Bedard

Filed 10/31/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

JEANNINE BEDARD, B331062

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 22STCP03008) v.

CITY OF LOS ANGELES et. al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, James C. Chalfant, Judge. Affirmed. Gregory G. Yacoubian for Plaintiff and Appellant. Hydee Feldstein Soto, City Attorney, Denise C. Mills, Chief Deputy City Attorney, Scott Marcus, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Shaun Dabby Jacobs and Blithe S. Bock, Assistant City Attorneys for Defendant and Respondent City of Los Angeles. _________________________ Because plaintiff Jeannine Bedard refused to comply with the City of Los Angeles’s (the City) COVID-19 vaccination mandate and sign a “Notice of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Requirements” (the Notice) enforcing the mandate, the Chief of Police sought to terminate her employment as a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer. The LAPD Board of Rights (the Board) reviewed the Chief’s proposed discipline, found Bedard guilty of failing…