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Details were not immediately forthcoming, but former Menlo Park council member Lee Duboc says “a group of residents” will launch a drive for a ballot initiative, aimed at scaling back pension benefits for Menlo Park city employees who are not on the police force. “We’re just dotting our i’s and crossing our t’s,” Ms. Duboc said. “We have to keep it close to the vest right now, but we’re planning a big roll-out.”
If California voters defy expectations and pass the half-dozen propositions on the May 19 ballot, it will be a start toward filling the yawning hole in the state’s budget. But it’s only a start.