Nearly 100 City Employees Sue Los Angeles Over Vaccine Mandate

RollCall4Freedom, LLC. (RC4F), a group composed of 98 Los Angeles police officers and city employees, filed a lawsuit on March 15 in the district court for the Central District of California, arguing that the city’s vaccine mandate violates the U.S. Constitution, the group said in a press conference held in front of the City Hall on March 17. The attorneys of the Law Offices of Pelayes & Yu, on behalf of their clients RC4F, challenged the religious exemption and testing protocols within Ordinance No. 187134 that requires all Los Angeles city employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Mandatory Vaccine Order On Aug. 8, 2021, the city of Los Angeles approved a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination ordinance that requires all current and future city employees to be fully vaccinated and report their vaccination status. Exceptions are made for medical or religious exemptions, which must be submitted by Sept. 7, 2021. Under current …  » Read full article