( March 13, 2024, 10:38 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Class claims by California restaurants against the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) for its failure to refund fees paid during the COVID-19 pandemic when the use of restaurants’ licenses was limited do not constitute petitions for a writ of mandate that an appellate court would have jurisdiction over and are not claims over which a trial court has jurisdiction, a California appellate panel ruled in an unpublished opinion, affirming dismissal by the trial court....