San Francisco revoked its boycott on Tuesday of conservative states because it did not work. The boycott also increased costs for the city. California could also repeal a similar law soon.

Breitbart reported in February that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors had decided to revisit an ordinance passed in 2016, which prohibited city-funded travel in states that passed laws such as transgender bathroom legislation. The ordinance prohibited contracting with businesses headquartered in these states. The boycott was eventually extended to states that had passed laws restricting abortion and voter integrity.

The boycott did not work and the contracting costs of the city increased by 10 to 20 percent.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that:

The Supervisors repealed the entire law with a vote of 7-4, just one month after the Board agreed to exclude construction contracts from boycott. London Breed, the mayor of London, has said that she supports reforming or repealing the law.

“It doesn’t achieve the goal we are trying to achieve,” said Supervisor Rafael Mandelman who sponsored the bill that ended the boycott. “It makes our government less effective.”

Breitbart reported last month that California was also re-evaluating its ban on funding state-funded travel in conservative states – a ban which Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has been known to ignore the ban on state-funded travel by vacationing or visiting conservative states in order to protest their policies and laws.

Toni Atkins announced in March that she would repeal the travel ban of California. She is one of California’s most powerful officials and the leader of the California State Senate. Ms. Atkins said that she supported the boycott of 2016 but its benefits were outweighed by its headaches.

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In recent years, California’s travel restriction has been criticized for being purely symbolic and counterproductive. California’s attorney general has now added 23 states to the list of boycotted states. These are those that have discriminatory laws against L.G.B.T.Q. people.

California could instead fund pro-LGBTQ advertising in these states.