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(Updated as information comes my way – now on Update 3) The State Senate today finally passed AB 3034. It will now return to the Assembly, which will consider the Senate’s amendments and send it on to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Despite their earlier opposition, several Senate Republicans voted for AB 3034. They include Roy Ashburn and [...]
The State Senate is back in session and Roy Ashburn is continuing his campaign to deny his constituents cheap, sustainable transportation by trying to kill the HSR bonds: Sen. Roy Ashburn, R-Bakersfield, lost his bid Monday to delay the vote now scheduled for Nov. 4 on a bond to help start building a high- speed [...]
This week’s issue of the San Francisco Bay Guardian has an article on HSR by Steven T. Jones, who was at the CHSRA board meeting last week. Most of it focuses on an overview of where the project is at, which will be familiar to regular readers of this blog. It also has some good [...]
See update below The Fresno Bee is reporting that although AB 3034 passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee today, it has been delayed on the Senate floor by Don Perata, who was concerned that it might not attract the two Republican votes it needs to pass (since it needs a 2/3 vote). The Fresno [...]
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