disregard it altogether?

As reported in Fox News:

California:
But many patrons are still lighting up at bars that secretly accommodate their habit.

"I think it's fair to say a lot of the bar owners have gone out of their way to avoid the law, to circumvent the law," said Christopher Arriola, assistant district attorney of Santa Clara County. "You do see some sort of what people might call Prohibition-era tactics."

While cops try to sniff out the worst offenders, in many cases they're butting up against organized opposition. Bartender phone trees warn each other of impending busts, powerful fans blow away tell-tale scents of "smokin' in the boys room" and tin cans double as ashtrays in case of an unexpected visit by police.

California Smokers Use Prohibition Tactics to Get Around Ban