If introduced to the legislature for vote, a revised draft of a proposed bill would require all small businesses, including those in Santa Clarita, to require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if passed. Assembly Bill 455, (AB 455) authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, was originally a bill to authorize the Bay Area Toll Authority to designate transit-only ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, joined two other Republican representatives Monday to introduce a resolution opposing a federal plan to “deliver COVID-19 vaccines to prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay ahead of hard-working Americans.” On Monday, Garcia joined Representative Elise Stefanik of New York and Representative Ashley Hinson of Iowa to introduce a resolution to oppose the Department of Defense (DoD)’s ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, joined fellow Republican Congressman Ted Budd in introducing the “Vaccinate More Americans Act” on Thursday, a bill that aims to lift regulations to allow more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be administered. The bill introduced by the Republican pair would allow vaccine providers to administer leftover COVID-19 vaccines to individuals eligible to receive the ...