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Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725616/gov-gavin-newsom-gives-first-state-of-the-state-address\">announced\u003c/a> in February that, as currently planned, the state's full high-speed rail project would take too long to build and cost too much, farm bookkeeper Joanna Spence was relieved. For her, that acknowledgement was long overdue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As I drive up and down (Highway) 99, I just see bits and pieces, nothing happening,” Spence said. “It’s been totally graffiti’d.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bullet train has long been a difficult subject at Parichan Farms, a large almond ranch in Madera County that sits directly in the path of the high-speed rail line. Late owner Harold Parichan \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harold-parichan-20160103-story.html\">fought\u003c/a> the project’s encroachment on his thousands of acres of almonds and other crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" citation=\"Joanna Spence, Parichan Farms\"]'Why would I ride it to Merced? Even Modesto. ... And when I get there, what am I gonna have to do? First I’ve had to pay for a train ticket. Now I’m gonna have to rent a car or an Uber.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years ago, around 50 acres were cleared to make way for the trains' right of way. There’s now a diagonal path straight through the orchard outside Spence’s office, where she’s worked for over 20 years. In one area of the farm, the contractor for the bullet train project is building a $2.5 million underpass so farm crews will be able to get from one side to the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Spence said, much of the cleared land has gone to weeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have been farming those trees, and making more money for the ranch,” Spence said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after Newsom made his announcement in February, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725636/state-of-the-state-newsom-pulls-plug-on-s-f-to-l-a-high-speed-rail-project\">he tried to clarify\u003c/a> his administration's plans for the project: The initial focus will be to get the bullet train running on the 170-mile route from Merced to Bakersfield during the next decade while finishing environmental studies of the full \"Phase One\" line from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Phase One would still be built at some unspecified point in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news angered Spence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would I ride it to Merced? Even Modesto. I could be there in 45 minutes,” she said. “And when I get there, what am I gonna have to do? First I’ve had to pay for a train ticket. Now I’m gonna have to rent a car or an Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not even the ones who wanted it. It was the people who commute,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that some critics will say this is a 'train to nowhere,' \" Newsom told legislators in his State of the State. “But that’s wrong and offensive. The people of the Central Valley endure the worst air pollution in America, as well as some of the longest commutes. And they have suffered too many years of neglect from policymakers here in Sacramento. They deserve better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Newsom did not acknowledge is that when it comes to high-speed rail, some of the most disillusioned and skeptical Californians are Central Valley residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/state/california/big-valley/article223441880.html\">themselves\u003c/a>. While some dream of the opportunities a bullet train could bring, others see it as a misuse of funds and believe that it will never be built — or that if it ever is, no one will ride it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>'A Commitment to the Central Valley'\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>When voters approved a \u003ca href=\"https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2008/general/pdf-guide/suppl-complete-guide.pdf#prop1a\">$10 billion bond measure\u003c/a> in 2008 to fund high-speed rail, they were told it could be running between Los Angeles and the Bay Area in little more than a decade and cost about $34 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its most recent estimate, the California High-Speed Rail Authority said the link between San Francisco and the L.A. area would be finished in 2033. That's \u003cem>if\u003c/em> the authority can locate the tens of billions of dollars more needed to pay for the project, now priced at around \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/about/business_plans/2018_BusinessPlan.pdf\">$77 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, about 2,600 construction workers are working on 119 miles of the route between Madera and Wasco, the latter a town just north of Bakersfield, by the end of 2022. That deadline is part of the rail agency's agreement for $3.5 billion in federal funding — money that the Trump administration is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11727539/feds-battle-with-california-over-bullet-train-funding-may-be-just-beginning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trying to take back\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740351\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11740351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgan Doizaki stands beside a fence that was recently erected across the street from Central Fish Co, which he manages. Doizaki says the fence has cut off foot traffic between downtown Fresno and Chinatown, and he worries about how that will impact the business. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Annie Parker, a spokeswoman with the bullet train agency, said service from Madera to Bakersfield could start by the end of 2027, with passengers riding from Bakersfield to Merced a year later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is more of a commitment to the Central Valley,” Parker told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for connecting the rail to San Jose and elsewhere, Parker said, \"It’s not on hold. We will work to get to those regions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area and Los Angeles, the high-speed rail agency has helped fund infrastructure that could someday be part of a bullet train system. In the Bay Area, those projects include the Transbay Transit Center and Caltrain's electrification project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But actual development of high-speed trains in the state's two biggest metro areas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the funds in hand to build Phase One, to build San Francisco to Los Angeles,\" Parker said, adding that the agency is \"working to establish a full funding package for the delivery of the high-speed rail project.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>‘The Biggest Challenge Is Surviving’\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Even though trains might not run for years, residents are already feeling the effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, at least 230 businesses in Fresno have relocated to make way for construction, according to the rail authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Central Fish Co., a seafood market and Asian grocery in Fresno's Chinatown neighborhood, has been able to stay in its current location, unlike other businesses that once surrounded it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been dealing with this for a few years now and we’re just trying to hang in there,” said Morgan Doizaki, general manager of Central Fish Co.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doizaki supports high-speed rail. He just wants it to get built — sooner rather than later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fresno needs something big like this,” Doizaki said. In the meantime, \"the biggest challenge is surviving.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" citation=\"Lee Ann Eager, Fresno County Economic Development Corp.