Los Angeles Prohibits Official Travel to Florida and Texas, Citing Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
The motion observes that the official travel ban can be lifted when either Florida’s law or Texas’ proposed legislation is suspended.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to suspend official travel to Florida and Texas on Tuesday over recently implemented policies discriminating against members of the LGBTQ+ community.
The ruling calls for a ban on all travel to each of the two states, making an exception only for times when failing to permit an official trip “would seriously harm the county’s interests.”
LA County supervisors Sheila Kuehl (D-CA) and Hilda Solis (D-CA) specifically called out Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill — recently signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis (R) under the formal title, “Parental Rights in Education Bill” — as well as Texas’ directive to investigate gender-affirming care for trans youth as instances of “child abuse.”
“As we’ve done in the past where states have enacted some egregious laws that contravene everything that we have done in LA County and in California, this motion calls for a travel ban on all travel to these states,” Kuehl said in a meeting on Tuesday regarding the motion.
The motion observes that the official travel ban can be lifted when either Florida’s law or Texas’ proposed legislation is suspended.