A controversial campaign to reform California's public pensions faces an uncertain future after the state attorney general chose what the measure's backers consider to be unfriendly language for their proposed ballot initiative, Reuters reported today. Chuck Reed, the mayor of San Jose and the driving force behind the proposal, said that he will confer with supporters on whether to press ahead with trying to get the overhaul before voters later this year, and he might sue over Attorney General Kamala Harris' wording for the ballot. A decision should be made by the end of January, Reed said. A Democrat, Reed has raised the ire of California's powerful public sector unions with his initiative after rallying San Jose voters to reduce retirement-related spending with changes to pensions offered by California's third-largest city.
