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San Diego to Send Pre-Termination Letters To Unvaccinated Employees Ahead of Mandate Deadline

December 4, 2021 2:20 amDecember 8, 2021 3:43 pm

The city of San Diego began sending pre-termination letters to city workers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, one month before city contractors are set to be fired if they don’t vaccinate by then. San Diego first announced mandatory...

Despite Loopholes, Los Angeles Begins Enforcement of Indoor Vaccination Proof

November 30, 2021 2:52 pm

Enforcement of Los Angeles’ new ordinance that requires most indoor businesses to only allow in people who have proof of full COVID-19 vaccination began on Monday, less than a month after the new law went into effect. The mandate, officially...

Appellate Court Issues Temporary Stay Against Prison Worker Vaccination Mandate

November 29, 2021 3:12 pmNovember 30, 2021 6:35 pm

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel accepted a stay request on a prison worker mandatory vaccination case during the weekend, temporarily suspending the vaccination order for prison workers in the state. The fight over mandatory vaccination orders for...

San Diego Pfizer Employee Sued for Allegedly Stealing COVID-19 Documents

November 27, 2021 2:30 amNovember 26, 2021 9:31 pm

A Pfizer employee in San Diego was sued in Federal District Court this week over allegedly stealing documents covering the COVID-19 vaccine and trying to go to a rival company with them. Chun Xiao Li, the Associate Director for Clinical...

‘Great Resignation’ in California Leads to Restaurant Employee Shortage and Thanksgiving Meal Order Issues

November 26, 2021 3:25 pmNovember 26, 2021 3:26 pm

Shortages of workers at restaurants and other businesses were recorded on Thursday across California, with some even closing completely, as more workers decide to stop working or resign in the ongoing Great Resignation. Multiple outlets reported on local businesses being...

Gavin Newsom Goes to Mexico while Extending Covid State of Emergency

November 24, 2021 6:01 pmNovember 26, 2021 3:13 pm

For many Californians, Thanksgiving 2021 will be yet another holiday praying that Governor Gavin Newsom’s everlasting emergency orders come to end. While many other governors have worked to balance individual freedoms against political and health concerns, our governor continues to...

Los Angeles Restaurant Plastic Utensil Ban Ordinance Takes Effect

November 16, 2021 3:24 pmNovember 19, 2021 6:25 am

A new Los Angeles ordinance that bans automatically giving out plastic eating utensils unless the customer specifically asks for them went into effect on Monday, with the city becoming the largest city in the world to have such a law...