San Francisco to repeal boycott of anti-LGBTQ+ states

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is repealing a ban on city-funded travel to 30 states that it says restrict abortion, voting and LGBTQ+ rights after determining the boycott is doing more harm than good. The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to repeal a section of the city’s administrative code that prohibits staff from visiting and city departments from contracting with companies headquartered in the states, which include Texas, Florida and Ohio. California, meanwhile, is considering the repeal of a similar law. San Francisco passed the boycott in 2016 but a recent city administrator’s report found the restrictions had done nothing to pressure the states into reforming the laws while at the same time driving up contracting costs for city projects by millions of dollars.