San Francisco Raises Tobacco Buying Age to 21 SF Board of Supervisors unanimously approve SFMS-endorsed Tobacco 21 ordinance to raise tobacco buying age to 21. March 1, 2016 Advocacy, News SFMS advocacy, Tobacco 21 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Champions Tobacco Regulation at August Lobby Day On August 26, 2015, three SFMS physician members joined over a hundred health care workers, and patient advocates at a daylong rally at the Capitol in Sacramento in support of the six tobacco control bills heard during the Special Extraordinary Session on Healthcare 2015 convened by Governor Brown. September 2, 2015 Advocacy, SFMS Member John Maa, Renee Fogelberg, Laura Davies, Save Lives California, SFMS advocacy, tobacco, tobacco tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
Assembly Panel Rejects Nurse Practitioners' Scope-of-Practice Bill; Optometry Bill to be Heard Next Week Legislative alert: Contact Asm. Phil Ting to urge a NO vote on SB 622, bill to allow optometrists to perform scalpel and laser surgeries, administer immunizations, and perform or order laboratory and diagnostic imaging tests with minimal education and training. July 1, 2015 Advocacy, Politics and Medicine SB 323, SB 622, scope of practice, SFMS advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Applauds Governor Brown, California Legislature for Passage of SB 277 Today is a win for public health with the passage of SB 277 (Pan/Allen). On behalf of 1,600 San Francisco physicians and physicians-in-training, SFMS would like to recognize Senators Richard Pan and Ben Allen for their leadership in authoring this bill, Senator Mark Leno and Assemblymember David Chiu for co-authoring and championing the legislation, and the entire California State Legislature for sending it to Governor Brown. June 30, 2015 Advocacy, News, Public Health vaccination, California legislation, Richard Pan, SB 277, SFMS advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS & CMA Lead Successful Campaign to Defeat Props 45 & 46 SFMS and CMA have successfully led the campaign to defeat 2 onerous ballot measures that would have negatively impact health care, Propositions 45 and 46. November 5, 2014 Advocacy, MICRA, Politics and Medicine, SFMS Member Prop 46, SFMS advocacy, 2014 Election, Prop 45 0 0 Comment Read More »
