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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city leaders in los angeles and by a prominent lawmaker in sacramento to end state contracts until the arizona law is repealed.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 l...

For the housing authority. >> we respect the people of the state of arizona but we believe the leadership is misguided on this issue. >> similar sanctions are considered by city leaders in los angeles. and there is a proposal in sacramento to cancel state contracts with arizona businesses until the law is repealed. thousands of prisoners are housed in arizona and governor schwarzenegger wants to spend more and he wouldn't want the contract threatened. in san francisco, department heads before taking further action are studying whether sanctions could backfire. >> one of the companies we do bus...

Haven in san francisco. a self-proclaimed sanctuary city where they can live and get an official i.d. without fear of being deported. now san francisco is taking action to punish arizona for cracking down on illegal immigration. he has suspend all official travel by city employees and cancelling contracts with arizona-based companies. and other cities have proposed the ending of state contracts until the law is we peeled. the city does business with a company that processes payments in arizona and there is concern that if this boycott isn't handled with care, 2,500 franceans could lose their -...

State capitol to ask the head of the air resources board. >> i have the cnn news here for mary nichols. after an hour after waiting, we get sorry, no interview. >> it's been a difficult situation for all of us. i can't go any further than that. >> reporter: difficult why? >> because of the circumstances surrounding this. i'm sorry. that's all i've been allowed to tell you. >> reporter: the agencies did have to defend the spending to lawmakers. the vehicles, according to the transportation department, were part of a normal fleet turnover system. as for the desks and other office furniture, the ...

Contract provider. >> reporter: state contracts, state workers get a $7,000 desk? state assembly members, audra and hector, a republican and democrat are on the oversight committee that brought the spending to light. >> it's an insult to folks having to make tough choices in their own families and own small businesses. >> reporter: the problem is what to do about it. it seems government employees are virtually impossible to discipline, let alone fire, and lawmakers don't even have direct authority over many state agencies. so they're exasperated. >> we can embarrass them into changing policies...