With challenges like homelessness and rising food and energy costs, the Sacramento City Council voted to become a transgender sanctuary city. The resolution aims to shield individuals seeking or providing gender-affirming healthcare from detention by city personnel, including officers and contractors. Furthermore, it seeks to prevent the city from collaborating with states criminalizing such care. 

This move is motivated by the increasing number of states imposing restrictions on gender-affirming treatments for both minors and adults, contrary to California’s stance, highlighted by a 2022 law allowing minors from other states to access care in California without legal repercussions.