back professor rice of uc hastings says the tension and potential consequences over vaccine mandates won't end until this happens. a >> when we have high enough vaccination rates to stop the pandemic, generally. >> reporter: is a chance right now, there are about 29 federal lawsuits pending about vaccine mandates by at least five running through state courts right now. today, a federal judge ruled that prison guards and staff in california prisons must vaccinated. you can expect more rulings like these as these cases continue to pile up. now, here in san francisco, the deadline to be fully vaccinated is october 13. again, setting the stage for a potential showdown with lots of employees. >> that's only a few weeks away. thank you. >>> at the elizabeth holmes trial today, a former lab director testified that he was pressured to spin faulty lab results, while holmes kept raising money from big-name investors. kpix 5's len ramirez was inside the courtroom in san jose today. >> reporter: today's testimony really went to the central allegation in this case, that alexandra souverneva was p

he is a professor at uc hastings, and he says part of the reason the numbers are different state wide is because there is no statewide mandate for people to conserve water. >> there is no law that says, if in a drought, under these conditions, you should conserve this much. reporter: he says a mandate is possible, and can force people to save water. >> doing things on a statewide basis, perhaps in collaboration with the lower government but having a statewide push, could reduce some of the unfairness. reporter: however, he says doing so would require state politicians to work on it. if they do so, it will force water conservation across the state. kristen: could wastewater be the solution to drought problems in the south? california is expanding a new water plant. dustin dorsey explains how they are using technology to lead the county out of the drought. reporter: for those wondering just how bad the drought is in santa clara county, let the images of our local reservoirs and do the talking. calero, anderson, community conservation is important. but if something doesn't change, condit

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uc hastings college of law professor is the world's most vaccine law and policy expert joining us nown a fox business exclusive. professor rice, there's the federal piece of this and then the private business piece to this mandate. as it stands now, does the government have the power to require all federal employees be vaccinated against covid? >> yes. the government is acting here primarily as an employer and an employer generally has the right to set workplace rules , including health and safety rules. if you don't like it, your option is to choose to work somewhere else. there are limits, so the government probably has to provide medical exemption and maybe religious exemption but as an employer the government probably has the authority to require its employees get the vaccine. liz: and does the government have the right to fire an employee who doesn't have a religious exemption or a health exemption, for example, being allergic to whatever. can they fire that employee and remain protected by the law? >> probably they can, so generally speaking if you don't want to comply with the