Mayor Kevin Johnson’s office released an older draft of the strong mayor proposal one month after The Sacramento Press requested a copy of it. Kunal Merchant, Johnson’s chief of staff, wrote in a note accompanying the old draft that the strong mayor campaign is no longer using it. Johnson used the old draft months ago when he tried to convince the City Council to put a strong mayor measure on the June ballot, Merchant said. The mayor gave up on the idea of the June ballot in February, saying at the time that council members were not backing a June timeline. Read the old draft and Merchant’s note here. Johnson’s campaign referred to the old draft as the “Collaborative Reform Package,” a