California Judge Strikes Down Vaccine Mandate for San Diego Schools

Raymond Wolfe : Dec 22, 2021
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Let Them Choose founder Sharon McKeeman said that the ruling "shows that parents coming together in a grassroots movement to uphold our children's rights is powerful and effective."

(San Diego, CA) — [Lifesitenews.com] A California judge struck down a vaccine mandate for San Diego students on Monday in a potentially far-reaching decision for school vaccination requirements across the state. (Photo Credit: LifeSiteNews)

The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) had voted in October to require the COVID vaccine for all eligible students, prompting a lawsuit by anti-mandate group Let Them Choose (LTC). ICAN, another medical freedom organization, also sued to block the requirements.

The San Diego school district's "vaccine roadmap" mandated that students 16 and up must have been double-jabbed by December 20 to attend in-person classes and participate in extra-curricular activities next semester. Those who remained unvaccinated without presenting a medical exemption would have been placed in an online "independent study" program by January 24.

San Diego Superior Court Judge John Meyer overturned the vaccine mandate Monday, however, agreeing with LTC's arguments that it violated California law, RedState reported.

The judge wrote that SDUSD's vaccine road map "attempts to impose an additional requirement in a field that the Legislature fully occupies."

The state legislature granted authority to the California public health department (DPH) to impose new vaccine mandates but never gave the same power to school districts, Meyer noted. He also pointed out that the SDUSD mandate does not include a personal belief exemption, which additional vaccination requirements adopted by the health department must have.

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