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CA Department of Public Health Reverses Course on Stricter School COVID-19 Rules

July 13, 2021 11:09 am

The California Department of Health abruptly changed course on school COVID-19 regulations several times on Monday, removing many previously announced regulations and giving more control to local districts over a broad statewide mandate. The largest mandate, mandatory face masks, still...

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CA Assembly/Senate Leaders Say 85% Vaccination Rate of Capitol Members and Staff is ‘Not Good Enough’

July 9, 2021 3:16 pmJuly 9, 2021 3:16 pm

Another memo was issued Friday by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Sen. Pro Tem Toni Atkins telling Capitol staffers that despite 85% of State Capitol legislators and staffers having been vaccinated, “it’s not good enough.” The Capitol leaders say, “We...

Why is NEA Pushing COVID-19 Vaccinations and Testing for all Students?

July 3, 2021 8:13 amJuly 3, 2021 8:13 am

The National Education Association announced this week it will call for “mandatory safe and effective COVID-19 vaccinations and testing for all students and staff before returning to face-to-face instruction in the fall.” Why? According to the NEA, “COVID-19 has already...

NCLA Explains Why ‘Voluntary’ Vaccine Passport Programs Are Coercive

July 2, 2021 11:59 amJuly 5, 2021 10:42 am

The Globe this week attended a panel discussion by the New Civil Liberties Alliance and a panel of experts to discuss vaccine passports. With California Gov. Gavin Newsom continuing to claim he isn’t requiring vaccine passports in the state, he...

College Students Suing Over State Universities’ Vaccine Mandates

June 29, 2021 1:29 pmJuly 1, 2021 7:12 am

In what may become precedence setting legal cases, three California State University, Chico, students who have recovered from COVID-19 are suing the state school, saying the California State University system’s requirement that they receive a COVID-19 vaccine before returning to class in...

Unvaccinated Capitol Staffers Sent to One Facility to be COVID Tested Weekly, Together

June 17, 2021 11:26 amJune 17, 2021 3:30 pm

UPDATE below: The California Globe has learned that employees of the California Senate and Assembly who are unvaccinated will be sent weekly on Mondays to Cal Expo, between 7:00am and 9:00am for COVID testing – all at one location, together,...

As California Capitol Reopens, Leg Staff Required to Show Proof of Vaccine, Continue Masking, Distancing

June 14, 2021 3:26 pm

As California prepares to fully reopen Tuesday June 15th, legislative leaders appear to be reluctant to allow the State Capitol to fully reopen and return to normal. Yet government should be the first to fully reopen, not the last. Both...