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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...

COVID-19 Cases In California Remain Low Despite Upticks in Some Variant Cases in the Past Few Weeks

May 11, 2022 2:19 amMay 10, 2022 8:29 pm

More than three months following the massive drop-off in the number of new COVID-19 cases following the Omicron variant spike in late 2021 and January 2022, California has continued to keep COVID-19 cases low despite a recent number of new...

San Diego Comic-Con 2022: Proof of Vaccine, Mandatory Masks Required

May 6, 2022 5:32 pm

One of California’s largest and most well-known international events, the San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con), announced on Thursday that it would be bucking the trend of recent California events and return to both mask requirements and needing to be vaccinated...

Little Scrutiny Two Years After Gov. Newsom’s Odious $1B China BYD Mask Deal

May 4, 2022 12:21 pmMay 5, 2022 10:45 am

Two years after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s shady no-bid $1 billion N-95 mask deal with newly formed BYD Mask company, there are still many questions surrounding the deals. Gov. Gavin Newsom approved spending $1 Billion of taxpayers funds on masks from...

Why are Public Bureaucrats Issuing Mask Mandates Again?

May 1, 2022 10:19 amMay 16, 2022 10:50 am

This story has been updated to add comment from BART Board member Debora Allen. Only 4 days after U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle’s ruling that the Centers for Disease Control does not have the authority to issue a mask mandate...

BART Board Votes to Reinstate Mask Mandate on All Trains Following Dismissal of Federal Mandate

April 29, 2022 1:37 pm

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board members voted 7-0 to reintroduce the mask mandate on all trains on Thursday, becoming the second California rapid transit system to bring back masks in a week. According to the new mandate, made by...

Los Angeles County Mask Policy Giving Residents Freedom Whiplash

April 22, 2022 4:25 pmApril 24, 2022 9:33 am

A Florida federal judge ruled on Monday that the Center for Disease Control does not have the authority to issue a mask mandate for air travel, or on public transportation, only one week following the Biden administration extending the air...