Caliornia pension law invalidates local election

The California Dill Act requires local politicians to bargain with unions, local referendum elections are now invalid in California. Both San Diego and San Jose have lost democracy, and Jerry Brown thinks that is fine and dandy.  

SAN JOSE -- After four years of litigation and millions of dollars to fight Measure B, a judge on Tuesday denied a legal attempt to stop the city from repealing the pension reform initiative voters approved in 2012.

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Beth McGowen rejected efforts by former Councilman Pete Constant and the Silicon Valley Taxpayers' Association to block the city from invalidating the controversial measure.

"The voters have been sold out here," Marguerite Mary Leoni, Constant's attorney, said after the hearing. "The city failed to defend Measure B."