Sanders

BACKGROUND

19 Sanders alleges that she worked as librarian at the Library for 19 years, first as a frontline 20 reference librarian and, for the five years prior to her termination, in the Collection Development 21 Office. (Compl. ¶¶ 6, 9.) On March 16, 2020, the Library closed its public operation after the 22 Presidential proclamation of a national state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Id. 23 ¶¶ 11, 12.) Sanders was able to shift immediately to work remotely. (Id. ¶ 13.) On June 23, 2021, 24 the City and County of San Francisco (“City”) announced its COVID-19 vaccination policy, 25 which mandated that all City employees report their vaccination status to the City by July 29, 26 2021, and be fully vaccinated no later than 10 weeks after the Federal Food and Drug 27 Administration gave final approval to a vaccine. (Id. ¶ 16.) In September 2021, the City imposed a vaccine mandate, requiring all employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine unless they qualified for an exemption. (Id. ¶ 22.) On October 1, 2021, Sanders submitted a request for religious exemption from the City’s mandate. (Id. ¶ 24.) The exemption request detailed Sanders’…