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Friday, September 10, 2021

California Legislature shelves bills issuing possible vaccine mandate — for now

California’s progressive state Legislature has shelved bills aimed at requiring workers to either be vaccinated or get weekly coronavirus testing to keep their jobs, punting on a debate about vaccine mandates just days before the state’s Democratic governor faces a recall election. 

California is already at the forefront the debate around vaccine mandates, with Gov. Gavin Newsom ordering all of the state’s roughly 2.2 million health care workers to either get vaccinated or lose their jobs while also directing state workers and teachers to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing.