Strict COVID-19 Vaccine Passport Mandate Takes Effect in Los Angeles

A health care worker displays a COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card during a vaccine and health clinic at QueensCare Health Center in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 11, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Starting Monday, anyone entering a Los Angeles shopping mall, gym, nail salon, theater, or a similar business must have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination first as the city’s vaccine mandate officially goes into effect.

Some businesses told local news outlets that they will attempt to enforce the mandate.