California Now Bans State-funded Travel to One-third of America

[IsailedawayfromFR]

California’s Democrats have now banned state-funded travel to so many states in protest at their legislation on social issues that the bans now cover one-third of the United States by population, after a new ban on Ohio was introduced last month.

The Sacramento Bee noted Monday:

California Democrats wanted to send a message when they passed a law five years ago banning taxpayer-funded travel to states that allow businesses to deny services to gay and transgender people.

California leaders took a stand, but they didn’t discourage Republican states from adopting those so-called religious freedom laws.

Since then, California has banned state-funded travel to 18 states, with a total population of 117 million people. That’s a little more than a third of the nation’s overall population.

The latest addition came in late September, when Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a ban on state-funded travel to Ohio over a new state law that lets doctors cite their moral or religious beliefs in denying care to a patient.

The Bee notes that it is impossible to drive cross-country without passing through at least one state to which California bans state-funded travel. Moreover, “California prohibits state-funded travel to 18 of the 25 states where most voters cast ballots for Trump in 2020 – and none of the states that backed Biden.” The law has many exceptions: public college athletic teams, for example, travel to banned states using private money.

California passed a law in 2016 allowing the state’s attorney general to ban official travel to a state deemed to have violated the rights of LGBTQ individuals. The law was a response to a controversy in 2015, when big companies said they would boycott Indiana over a called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/05/california-now-bans-state-funded-travel-to-one-third-of-america/

This is outrageous.

So when will these states reciprocate?

[Kamaji]

Hmmm, I wonder if we could convince California to ban its denizens from traveling to all other states.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

And I wonder when Joe Biden, who promised to be the great Unifier, will condemn this act by California?

[Slide Rule]

Ohio should reciprocate.

Nothing worse than a CA lefty walking around breathing our air.

[GtHawk]

Hmmm, I wonder if we could convince California to ban its denizens from traveling to all other states.

If only California could do the same......Pelosi was an import.

[skeeter]

If only California could do the same......Pelosi was an import.

So is Adam Schiff. So is Eric Swalwell. So is Maxine Waters.

Thanks a lot, America.

[Kamaji]

So is Adam Schiff. So is Eric Swalwell. So is Maxine Waters.

Thanks a lot, America.

Well, clearly, California draws the crazy in like flies to sh*t.  Seems the ultimate source of the problem lies where the s*it was s*at.

[PeteS in CA]

California Democrats wanted to send a message when they passed a law five years ago ...

5 years ago? Sounds like their message came back marked, "Return to Sender".

My message to the bigoted California-Bashers who cannot realize many conservatives like me live in California ....... yeah, well, ... I won't ...

[skeeter]

5 years ago? Sounds like their message came back marked, "Return to Sender".

My message to the bigoted California-Bashers who cannot realize many conservatives like me live in California ....... yeah, well, ... I won't ...

there is comfort for them in believing there’s something in water here that can be isolated. Problem with that is they won’t even see it coming from their own backyard.

[Kamaji]

5 years ago? Sounds like their message came back marked, "Return to Sender".

My message to the bigoted California-Bashers who cannot realize many conservatives like me live in California ....... yeah, well, ... I won't ...

Relax.  I'm stuck in NY, so I get it.  That being said, ....

[DefiantMassRINO]

That's California's right ... just as other states could prohibit their firefighters from going to fight California's wildfires.

Let CalFire figure it out.

[Fishrrman]

I mean... really.
It's California.
No longer part of traditional America.
Who cares what that place and the fools who inhabit it choose to do?

[EdinVA]

The country is being run by 3 year old... temper tantrums and all...