Among his new nonsensical restrictions includes a ban on outdoor dining, driving, and travel on public transport, bikes, motorcycles, and scooters (except for "essential" activities). So severe are his travel restrictions that even "unnecessary walking" is banned.

There's still no word on how regulated excessive breathing and thinking will be.

Among the "essential industries" granted exceptions include those who work in entertainment, and private golf courses. Or in other words, people with the political power to lobby for exceptions.

The timing on these severe restrictions is just as absurd as the restrictions themselves. After all, one doesn't need to do more than take a few seconds to search "Los Angeles Black Lives Matter protest" on Google images to find countless images documenting tens to hundreds of thousands of people walking in close proximity in crowded streets earlier this year. Large crowds also gathered in the city to celebrate the media's declaration of a Biden presidential win, to which participants faced zero consequences (despite the fact that many were walking – excessively!).

Garcetti is facing the kind of resistance one would expect, and opponents of his restrictions already have scored a temporary victory when it comes to his ban on outdoor dining.