Lawsuit Challenges San Francisco Circumcision Ballot Measure

A lawsuit was filed in state court in California yesterday challenging the San Francisco ballot measure that seeks to ban circumcision.  The Los Angeles Jewish Journal reports that, while much attention has been directed to religious freedom concerns, this suit is based on a California Business and Professions Code, Sec. 460 which provides:

No city, county, or city and county shall prohibit a healing arts professional licensed with the state under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) from engaging in any act or performing any procedure that falls within the professionally recognized scope of practice of that licensee.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit include two Jewish community organizations, three Jewish families, one Muslim family and two doctors.  They allege that it would be misleading to include the proposal on the ballot if the city lacks the power to enact it.

UPDATE: Here is the full text of the complaint in Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco v. Arntz, (CA Super. Ct., filed 6/22/2011).