San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed has filed suit against the California Attorney General's Office over what he calls a "just plain wrong" ballot summary.
Mayor Reed's ballot intiative - which would drastically alter California's constitution to allow elected officials to tamper with promised retirement benefits for current employees - was cleared for signature gathering by Attorney General Kamala Harris on January 6th, but Reed took issue with the official description of his pension attack.
Mayor Reed's ballot initiative had a troubled history prior to the lawsuit, losing one of its key supporters - Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido - within weeks of its launch.
The pension attack will be sidelined from gathering signatures for the duration of the lawsuit, leading many to speculate that the initiative will not meet the constitutionally required number of signatures to make it on the ballot for a public vote.