The email told workers they would be required to present proof that they worked in an eligible industry and lived or worked in Pasadena. On Monday, a Los Angeles Times reporter who had received a link to sign up for an appointment called the city, Derderian said. Officials opened the registration system and saw that hundreds of people with jobs in Hollywood and the news media had claimed available slots, she said. Many are restaurant workers and grocery store employees who are eligible for shots and commute to the city for work, she said. Local officials have complained that the state’s technology for making and managing vaccine appointments is flawed, and does not allow them to easily reserve vaccine appointments for people in communities where infection rates are high and vaccination rates are low.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2021 22:32 UTC