LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved Dec. 7 a COVID-19 vaccine mandate covering county contractors working in person with the public or with county employees. Supervisor Janice Hahn recommended expanding an existing mandate covering county employees to include outside contractors. “Given the importance of vaccinations in our fight against COVID-19 and the expansive network of contractors that the county employs, the board should adopt an urgency ordinance that would require contractor employees who work alongside county workers, interact with the public and work on county property to be vaccinated,” the motion read in part. The ordinance will take effect immediately, but contractors will have until Jan. 1 to comply. Both employees and contractors may request a medical or religious exemption and, if granted, would instead be required to undergo weekly testing for COVID-19. The mandate covering more than 101,000 county employees was issued by executive order …