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After Indiana’s Lilly Meister found a clear path to the basket for a layup, the Hoosiers held a 14-11 lead that had their fans roaring and forced Gottlieb to call timeout.

Mayor Greg Meister of Porterville — a city of about 60,000 at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County — put forward the proposal at a city council meeting on Wednesday, saying his goal is to protect biological girls and women.

The ordinance also seeks to remove transgender women and girls from women’s sports, Meister said at the city council meeting.

“Gender dysphoria does not overrule women’s rights,” Meister said in an interview with The Times.

Meister agreed that his ordinance was part of a national trend and not based on local issues.