LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles could soon ease city rules requiring indoor restaurants, gyms, bars, movie theaters, hair salons and other businesses to check that customers are vaccinated against COVID-19 before letting them inside.
L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez put forward a proposal this week to stop requiring such businesses to check whether customers are vaccinated, instead making the practice voluntary. The proposal would also drop requirements for major outdoor events in L.A. to check if patrons are vaccinated.
The move came on the same day that the L.A. County Department of Public Health lifted many mask requirements and stopped requiring vaccination verification at the indoor portions of bars, wineries, breweries, distilleries, nightclubs and lounges, as well as at outdoor mega-events, including at theme parks, SoFi and Dodger stadiums, the Hollywood Bowl and Memorial Coliseum.
