Yoga Instructors Sue San Diego Over Citations for Free Classes at Parks

The city amended a sidewalk vending ordinance in February 2024 to regulate commercial activities in its parks and beaches.
Yoga Instructors Sue San Diego Over Citations for Free Classes at Parks
People practice yoga at Bluff park in Long Beach, Calif., on July 14, 2020. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images
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SAN DIEGO—Two yoga instructors who previously sued the city of San Diego over the city’s crackdown on non-permitted yoga classes filed a second lawsuit on Jan. 29, with one plaintiff alleging that he was ticketed for livestreaming free yoga classes from home while students watched in a park.

According to the lawsuit filed by Attorney Bryan Pease on behalf of Steven Hubbard and Amy Baack, both plaintiffs had taught free yoga classes at San Diego parks for many years—with donations optional but not required—before the city enforced new rules on yoga classes at the city’s parks last spring.