i think it is going to pass. there hasn t been much dissent on the city council or within the city of berkeley. most people seem in favor of it. what they will be voting is on is the city will be providing money, up front, cash up front for city employees who want to get sex change operations or actually, i think they are calling it gender reassignment surgeries. greta: what i understand is the city offers employees two health insurance policies neither of which provides for this change of sex operation. so the city wants to set aside $20,000, if someone elects to have that surgery and it costs about $50,000 and the controversy is, paving roads versus sex change operations. is that a fair description of it? yeah. i think some people too are wondering why this particular procedure is being singled out. there s other things that aren t covered that the city
i think it is going to pass. there hasn t been much dissent on the city council or within the city of berkeley. most people seem in favor of it. what they will be voting is on is the city will be providing money, up front, cash up front for city employees who want to get sex change operations or actually, i think they are calling it gender reassignment surgeries. greta: what i understand is the city offers employees two health insurance policies neither of which provides for this change of sex operation. so the city wants to set aside $20,000, if someone elects to have that surgery and it costs about $50,000 and the controversy is, paving roads versus sex change operations. is that a fair description of it? yeah. i think some people too are wondering why this particular procedure is being singled out. there s other things that aren t covered that the city is not paying for.