COVID-19 vaccination Archives

LA School Board Votes 7-0 to Delay Mandatory Vaccines for Students Until July 2023

May 11, 2022 12:31 pm

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted to delay the system-wide student vaccination mandate by over a year following both similar statewide changes happening and the Board not wanting many families to choose between in-person classes and online...

Bill ToAllow Preteens to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 Without Parental Consent Passes Senate Comm.

May 6, 2022 12:15 pm

A bill to allow children 12 years and older to vaccinate against COVID without receiving consent from their parents was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee 7-0 with 4 abstentions on Thursday. Senate Bill 866, authored by Senator Scott Wiener...

COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Pulled For K-12 Students Until July 2023

April 16, 2022 2:30 amApril 15, 2022 9:54 pm

California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly announced late Thursday that the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for K-12 students set to begin this year has been delayed to at least July 2023. The COVID-19 K-12 mandate was first announced...

CA Bill To Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines For All K-12 Students Scrapped by Sen. Pan

April 15, 2022 2:23 amApril 14, 2022 9:24 pm

A bill that would have required that all Californian public and private school students to receive the COVID-19 vaccination was shelved on Thursday shortly before the first Senate Committee vote on it. Senate Bill 871, authored by Senator Richard Pan...

A sea of empty desks inside the California State Assembly

CA Senators and Assembly Members Exempt From COVID Vax Mandate, but Capitol Staffers Must Get Booster

February 10, 2022 5:02 pmFebruary 10, 2022 5:13 pm

The Globe has been told by State Capitol staffers that members of the Assembly and Senate are exempted from COVID vaccine mandates, but Capitol staffers are not, and in fact are required to receive a booster by March 1st. How...

Bill Introduced to Allow 12 Years And Older To Vaccinate Without Parental Consent

January 21, 2022 4:34 pm

A bill that would allow children 12 years and older to vaccinate without receiving consent from their parents was introduced in the Senate on Thursday. Senate Bill 866, authored by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would specifically authorize minors 12...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia Announces Bid To Become Congressman

December 17, 2021 11:29 am

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia announced on Friday that he would be running for Congress in 2022, hoping to replace Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) who announced that he would not be running in 2022 less than a day before. An...