See you in Federal Court

San Diego employee unions and the California Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) argued even before the measure reached the ballot that it violated state collective bargaining laws because the campaign for the pension changes was led in 2011 and 2012 by then-San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders. He claimed that his role in the Prop. B campaign was as a private citizen – not as mayor – and thus he faced no obligation to collectively bargain with public employee unions before touting the direct-democracy initiative.Before reaching the state high court, a trial judge first disagreed with Sanders and San Diego, then an appellate court sided with the city. But all seven state justices joined in a ruling that found that city leaders had not met their requirement to first seek changes at the bargaining table before seeking to impose them through direct democracy.

Bold face mine.

This is the Cal Supremes claiming that democracy comes second to union rule.  Not so if California is a member of the union.  The US Supremes have ruled that access to democracy cannot be constrained, it is fundamental.  No citizen can be specifically denied access to free assembly and speech, sorry.