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I mean obviously it must be ban travel for government officials on government business or something like that, but since this isn't clarified exactly what it me

I mean obviously it must be ban travel for government officials on government business or something like that, but since this isn't clarified exactly what it means it makes the article seem like misinformation and untrustworthy.

advisedwang 4y ago
The article seems pretty clear that it's travel to and contracts with businesses headquartered in those states. It links to an authoritative source [1] which seems to confirm what the article is saying. [1] https://sfgsa.org/sites/default/files/Document/12X_Covered_State_List_Updated_2022-03-04.pdf https://sfgsa.org/sites/default/files/Document/12X_Covered_S...
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  to quote: an ordinance making San Francisco the first city to ban travel to states with repressive anti-LGBT laws OR contract with businesses headquartered there. I don't know, I always see people on HN complaining about poorly written articles and stuff so I figured I could do it as well. At any rate it would require unfamiliarity with the U.S to think that a city could ban travel for citizens to other parts, but it is not clear exactly how travel is banned thus one has to read between the lines and assume - must be travel for government agencies - going off of this particular line "the travel element makes some intuitive sense; you do not want to send city employees, who may be LGBT, to places where their rights or their significant others’ rights can be impinged upon. " Not hard to do for someone that knows anything about the country or has a high degree of proficiency in English, but on the other hand this being the internet there might be people who don't know or have that proficiency and would thereby draw the wrong conclusion. To round off, in the vernacular, sheesh.
joenot443 4y ago
It's clarified very directly in beginning of the article, actually. > A March 4 memorandum from City Administrator Carmen Chu reveals that San Francisco will not enter into contracts with businesses headquartered in most of the United States — 28 states in all Calling a headline misinformation because you didn't read the article is not a good look, I'm afraid.
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  Wow, TIL that ability to contract is synonymous with travel.
  - CodeWriter23 4y ago
    And totally missed that an OR in English doesn't imply a boolean operation. In this context it means both activities are prohibited.
    - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
      and totally observed that I never said they weren't both prohibited, so not sure what the latest smart HN person to correct me is on about.

advisedwang 4y ago

The article seems pretty clear that it's travel to and contracts with businesses headquartered in those states. It links to an authoritative source [1] which seems to confirm what the article is saying. [1] https://sfgsa.org/sites/default/files/Document/12X_Covered_State_List_Updated_2022-03-04.pdf https://sfgsa.org/sites/default/files/Document/12X_Covered_S...

bryanrasmussen 4y ago
to quote: an ordinance making San Francisco the first city to ban travel to states with repressive anti-LGBT laws OR contract with businesses headquartered there. I don't know, I always see people on HN complaining about poorly written articles and stuff so I figured I could do it as well. At any rate it would require unfamiliarity with the U.S to think that a city could ban travel for citizens to other parts, but it is not clear exactly how travel is banned thus one has to read between the lines and assume - must be travel for government agencies - going off of this particular line "the travel element makes some intuitive sense; you do not want to send city employees, who may be LGBT, to places where their rights or their significant others’ rights can be impinged upon. " Not hard to do for someone that knows anything about the country or has a high degree of proficiency in English, but on the other hand this being the internet there might be people who don't know or have that proficiency and would thereby draw the wrong conclusion. To round off, in the vernacular, sheesh.

joenot443 4y ago

It's clarified very directly in beginning of the article, actually. > A March 4 memorandum from City Administrator Carmen Chu reveals that San Francisco will not enter into contracts with businesses headquartered in most of the United States — 28 states in all Calling a headline misinformation because you didn't read the article is not a good look, I'm afraid.

bryanrasmussen 4y ago
Wow, TIL that ability to contract is synonymous with travel.
- CodeWriter23 4y ago
  And totally missed that an OR in English doesn't imply a boolean operation. In this context it means both activities are prohibited.
  - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
    and totally observed that I never said they weren't both prohibited, so not sure what the latest smart HN person to correct me is on about.