By Courtney Baird
Arnold Schwarzenegger brought his initiative bid to a Santa Ana Red Robin Restaurant on Thursday.
The governor was on hand to gather support and signatures for three ballot measures that are at the core of his reform efforts in Sacramento.
Schwarzenegger hopes to gather enough signatures to place the initiatives on a special election ballot in November.
The measures would privatize state worker pensions, revamp California’s political districts and limit teacher tenure.
The governor began his initiative tour on Tuesday when he visited a local Sacramento restaurant and then went on to Bakersfield.
Part of his strategy is to jar legislators into action and possibly avoid a costly ballot-box showdown.
According to recent polls, voters oppose a special election that could cost up to $70 million.
Schwarzenegger arrived at the Santa Ana restaurant around noon, according to a Red Robin Restaurant worker.
Amid the lunchtime noise and a large crowd outside, the governor made the rounds, traveling from table to table and shaking diners’ hands.
The governor was set to go onto to San Diego for a scheduled radio interview around 3 p.m.
