ONE FOR THE ROAD: LA County Supervisor dines at restaurant hours after voting to ban outdoor dining.

[Sheila] Kuehl’s visit to [Il Forno Trattoria in Santa Monica] came before the outdoor dining ban took effect Wednesday evening, but her decision is likely to draw criticism from those who have grown frustrated with elected officials taking a hypocritical approach to what they have preached, as Kuehl dined at the restaurant a mere hours after she said doing such a thing was unsafe and could contribute to the surge in COVID-19 cases.

Further north in California: San Jose Mayor Ignored Health Protocols During Holiday Celebration. Mayor Sam Liccardo spent Thanksgiving at his parents’ home, apparently skirting health guidelines that urge the public not to gather with people outside their household.

I’ll believe it’s a crisis when the people who keep telling me it’s a crisis start acting like it’s a crisis, to coin an Instaphrase.