Johnson's comment is "very disheartening". I hope his fighting tooth and nail doesn't continue to take him away from other existing city priorities and doesn't take any more time away from him to begin fighting for Sacramento area youth to know and have LIFE and FREEDOM. Or does our mayor prefer many of us to walk on a treadmill? walk in reverse? walk to morgues, funeral homes, graves, courts, jails, prisons as he fights tooth and nail for more power? Or does he think city residents affected by and exposed to violence are taking his unacceptable, insignificant, ineffective gang summit as addressing youth violence? Because he surely didn't fight tooth and nail to address youth and violence- Life and Freedom.

Re: Johnson's comment " “Voters deserve and have a right to vote on this initiative,” Heck, did he even read -or was he so busy again looking at self that he missed--- The judge wrote, "“The Court recognizes the right of the people to vote on initiative measures...The Court does not lightly dismiss such, and has taken this very important right in consideration in ruling on the matter.”

For goodness sake, residents- voters- people have a right to truth, transparency, an initiative not done in the dark, LIFE, FREEDOM ......so much more than watching him fight a loosing battle "tooth and nail" for more power.

Bet he's glad he has dental insurance. He'll need it for dentures and he'll also need plenty of bandages for bleeding finger tips when his teeth and fingernails are gone! Too be honest, now that I think about it, I'm kind of looking forward to seeing him fight. It WILL be interesting to see him fight a battle that it appears money can't buy off.

What he is trying to do is take control away from the city manager, an unelected position. By taking over the manager's duties he will have more control over budget issues and departments. I don't know what his intentions are, but under this form of government, it is very hard for him to make any real changes. His power is completely diluted. I would personally give him the power and see what kind of changes he can make. Most likely it will be used to enrich his friends and campaign donors, however, the current system offers only very slow change and protects the establishment.

Based on the practices of Arno Political Consulting in gathering signatures in other contests, it's likely that the only 'voters' KJ is referring to, whose 'rights' are being denied by this decisioin, are dead ones...

The SMI is mis-labeled. It should be called the "Strong-Land-Developer-&-Megacorporation-Initiative". I think we need to get back to a form of government that serves the general public. We pay enough in taxes, now we need service!