This just in, from WNCN:

San Francisco mayor Edwin Lee has banned city employee travel to North Carolina after the state passed House Bill 2 this week.

The North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday overrode a Charlotte ordinance set to take effect April 1 that impacts transgender people and Governor Pat McCrory signed the bill Wednesday night.

โ€œWe are standing united as San Franciscans to condemn North Carolinaโ€™s new discriminatory law that turns back the clock on protecting the rights of all Americans including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals,โ€ Lee said in a statement. โ€œEffective immediately, I am directing City Departments under my authority to bar any publicly funded city employee travel to the state of North Carolina that is not absolutely essential to public health and safety.โ€ It was not immediately clear how many trips Leeโ€™s decision might impact.

Holy crap.

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