A declared state of emergency has legal effects like this.

We've long accepted limits on assembly; pretty much any building you enter other than a private home will have a "maximum capacity x people, by order of the fire marshal" placard somewhere.

It was clear overreach. I believe anyone reasonable saw it as overreach at the time.

Using Covid as an excuse for emergency executive powers was a failing of state and local governments across the US.

While las Angeles was cutting power to houses, my kids were in private school in person building life skills. So many of their peers are socially stunted. It’s sad.

Again, "police shut down rager" was a thing long before COVID. Especially if you live in a college town.

The article even indicates this action took place under "the city's party house ordinance, which became law in 2018".