California Assembly to require vaccine for its employees

The leader of the California Assembly has ordered all of its employees to receive the coronavirus vaccine

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Everyone who works in the California Assembly must receive the coronavirus vaccine or risk losing their job, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon said. Rendon, a Democrat from Los Angeles, announced the policy on Monday following multiple cases among employees last month, including people who have already been fully vaccinated and wear masks while in the building. A much more contagious variant of the coronavirus is fueling a surge of new cases across the country. California is averaging about 10,000 new infections a day and nearly 7,200 people are in the hospital now because of the virus. But both of those numbers are far below the peaks seen at the beginning of the year before a vaccine was widely available.