That could change within two weeks, however. While a Thursday morning study session showed City Council to be in unanimous agreement on implementing an ordinance to protect against discrimination based, there was passionate debate over the size of businesses that should be included. According to the Human Rights Campaignâs website (hrc.org), 225 cities and counties âprohibit employment discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment ordinances that governed all public and private employers in those jurisdictions.â Four of those cities are in Arizona: Phoenix and Tucson, both larger than Mesa, and Tempe and Flagstaff, both many times smaller than Mesa.Â