A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit from 13 Los Angeles Police Department employees who protested against the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, testing and reporting requirements.
Los Angeles City Council and Mayor Eric Garcetti approved an ordinance in August requiring all city employees to be vaccinated by October. Exceptions to the mandate included those with a medical or religious exemption, but those employees would still be subject to weekly COVID-19 testing, according to court documents.
In an opinion filed Friday, Judge R. Gary Klausner sided with the city’s request to dismiss the suit and agreed that vaccine-related mandates for government employees were reasonable methods to help stop the spread of COVID-19.