Orange County Register Column Highlights Pros, Cons of Pension Reform Ballot Initiative

In an Orange County Register article, columnist Teri Sforza writes that "a controversial reform measure headed for the 2016 ballot could cut public pension costs by giving taxpayers a say on retirement plans -- but it could upend collective bargaining in the process." Sforza cites several analyses that say the measure could threaten protections for pension and retiree health care benefits, while noting that backers maintain it will not "change benefits that public workers currently possess."

• "Watchdog: California Pension Reform Measure Means Potential Labor Upheaval" (Sforza, Orange County Register, 8/17).