San Jose Mayor Abandons Pension Reform Effort
On Friday, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed (D) said he is abandoning efforts to pass a ballot initiative that would have granted cities greater authority to change pension and retirement benefits for public workers. Reed said the move comes after state Attorney General Kamala Harris (D) wrote an unfavorable description of a proposed ballot measure.
- "California Pension Reform Initiative Scrapped for 2014 in Big Defeat for San Jose Mayor" (Rosenberg, San Jose Mercury News, 3/14).