[CompanionCuube]

City officials are not a protected class in the US that are provided legal protections connected to being discriminated against.

[wheelerwj]

protected class refers to groups of people who shall not be targeted by laws and regulations.

It has nothing to do with discrimination by companies towards groups of people.

[maxerickson]

It does in the US:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class