Beachside yoga classes in San Diego are met with backlash and potential legal action.

A local instructor in San Diego, California has reported that the city is tightening its rules on beachside yoga as it grapples with homelessness, drug addiction, and illegal immigration.

""Jesse Watters Primetime" reported that "Nama Steve" Hubbard, an instructor, stated that the city is a great place to live, but there are many problems. However, yoga is not one of them."

Yoga, as stated by Hubbard, promotes physical health, mental clarity, and emotional balance, which can greatly benefit the residents of San Diego.

For 17 years, Hubbard has been conducting yoga classes on the beach, but now park rangers are enforcing the city's ordinance against gatherings without a permit.

During the interview, Hubbard mentioned that a park ranger was observing him, and the mayor was invited to join a yoga class but declined.

"The meeting with the mayor, scheduled for Friday, has been canceled. I was informed that the city attorney advised him to do so."

Yoga instructors are suing the city of San Diego over the renewed enforcement of requiring permits for unpermitted activities and limiting the number of people to four.

Since 1993, the city has had an ordinance in effect.

The spokesperson stated that the updates, which took effect on March 29, were implemented to maintain the safety and accessibility of public spaces in San Diego's parks and beaches. Park Rangers, police, and lifeguards have the authority to enforce these codes to ensure public safety.

Over the past three years, there has been a significant increase in maritime smuggling in California, according to Brandon Tucker, director of Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations in San Diego.

The number of maritime smuggling events in California has increased by nearly 140% since fiscal year 2020, including drug trafficking and other contraband, according to CBP.

In fiscal year 2024, the San Diego sector experienced over 185,000 encounters, a 70% increase from the previous year, as per CBP data.

Planet Chronicle' Hannah Ray Lambert contributed to this report.