#EffectiveImmediately California Gov #Newsom rescinds #TravelBan on using CA #taxpayer funds to visit more than half the #UnitedStates. In 2016 #California stopped allowing state-sponsored #travel to 4 US states discriminating against #LGBTQ rights, but had since increased #Isolationist #boycott to 26. Law was doing little to change #PublicPolicy elsewhere, but stifled and complicated state school and other government employees from participating in collaborations, conferences and competitions outside California borders. Newsom will direct money to vague #educational #BridgeProject outreach instead ...
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/14/gov-newsom-signs-bill-replacing-californias-state-travel-ban-over-lgbtq-laws-with-outreach-funding/?share=llhtvaptvo9er2i9imne