Joined by leftist and libertarian organizations, a group of current and former employees of the City of Los Angeles held a protest Aug. 16 calling on the city to end the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its employees—enacted last December—and bring back those who were terminated for being unvaccinated.
As the city council held its regular meeting, about a dozen people demonstrated outside of the City Hall holding signs that read “medical freedom,” “defeat the mandates,” and “drop the shot” before going inside the building to speak to the council.
Jessica Jimenez, a former LA Planning Department employee, said during the meeting that she was terminated in June for not complying with the mandate, which was unfair because the city had relaxed many COVID-19 restrictions for residents….