{"id":2312,"date":"2010-08-30T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T21:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2017-06-28T21:21:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T05:21:24","slug":"court-approves-amended-pensionhealthcare-reform-measure-for-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2312\/court-approves-amended-pensionhealthcare-reform-measure-for-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Approves Amended Pension\/Healthcare Reform Measure for Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

August 30, 2010<\/p>\n

A legal challenge<\/a> to force the withdrawal of a controversial pension and healthcare reform measure from the November ballot has failed.<\/p>\n

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Harold Kahn today approved Proposition B for the November ballot but stripped a \u201cpoison pill\u201d provision from the measure, a provision Kahn ruled unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

“This is a pretty big sledgehammer,” Judge Kahn said of the poison pill language. “This violates the First Amendment.”<\/p>\n

The poison pill provision (in sub-section I) would have frozen city workers compensation packages for five years if a court ruled any provision in the measure unenforceable.<\/p>\n

Elvira James, a secretary with the San Francisco Rent Board and a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit, said, “I\u2019m glad the judge agreed that the initiative is flawed, but disappointed he left it on the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sponsored by Public Defender Jeff Adachi, the measure dubbed “SF Smart Reform” aims to rein in unsustainable pension and healthcare costs projected to exceed $1 billion by 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an important victory for the people of this City,\u201d Adachi said in a statement. \u201cNow the voters of San Francisco, not special interests, will finally have a choice on how their tax dollars are spent on pensions for city workers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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