A judge has denied the Los Angeles police union's request for injunction against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal employees
Rarely has a vaccine mandate not been struck down by the courts. The Los Angeles Police Department hasn’t been as fortunate.
On Monday, a judge denied the police union’s request for a preliminary injunction against the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees. In his tentative ruling, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff said the balancing of harms weighed in favor of protecting the health of the public and the city's workforce over considerations for any pending labor issues, The Los Angeles Daily News reported. As a result, Beckloff will take the case under submission, insisting on studying the issues further.
City Attorney Mike Feuer praised the ruling, noting that the firefighters’ union was also recently denied a request for a preliminary injunction in a separate legal action. “For the second time this month, a court has rejected a shortsighted attempt to halt implementation of the city’s vaccine mandate for first responders,” Feuer said. “Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the first COVID vaccination. Today as COVID cases are on the rise in Los Angeles, it’s more important than ever that all first responders get vaccinated.”
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