San Francisco Family Values

A California state legislator from the Bay Area is trying to introduce a bill to outlaw spanking young children, calling it a form of child abuse. San Francisco already is struggling with a shortage of families with young children, both because of the astronomical costs there, as well as a culture that is not exactly friendly to traditional familes (i.e., those with a mom, a dad, and kids).

Is criminalizing a sometimes necessary form of parental discipline really the best way to bring families back? And is this lunacy what Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker from San Francisco, means by family values?