California to mandate COVID-19 vaccines or tests for teachers, school staff

• School districts in San Francisco, Oakland Sacramento, and Long Beach have already made vaccines mandatory.
• California also recent instituted a vaccine mandate for health care workers

Details: The mandate will go into effect August 12, and schools must be in full compliance by October 15.

What they're saying: “We think this is the right thing to do," Newsom said at a press conference. "And to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have, I have four young children, and that is knowing that the schools are doing everything in their power to keep our kids safe, to keep our kids healthy.”