City officials added 22 states with “restrictive abortion laws” to San Francisco’s blacklist, forbidding city employees from traveling to those places and making deals with businesses headquartered in those places.
City Administrator Naomi Kelly issued a memo to department heads and other high-level staffers Tuesday indicating the states had been placed on the city’s blacklist.
The move followed the passage of legislation introduced by Supervisor Vallie Brown this summer that curbs city-funded travel to states that restrict abortion before the viability of the fetus to live outside the womb, which include so-called “fetal heartbeat” laws. The city will also be prohibited from inking new contracts with businesses headquartered in those states.
“When we spend our money — our $12 billion-plus budget — we should spend it on what we stand for and our values,” said Brown.
The newly blacklisted states are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Full story at SF Chronicle.
District 5, including Haight Ashbury
Peace, Love, Dope & Abortion !!!
I moved from California to Kansas to get away from that insane asylum. I am pleased to know they won’t be coming here.
Many of us native Californians cannot stand them either. Many of these people are “imports” from other states or countries. Wished they had stayed home. If they want to cause a civil war, it will not go well, as many of the northern states will be on the same side as the southern ones: it will not be like it was before.
Thanks for the concise list of states we can choose from for our upcoming US vacation. We will visit specifically those pro-life states and spend our tourist dollars there.
Ha ha ha ha ha
In addition to vacationing, some of these places might be good places to retire. And, in these states, males still use the men’s rooms and leave the women’s restrooms to women and girls. And, of course, they had to add Massachusetts to the list because everyone knows what a right-wing extremist state that is!
Satan’s City doomed to destruction by its own horrific sins! San Francisco needs a powerful exorcism!
California Catholics…….change out your government.
Satan always showing his shameless face! If I didn’t have family here, I would move. It is absolutely insane. Be happy beloved states of God – keep liberal Californians as far from you as you can
The City where I was born and as a 4th generation San Franciscan…….the CITY HAS BEEN HIJACKED!!!!!!
I am glad the earlier generations of my family cannot see what has become of the City of St. Francis.
My family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area shortly after the Civil War. It is tragic to see what has happened to our once fine State. That said, as we drive around, let us ask for the intercession of the Saints after whom so many cities and roads are named (not to mention the power of the true Santa Cruz and Sacramento!).
KARMA…..GOD is watching !!!
I will suggest to all our lay people to go visit all those states that are Pro life in their next vacation.
Can’t really call these bigots liberal because that has always meant broad minded. The governing class of SF is as narrow minded as any totalitarian regime can be. Let’s call for a boycott of all businesses in SF and let each of them know why. I will not eat there, shop there, attend social or cultural events there, use professional services there and will encourage others to do the same.
What real power does the bankrupt City of San Francisco have as economic leverage against those 22 states?
Sounds like the City Council wants to provoke another Civil War ?