You could say Steve Hubbard, better known as NamaSteve, is striking somewhat of a warrior pose, with his latest lawsuit against the city of San Diego. The suit questions the legality of three tickets park rangers gave Hubbard in May of 2025, after a federal court ruled the city’s outdoor yoga bans unconstitutional. According to the suit, Hubbard was intimidated and coerced into not exercising his first amendment rights on  May 6 and 25, when park rangers detained and cited him for teaching yoga at Palisades Park in Pacific Beach. Two of those same rangers ticketed him on May 24 for teaching an online class from his backyard that was live-streamed. As a result, he was cited for teaching yoga in the park since someone could watch it there, according to his attorney, Bryan Pease. He was also cited for giving a lecture. “The federal court had already ruled that you can’t cite somebody for giving a lecture in the park,” explained attorney Pease. “He says, ‘It’s concerning from a free speech perspective because you’ve got an ordinance. It’s extremely overboard and on the face of it, it criminalizes just the pure speech,” Pease said. This latest suit comes on the heels of another case Hubbard filed, still pending in state court. It was brought in response to the city of San Diego back in 2024, starting to crack down on event planners and fitness instructors like Hubbard, holding events and classes at city parks and beaches. “That’s what public parks are to be used for,” said Hubbard during a 2024 interview. “For people to gather, assemble and work on physical health.” As that separate case works its way through state court, attorney Pease says the city’s served them multiple subpoenas, to get access to Hubbard’s social media accounts, bank statements and financial apps. He says GPS records of students who donated have also been subpoenaed. All part of an effort, Pease says, to show Hubbard’s running a business on the beach, which the city says would require a permit. “They’re spending all of these vast resources and hiring outside parties and experts and issuing subpoenas. It smacks of harassment at this point, for what the city’s doing,” Pease saod/ A judge will decide next month whether to allow the city’s social and financial subpoenas. The state court case is scheduled for January of next year. The city attorney’s office said they aren’t commenting on the case, which is typical when the city is sued. ...read more read less