BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Consideration for Modified Exception to Use District Funds for Employee Travel to States Identified by the California Attorney General as having Laws Discriminatory to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to approve the use of District funds for employee travel to states currently subject to AB 1887's Travel Prohibition, when travel is critical to the District's mission.
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SUMMARY:
Under Assembly Bill (AB) 1887, the California Legislature determined that "California must take action to avoid supporting or financing discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people." The statute prohibits state agencies, departments, boards, or commissions from requiring any state employees, officers, or members to travel to a state that has passed laws discriminatory against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. State funded or sponsored travel to such states is prohibited under the statute, and a list of states with the discriminatory laws is required to be maintained by the California Attorney General's Office. AB 1887 further set forth seven exceptions to its application where travel to the subject state is required.
Inspired by state law, on August 8, 2017, the Board authorized the Interim CEO to order all District departments to prohibit use of District funds for employee travel to states identified by the California State Attorney General (AG) on the AG's website because these states have passed discriminatory laws against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community, except for the following purposes which largely mirror the exceptions under AB 1887:
1. Enforcement of California law, including auditing and revenue collection;
2. Litigation;
3. To meet contractual obligations incurred before August 8, 2017;
4. To comply with requests by the federal government to ...
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