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Below is the text and history of our
San Francisco MGM Bill Ballot
Initiative (written by Matthew Hess).
Additional information is available at
http://www.sfmgmbill.org.
MALE CIRCUMCISION
Currently, San Francisco does not prohibit male
circumcision.
The proposed measure would amend the San
Francisco Police Code to make it a misdemeanor
to circumcise, excise, cut, or mutilate the
foreskin, testicles, or penis of another person
who is not at least 18 years old.
The proposed measure includes an exception for
cases of clear and immediate medical need, if
there is no less-destructive alternative. But the
measure states there is no exception for persons
who believe circumcision is required as a matter
of custom or ritual.
Be it ordained by the People of the City and
County of San Francisco:
Section 1: The San Francisco Police Code is
hereby amended by adding Article 50 to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 50: GENITAL CUTTING OF MALE MINORS
SEC. 5001. PROHIBITION OF GENITAL CUTTING OF
MALE MINORS.
Except as provided in SEC. 5002, it is unlawful
to circumcise, excise, cut, or mutilate the
whole or any part of the foreskin, testicles, or
penis of another person who has not attained the
age of 18 years.
SEC. 5002. EXCEPTIONS.
(a) A surgical operation is not a violation of
this section if the operation is necessary to
the physical health of the person on whom it is
performed because of a clear, compelling, and
immediate medical need with no less-destructive
alternative treatment available, and is
performed by a person licensed in the place of
its performance as a medical practitioner.
(b)
In applying subsection (a), no account shall be
taken of the effect on the person on whom the
operation is to be performed of any belief on
the part of that or any other person that the
operation is required as a matter of custom or
ritual.
SEC. 5003. PENALTY.
Any person who violates any provisions of this
Article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction such person shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not
to exceed one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Status
Updates
October 2,
2011 - Governor Jerry Brown
signs
AB-768 into law,
preventing any
California city or county from enacting a local
circumcision ban.
July
28,
2011 - Judge Loretta Giorgi
rules that ballot measure must be
withdrawn because it is "expressly preempted" by
state law.
June 22,
2011 -
Jewish
Community Relations Council of San Francisco and
other petitioners
file a lawsuit to remove measure from the
November ballot.
May 17, 2011 -
San Francisco Department of Elections validates
at least 7,743 signatures.
April 26, 2011
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12,265 signatures
were turned in to the San Francisco
Department of Elections at 11:05 am.
November 8, 2010 - Notice of Intent to Circulate
an Initiative Petition and City Attorney's
Title and Summary are
published in
The Recorder.
October 28, 2010 - San Francisco City Attorney's
Office issues Title and Summary
of the proposed measure.
October 13, 2010 - Notice of Intent to Circulate
an Initiative Petition is filed with the San
Francisco City Attorney's Office.
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