LOS ANGELES—A nonpartisan group has started a petition calling for the firing of Los Angeles County Health Director Barbara Ferrer and the end of COVID-19 mandates. LA Uprising, a grassroots group that represents parents, had gathered nearly 1,000 signatures for the petition by noon on Feb. 2. Ross Novie, the group’s founder, told The Epoch Times the goal is to return normalcy to the City of Los Angeles. “A lot of parents, business owners, and non-partisan people from around the city want to return to normal,” Novie said. “We can protect the vulnerable and still let everybody live their lives the way they see fit.” Novie, a 25-year veteran of the entertainment industry and father of two LA Unified School District students, said the city and schools risk falling behind the rest of the country. “The biggest thing for us is really restoring full normalcy for children in the schools,” …