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Yesterday Ed Goldman of the Sacramento Business Journal wrote about his meeting with CHSRA Board Chairman Dan Richard – and he includes an interesting hint about the revised Business Plan that Governor Jerry Brown wants to see: I ask him if the new-and-improved business plan that Gov. Jerry Brown wants on his desk any minute [...]
Back in April 2010 the State Auditor released a report that was unfairly critical of the California High Speed Rail Authority. The State Auditor argued that California was uncompetitive for federal funds (as it turned out we won half of the $8 billion in HSR stimulus funds) and ignored the then-Democratic Congress’ interest in finding [...]
In a move that should surprise precisely nobody, two right-wing Republicans – State Senator Doug LaMalfa and former Congressman George Radanovich – have apparently filed an initiative to repeal high speed rail at the November 2012 election. The “Stop The $100 Billion Bullet Train to Nowhere Act” is currently pending at the Attorney General’s office, [...]
The California legislature is in a winter lull right now, but things will pick up soon and one of the main topics will be whether or not to agree to Governor Jerry Brown’s request to spend Prop 1A bond money to begin high speed rail construction. And according to Daniel Borenstein of the Contra Costa [...]
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