State Agency Hits Non-Compliant Restaurants With Warnings, Fines

State Agency Hits Non-Compliant Restaurants With Warnings, Fines
Employees work in a restaurant open for to-go or delivery orders only in Burbank, Calif., on Nov. 23, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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Orange County officials might not be clamping down on local restaurants defying state health orders, but that doesn’t mean the eateries are off the hook.

California’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has been penalizing noncompliant restaurants since July, and has cited 19 Orange County businesses for violating state health orders. It has issued several warnings that resulted in voluntary compliance.