San Francisco Admits It Can’t Live Without Red States

San Francisco mayor London Breed raises a LGBT pride flag in City Hall.

San Francisco may soon repeal a law that prohibits it from contracting with red state governments. Officials admitted this week that the law was increasing costs for the city.

A 2016 City Ordinance San Francisco is prohibited from contracting with businesses based in states that allow abortion, or whose laws are discriminatory against gays and other minorities. The ordinance, which also prohibits San Francisco city officials from traveling to banned states, was conceived as a boycott, meant to liberalize red states by depriving them of San Francisco’s people and business.

The boycott was a failure. A February 10 Report from the City Administrator’s Office found that the ban on contracting with red states has hiked San Francisco’s annual contracting costs by up to 20 percent. As evidenced by the fact the blacklist has grown to 30 states from 8 in 2017, the boycott has not succeeded in making red states change their laws.

“This increase suggests that the city’s threat of boycott may not serve as a compelling deterrent to states considering restrictive policies,” According to the report.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved this week a proposed repeal of the ordinance. Now, the entire board will vote on it.

The city’s actions could spur state Democrats to reconsider a similarly Ineffective ban On 23 Red States Governor Gavin Newsom (D.), was in serious trouble last year when he You have been to his in-laws’ ranch in Montana, a blacklisted state.

Los Angeles, Seattle and New York also have enacted sanctions against red states. Most of these policies were repealed.

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