https://www.siliconvalley.com/2020/10/27/fed-up-california-restaurants-seek-booze-health-fee-refund-3/

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES  — California’s financially battered restaurants filed government claims Monday to recover more than $100 million in fees for liquor and health permits and tourism charges that they say were assessed even though their businesses were shuttered or only partially operating under long-running coronavirus orders.