SF Chronicle opposes Prop. 46 as “flawed,” “misdirected” and “decidedly cynical”
The editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle has taken a position of “NO” on Proposition 46, stating “voters should reject this flawed measure.”
In opposing Prop. 46, the Chronicle joins every other major daily newspaper in California to take a position on Proposition 46 to date – Contra Costa Times, Oakland Tribune, Sacramento Bee and San Jose Mercury News.
Headlined “Poorly crafted state Proposition 46 puts doctors on defense,” the editorial states that proponents “who put together and funded Proposition 46 might have been too clever for their own good” and “this measure overreached in a decidedly cynical way.”
Moreover, “proponents have openly admitted that the provision for random alcohol and drug testing of doctors was added as a political sweetener.”
Also, “voters who might be tempted to support substance-abuse testing on doctors…should look at the details of how Proposition 46 works. It’s incomplete and, in some important ways, misdirected.”
Read the San Francisco Chronicle editorial here. Read the Sacramento Bee editorial here. Read the San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune editorial here.
Because Prop. 46 is really three different initiatives in one – all of which are too complicated, too costly and too flawed – an unprecedented coalition of more than 600 statewide and community groups have joined to oppose it, including (partial list):
California Teachers Association
California School Boards Association
Association of California School Administrators
California State Firefighters Association
California State Association of Counties
League of California Cities
Urban Counties Caucus
Rural County Representatives of California
California Special Districts Association
California Chamber of Commerce
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California
AFSCME California PEOPLE
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California
California Medical Association
California Dental Association
California Hospital Association
California Pharmacists Association
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Emergency Physicians, California Chapter
California Association of Physician Groups
California Association for Nurse Practitioners
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
Community Clinics Association of Los Angeles County
La Clínica de La Raza
California Association of Rural Health Clinics
Central Valley Health Network
NAACP California
California Republican Party
Los Angeles County Democratic Party
Yuba County Democratic Party
To learn more, visit www.NoOn46.com.
via September 22, 2014 – 2014 – California Medical Association.