State power over local elections is hard to defeat

In order to become a naturalized citizen of the United States, until recently you had to answer this question: “What is the most important right granted to U.S. citizens?” The correct answer, according to the United States government, was, “The right to vote.” But that “right” has always been on shaky ground. Just as the Constitution once countenanced slavery, it also allowed voting to be restricted to property-holding white men. The Thirteenth Amendment expunged the stain of slavery from our basic law, but the Constitution has never fulfilled the democratic promise we associate with it. Put simply—and this is surprising to many people—there is no constitutional guarantee of the right to vote. Qualifications to vote in House and Senate elections are decided by each state, and the Supreme Court affirmed inBush v. Gore that “[t]he individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States.”

Specifically, the right of San Diegans to vote their own pension policy  We will need an expanded interpretation of Due Process, and we can invoke the 14th..
What is due process for the citizens of San Diego, the right to assemble and vote; as part of the right of free assembly. But does that vote count for anything in Sacramento?  What other right of appeal was granted to San Diego in this matter? We need to show that all other avenues of due process were blocked, and the 14th demands that the vote count. Its a bit like Citizens United, the Supremes will say that the San Diego electorate is acting as an individual, and the act of a collective vote is free speech and freedom from seizure.

 Such a ruling would eliminate state power,mostly/. The city-state, because it can organize voting assemblies, will; always rule their own destiny, mostly.