California Bans Travel to Four States

[Emjay]

California Bans Travels To Texas, Alabama, South Dakota And Kentucky
June 23, 2017

California always manages to attract everyone’s attention, and this time it issued a huge order to stop state funded trips to four US states. We can’t imagine the impact of this travel ban, but we know that California should have played a better game. The order came from the California Attorney General, and this sure gave everyone a good reason to start thinking about policies designed in California.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra banned state-funded travels to Texas, Alabama, South Dakota and Kentucky. State employees can’t go there on the expense of state’s budget. The legislation was passed last year, and applies to “non-essential” trips to states that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

According to the Attorney General, North Carolina, Kansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee are the next to go. Becerra revealed that the state won’t tolerate the use of tax dollars for travels to states in which gay people are discriminated.
Many experts discussed over the effect of this travel ban. Of course, the order excludes ‘special travels’ based on enforcing California law and any contracts made before 2017. Becerra’s spokesperson didn’t reveal more information about the number of times California state employees travelled to the banned states.

Texas earned its place on the list because of its law according to which child welfare organizations are allowed to deny services and adoptions to couples because of “sincerely held religious beliefs.” Becerra believes that this is nothing but a pure LGBT discrimination. Alabama and South Dakota have similar laws. When it comes to Kentucky, the state’s new law allows LGBT discrimination in schools. Well, that’s how Becerra views the new law brought in Kentucky.

“California may be able to stop their state employees, but they can’t stop all the businesses that are fleeing over taxation and regulation and relocating to Texas,” explained John Wittman, the spokesman for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Fresno State, the public university in California is supposed to play football with the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa this fall. We still don’t know whether sports’ travels are included in Becerra’s ban.

What do you think about this? How will Americans accept this travel ban?

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[Emjay]

The egregious behavior of Texas in limiting the rights of some people has had one good result.

[cato potatoe]

You would think that the biggest tourism state would avoid fomenting resentment and backlash.  But then, I doubt anyone in Sacramento feels a connection to the private sector.

[Emjay]

You would think that the biggest tourism state would avoid fomenting resentment and backlash.  But then, I doubt anyone in Sacramento feels a connection to the private sector.

It's only government funded travel that is banned.  California has not yet been able to ban travel for private citizens.

Any sports entity like the NFL that tries this kind of thing on Texas will be very sorry.

[AllThatJazzZ]

Texans are tinkled pink that California officials won't be coming here. I propose we use a modified version of the technique shown in the video below to cull out liberals, only it shouldn't be a joke and it shouldn't be temporary.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Bb3mBSDo0

[Just_Victor]

 So we don't have to entertain any more Californians?!!
 

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

You gotta say it, just like the line "fight in the shade" from the flick The 300.

With Texas cleaning house on Illegals and Sanctuary pest holes, This has got to have them Howling with laughter.

Why on earth would they want the Illegals working in Ca. Govt. coming into their State?

[DiogenesLamp]

California Bans Travel to Four States

I wish they would ban travel to all the other states.   

[austingirl]

So glad for my home, Texas. The California refugees that moved to Austin ruined that town. I moved on to the Hill Country.

[bigheadfred]

I wish they would ban travel to all the other states.

Not only travel. Immigration, too.

[Chosen Daughter]

So we don't have to entertain any more Californians?!!
 

Too bad Washington is so liberal.  Wish we were on the list.  We always had this saying.  Don't Californiate Washington. 

[Emjay]

So glad for my home, Texas. The California refugees that moved to Austin ruined that town. I moved on to the Hill Country.

The Hill Country is beautiful.

[berdie]

Well. darn it...I was so looking forward to welcoming the Calis. I'm sure they would love the heat, snakes and bugs.

[Sanguine]

The Hill Country is beautiful.

My hometown is now a ritzy suburb of Austin.  Very sad.  Ticky tack McMansions all over those beautiful hills.   

[mountaineer]

I suspect very little out-of-state travel by CA state employees is truly essential.

[jmyrlefuller]

I suspect very little out-of-state travel by CA state employees is truly essential.

The most prominent thing any ban like this affects is college sports at state=owned universities. If UCLA had a game scheduled in Texas, for example, they couldn't travel there on the university's dime. The students and coaches would have to arrange their own flights or forfeit the games.

[Hoodat]

Can we get a ban on Californians moving to Georgia?

[libertybele]

I think we ought to make it real easy for those in CA; ban all travel in and out of CA...problem solved.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I suspect very little out-of-state travel by CA state employees is truly essential.

the state employs auditors who travel the USA to audit companies and individuals for proper payment of CA income taxes.

To counter this CA edict, I believe a state like Texas should simply state no state employees be able to travel to Texas.

[Night Hides Not]

So glad for my home, Texas. The California refugees that moved to Austin ruined that town. I moved on to the Hill Country.

Was in the Hill Country all last week on vacation. The only negative thing about it was all the in-laws that were there for a niece's wedding.   

While the wife and her sisters were store hopping in Gruene, I was at the Grapevine, a superb wine bar.

[Night Hides Not]

Too bad Washington is so liberal.  Wish we were on the list.  We always had this saying.  Don't Californiate Washington.

Much more conservative in the area east of the Cascades.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Was in the Hill Country all last week on vacation. The only negative thing about it was all the in-laws that were there for a niece's wedding.   

While the wife and her sisters were store hopping in Gruene, I was at the Grapevine, a superb wine bar.

That heat in there must have been no big thing to you.  Try growing up there without AC.

[Night Hides Not]

That heat in there must have been no big thing to you.  Try growing up there without AC.

LOL - it was 100 degrees when the wedding started at 6 PM a week ago Friday. I've lived in Texas over 30 years, but I'm not sure you ever get over the summer heat, which hasn't reared its head until recently. The weather in October and November helps you to get over the heat from mid-June to mid-September.

[catfish1957]

You would think that the biggest tourism state would avoid fomenting resentment and backlash.  But then, I doubt anyone in Sacramento feels a connection to the private sector.

Exactly.   Let them starve on their left wing policies.  I have already previously boycotted CA.  I challenge every other conservative to do the same,

[mountaineer]

I lived in southern CA from 1962-65, and have no interest in visiting - not even to visit the town in which we lived.