California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that California would restrict state-funded travel to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia because of the “anti-LGBTQ+ legislation” recently enacted in these states, increasing the number of the targeted states to a total of 17. “Assembly Bill 1887 is about aligning our dollars with our values,” Bonta said at a news conference. “When states discriminate against LGBTQ+ Americans, California law requires our office to take action.” Assembly Bill 1887 became part of California law in 2016 in response to a North Carolina law that requires people to use public bathrooms according to the sex shown on their birth certificate. The law (pdf) prohibits government agencies from approving state-funded travels to a state which enacted a law with “discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression,” with some exceptions. Some exceptions are travels …