These California cases regard employee vaccination mandates, city official vaccination mandates and a gender-related suit.
Employee vaccine mandate
Los Angeles Superior Judge Michael Linfield dismissed a firefighter group’s complaint against Los Angeles’ vaccine mandate.
Linfield’s summary of the argument was brief.
“Vaccinations save lives; vaccinations slow the spread of the disease; vaccinated people have fewer and less serious infections. These facts are not reasonably subject to dispute within the medical community. For more than a century, plaintiffs have filed lawsuits to halt vaccination mandates. For more than a century, our Courts have consistently held that government has the power to require vaccinations to protect the public’s health and safety. This is another in a long line of cases that challenges vaccination mandates. No Court has upheld such a challenge. This case is equally without merit,” Linfield wrote.
Read the full ruling here.
Elected officials vaccine mandate
A San Diego group sued San Diego Feb. 15, alleging a new ordinance that requires vaccinations for all elected officials, city employees and city volunteers violates the city resident’s due process rights.
The city’s Nov. 29 order, passed by the city council with one nay vote, allows medical and religious exemptions.
The suit by ReOpen San Diego names as claims for relief a violation of the due process outline by the 4th and 14th amendments, violation of the procedural due process clause of the 14th Amendment, violation of the freedom of speech as outlined in the 1st Amendment, violation of the right to privacy in the California Constitution, violation of the municipal charter of San Diego and violation of the Brown Act.
The suit claims the ordinance also restricts an unvaccinated individual from visiting a city council meeting.
Read the rull complaint here.
Salinas school, transgender identity
The Conservative legal group Liberty Center is representing a Salinas mother who claims her daughter was manipulated by middle school teachers to adopt a transgender identity.
Jessica Konen’s tort claims under the Government Claims Act include intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, negligence per se, violating the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act and a civil conspiracy.
A formal lawsuit has not been filed yet.
Harmeet Dhillon, the lawyer representing Konen, is the former vice chairwoman of the California Republican Party. She has represented a rejected petition alleging California’s redistricting process violated the California Constitution, and has represented suits against California for switching to a mail-ballot election and for its coronavirus protections.
Read the claim here.
