The governor, who after a Thanksgiving trip to Mexico, hasn鈥檛 publicly addressed the omicron variant apart from urging Californians to get vaccinated and boosted.
But local governments and school districts are moving ahead with their own plans to clamp down on the virus. San Diego Unified School District, which on Sunday was due to a clause allowing pregnant students to seek exemptions, that it鈥檚 already taken steps to remove that clause and expects the mandate to be reinstated shortly.
Also Monday, the San Diego City Council that requires all city employees to submit proof of vaccination or request a medical or religious exemption by Wednesday. The move comes despite intense opposition from the city鈥檚 police officer union, which reported that about 709 officers, or 37% of department employees, were unvaccinated as of Nov. 17.
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The Los Angeles Police Department, meanwhile, for five officers and one civilian employee who failed to agree to the terms of the city鈥檚 vaccine mandate; more could be fired if they don鈥檛 meet the Dec. 18 inoculation deadline. And Los Angeles on Monday requiring nearly all indoor businesses to verify customers鈥� vaccination status.
Today also marks the deadline for Sacramento City Unified students . Students who remain unvaccinated by Jan. 30 will be moved to remote learning, the school district said. Such requirements have pushed some California families programs that aren鈥檛 considered schools in the eyes of the state and thus don鈥檛 have to abide by vaccine requirements.
The coronavirus bottom line: As of Sunday, California had 4,801,843 confirmed cases (+0.4% from previous day) and 73,656 deaths (+0.4% from previous day), according to . CalMatters is also tracking .
California 58,136,893 vaccine doses, and 67.5% of eligible Californians are .
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