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What Can California Learn from San Jose's Long and Winding Road to Pension Reform?

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Few cities in California have had more turbulence over voter-approved pension reform than San Jose. After years of bloody legal battles with police and firefighters who pushed back against the austerity of the plan, the city council yesterday passed a watered-down version to send back to voters in 2016. The pension havoc in Northern California's largest city is a cautionary tale on how difficult reform can be.

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