with arizona based companies, and, a ban on new ones. similar measures have been proposed, by city leaders in los angeles and by a prominent lawmaker in sacramento to end state contracts until the arizona law is repealed. mayor newsom formed an arizona boycott work group to analyze if and how such a protest could backfire on san francisco businesses, for instance, the city does business with a company that accepts and processes payments in arizona. and city leaders say there is concern if the boycott is not hand carefully there is a risk 2500 san franciscans could lose their jobs and groups like the san francisco visitors and convention bureau and the restaurant lobby also worry about a potential backlash boycott. with arizona and other states that are more conservative than san francisco retaliate and stop sending conventions to san francisco, certainly, in recession we don t want retaliation.
well, shepard, here is how it starts. the mayor has banned all nonessential travel to arizona for city employees. and the board of supervisors has taken the first step toward an economic boycott. it s a rest lewis started by david campos calling for no city contracts and no purchasing with arizona-based businesses while this controversial law is in effect. respect the people of the state of arizona but we believe that their leadership is misguided on this issue. the board will vote on this resolution on tuesday. and it is expected to pass. by the way, shepard, similar sanctions have also been proposed by city leaders in saint paul in los angeles as well as up in sacramento on statewide level. shepard: of course not everybody feels this wait a minute two sides this issue. many folks are opposed to the boycotts in a big way. that s right. in fact, local business groups, for instance, san francisco s restaurant association are very concerned about a backlash boycott of sorts. th