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Over at the California Labor Federation blog, Fresno Assemblymember Henry Perea writes about his bill AB 16 that would push the California High Speed Rail Authority to buy Californian as much as possible: I introduced Assembly Bill 16, High Speed Rail Jobs, with the goal of keeping HSR funds in California. This bill will require [...]
Over at the Fresno Bee, Tim Sheehan – who has become one of the state’s leading reporters on the high speed rail beat – has a good article on China’s role in possibly funding the California high speed rail system: China’s not alone. Eight nations have agreements with the California High-Speed Rail Authority to share [...]
The Wall Street Journal reports that Siemens and Kawasaki are angry with China for trying to resell to California HSR tech those two companies licensed to China for their own HSR project: California’s state government has similar concerns. The state is interested in getting Chinese help to build a planned high-speed railway, but may run [...]
Things are getting rather busy for me this month, with the election approaching, so posts may be a bit shorter than usual – I’ll be back up to my usual in-depth reportage after we learn whether California will continue the HSR project under Jerry Brown or whether it will get the Chris Christie treatment under [...]
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