Posted on 04/27/2023 9:31:44 AM PDT by Morgana
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors abandoned its boycott of pro-life states Tuesday after city leaders said the action backfired, costing the city money and creating additional red tape.
National Review reports the board voted 7-4 to repeal the boycott, which prohibited the city government from traveling to and doing business with 30 states that passed pro-life and other conservative policies.
“It’s not achieving the goal we want to achieve,” Supervisor Rafael Mandelman said. “It is making our government less efficient.”
Initially, the boycott applied to conservative states that passed laws regarding LGBTQ issues, but San Francisco leaders expanded it in 2019 to also boycott states that passed pro-life laws to protect unborn babies from abortion.
However, an analysis of the boycott in February found that its results were disastrous for San Francisco. The city administrator’s office report found that the boycott was hurting the city financially and did not have any effect on persuading states to abandon their pro-life laws.
The law “has created additional administrative burden for City staff and vendors and unintended consequences for San Francisco citizens, such as limiting enrichment and developmental opportunities,” the report found.
Here’s more from National Review:
A budget and legislative analyst’s report also found the city had done business with the states on the boycott list. A one-year period between mid-2021 and mid-2022 saw waivers for contracts and purchase orders totaling $791 million. Meanwhile, the budget and legislative analyst also found that the city had spent nearly $475,000 in staffing expenses to carry out the boycott. …
The report also noted the boycott had other unwanted consequences, including adding more red tape for a program that paid for teens to visit historically black colleges and universities, as many HBCUs are located in banned states.
Meanwhile, San Francisco is facing a homeless crisis, housing and financial problems, drugs and violence, according to the Washington Examiner. At the meeting Tuesday, city leaders agreed that they should repeal the boycott to focus more on solving major problems.
California has very few limits on abortion, and it forces taxpayers to pay for them. A new law that went into effect in January forces all public colleges and universities to provide abortions on campus – even though California has the highest number of abortion facilities in the country: 168, according to an ANSIRH study.
Under another new law, nurses and other medical workers who are applying for licenses in the state may have their applications expedited if they agree to do abortions. California also began offering financial incentives to medical students to become abortionists this year.
In June, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a budget with $200 million dedicated specifically to expanding abortions, including a new, government-run website that tells women from other states how to come to California to abort their unborn babies.
It also includes $40 million to pay to abort unborn babies whose mothers do not already qualify for a Medicaid-funded abortion or have insurance coverage for the elective, life-destroying procedure, and $15 million to help pro-abortion groups advertise and promote abortions.
Then, earlier this month, Newsom said his administration bought 2 million doses of misoprostol, an ulcer drug used off label to abort unborn babies, to distribute in case the courts block access to the abortion drug mifepristone.
California aborted approximately 154,000 unborn babies in 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute; but many expect those numbers will grow as a result of Democrats’ efforts.
“It is making our government less efficient.”
When has that ever stopped them?
“It is making our government less efficient.”
By what possible metric do they evaluate the “efficiency” of government in San Francisco?
Hey Rafael... You should resign in disgrace, and give back your salary.
You actually went through with this, just to find out what the rest of us knew, before you did it. You’re a fool.
What they also found (or perhaps failed to find) is those same states don't really have any interest in doing business with San Fran-sicko, either.
Exactly!
That's OK, I'll continue my boycott and sabotage of San Fagsicko, it's gotten to be fun.
We boycott them....we win
They boycott us....we still win
Dang it - I was just fine with that gaggle of freaks and losers avoiding my state.
hehe well in this one instance they did fix stupid after getting after unintended consequences reared its ugly head,
Can’t be spending all that money on red tape. They have to save it for when the reparations bill comes due.
Leaders in San Francisco seem almost as smart as "Bob the dinosaur" from Dilbert.
I like the way Dogbert's ears go up when Bob puts his tiny hand into his ear.
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“It is making our government less efficient.”
One wouldn’t think that is possible.
L
The woke fail stories keep piling up.
Big ol slice of humble pie for San Fran. A majority of Americans think your a third world sh!thole. It seems you need us more than we need or ever want you.
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