re: NCAA says prop 1 effects Houston as a hosting site

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No. The premise was that a man could go into women's restrooms, locker rooms, etc. simply by identifying a female at that time.

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Again that provision of it was taken out months ago.

It would have banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity—criteria not covered by federal anti-discrimination laws—especially "in city employment, city services, city contracting practices, housing, public accommodations, and private employment."


The ordinance would have also made prohibitions against discrimination based on sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, familial status, marital status, military status, religion, disability, genetic information and pregnancy explicit in the city's code. Discrimination based on these characteristics was already prohibited by federal law. It was designed to exempt religious institutions and organizations from compliance.

The law would have made it a Class C misdemeanor to violate the ordinance and would have dictated a fine of between $250 and $500 for each violation. The ordinance was designed to count each day or part-day that "a violation is committed, continued, or permitted" as a separate violation. It set a cap of $5,000 on the total amount of fines that could be imposed for the same complaint and victim.

There was no restroom portion of the proposition.