Should this be implemented a network of sympathizers will spring up, that will actually recruit individuals seeking the surgery and hire them so they can get it on the city insurance plan.
It’ll become a revolving door for the gender-confused. Mentally disturbed but physically intact coming in, still mentally disturbed and now physically mutilated going out.
I don’t think a network needs to spring up there are already networks existing that disseminate this information.
There are LGBT magazines, websites and newsletters that run articles spreading the news of their efforts to secure these benefits and their successes.
In this case it is apparently for naught. It takes about 5 years to go through the process (multiple surgeries and therapy) of gender reassignment (mutilation). So given that the city must wait until next year to offer this benefit any candidate for this treatment will have barely begun the process before the city goes bankrupt and the process ends because of the lack of funds.