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Employee Benefits

Feb. 1, 2014

San Jose mayor to sue AG over "loaded" ballot wording for pension reform measure

Chuck Reed said his only recourse for changing the language is to sue. The ballot measure aims in part to make certain parts of public employees' easier to change, rather than locking in a promised pension when the worker is hired.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said Thursday he plans to sue Attorney General Kamala Harris over the "loaded" wording of a ballot measure summary her office published describing Reed's public pension reform initiative.


The Democratic mayor's measure takes aim at a hot-button issue. It asks voters to make certain parts of public employees' pensions easier to change, rather than locki...

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