In a board letter, Supervisor Jim Desmond proposed directing the chief administrative officer to express support for U.S. House Resolution 28, a bill that bans transgender women from competing in female sports.

The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday failed to advance an endorsement of a proposed Congressional law that would block transgender females from competing in women’s sports.

An effort to get San Diego County to throw its support behind a bill in Congress that would ban transgender girls and women from competing in women's sports failed when it was brought forward at the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.