\"]'I think there's a lot of people, if they actually ever ride on one they'll have a different opinion. ... We don't want to sit on freeways for three and four hours to get just from one city to another. This is that option to get us out of that rut. But it might just take another generation to do that.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fence built recently between high-speed rail's right of way and the existing Union Pacific line has cut off foot traffic between an already isolated Chinatown and downtown Fresno’s popular baseball stadium, Chukchansi Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every year, we kind of wait till the baseball season starts,” Doizaki said, “And everyone gets a little bit busier, but this is the first year we’re gonna have no foot traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some businesses, Doizaki noted, have done well since relocating, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/living/food-drink/article92735407.html\">Cosmopolitan restaurant\u003c/a> that was once in Chinatown but has since moved a few blocks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresno County’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnoedc.com/\">Economic Development Corp.\u003c/a> has been assisting businesses along the rail line alignment or otherwise impacted by road closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about Newsom’s plan to focus on finishing what the authority has started in the Central Valley first, EDC President and CEO Lee Ann Eager said the policy does not signify a huge shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that's the fallacy now, that somehow (Newsom’s) speech stopped high-speed rail, and nobody is doing the work anymore — and that's not the case,\" Eager said. \"I think all he said was we're going to do it in stages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eager said she is aware of the criticism coming from Central Valley residents who think no one will ride the train if it does not connect to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That has really always been an issue with us here is that we had expected the entire Central Valley to understand what those opportunities would mean for us,” Eager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there's a lot of people (that) if they actually ever ride on one they'll have a different opinion,\" Eager said. \"Because we don't want to be in cars, we don't want to have the bad air quality and we don't want to sit on freeways for three and four hours to get just from one city to another. This is that option to get us out of that rut. But it might just take another generation to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Some in the Central Valley see train as vehicle for future opportunity. Many others remain skeptical project will ever be finished. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1555370210,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":40,"wordCount":1535},"headData":{"title":"As Bullet Train Project Moves Ahead in Valley, Many Residents Still Reluctant to Get on Board | KQED","description":"Some in the Central Valley see train as vehicle for future opportunity. Many others remain skeptical project will ever be finished. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"As Bullet Train Project Moves Ahead in Valley, Many Residents Still Reluctant to Get on Board","datePublished":"2019-04-15T21:50:10.000Z","dateModified":"2019-04-15T23:16:50.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11740241 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11740241","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/04/15/as-bullet-train-project-moves-ahead-in-valley-many-residents-still-reluctant-to-get-on-board/","disqusTitle":"As Bullet Train Project Moves Ahead in Valley, Many Residents Still Reluctant to Get on Board","audioUrl":"https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcr/2019/04/HallBulletTrain.mp3","audioTrackLength":173,"path":"/news/11740241/as-bullet-train-project-moves-ahead-in-valley-many-residents-still-reluctant-to-get-on-board","parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hen Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725616/gov-gavin-newsom-gives-first-state-of-the-state-address\">announced\u003c/a> in February that, as currently planned, the state's full high-speed rail project would take too long to build and cost too much, farm bookkeeper Joanna Spence was relieved. For her, that acknowledgement was long overdue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As I drive up and down (Highway) 99, I just see bits and pieces, nothing happening,” Spence said. “It’s been totally graffiti’d.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bullet train has long been a difficult subject at Parichan Farms, a large almond ranch in Madera County that sits directly in the path of the high-speed rail line. Late owner Harold Parichan \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-harold-parichan-20160103-story.html\">fought\u003c/a> the project’s encroachment on his thousands of acres of almonds and other crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'Why would I ride it to Merced? Even Modesto. ... And when I get there, what am I gonna have to do? First I’ve had to pay for a train ticket. Now I’m gonna have to rent a car or an Uber.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","citation":"Joanna Spence, Parichan Farms","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years ago, around 50 acres were cleared to make way for the trains' right of way. There’s now a diagonal path straight through the orchard outside Spence’s office, where she’s worked for over 20 years. In one area of the farm, the contractor for the bullet train project is building a $2.5 million underpass so farm crews will be able to get from one side to the other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Spence said, much of the cleared land has gone to weeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could have been farming those trees, and making more money for the ranch,” Spence said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immediately after Newsom made his announcement in February, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725636/state-of-the-state-newsom-pulls-plug-on-s-f-to-l-a-high-speed-rail-project\">he tried to clarify\u003c/a> his administration's plans for the project: The initial focus will be to get the bullet train running on the 170-mile route from Merced to Bakersfield during the next decade while finishing environmental studies of the full \"Phase One\" line from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Phase One would still be built at some unspecified point in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news angered Spence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would I ride it to Merced? Even Modesto. I could be there in 45 minutes,” she said. “And when I get there, what am I gonna have to do? First I’ve had to pay for a train ticket. Now I’m gonna have to rent a car or an Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not even the ones who wanted it. It was the people who commute,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that some critics will say this is a 'train to nowhere,' \" Newsom told legislators in his State of the State. “But that’s wrong and offensive. The people of the Central Valley endure the worst air pollution in America, as well as some of the longest commutes. And they have suffered too many years of neglect from policymakers here in Sacramento. They deserve better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Newsom did not acknowledge is that when it comes to high-speed rail, some of the most disillusioned and skeptical Californians are Central Valley residents \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/state/california/big-valley/article223441880.html\">themselves\u003c/a>. While some dream of the opportunities a bullet train could bring, others see it as a misuse of funds and believe that it will never be built — or that if it ever is, no one will ride it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>'A Commitment to the Central Valley'\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>When voters approved a \u003ca href=\"https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2008/general/pdf-guide/suppl-complete-guide.pdf#prop1a\">$10 billion bond measure\u003c/a> in 2008 to fund high-speed rail, they were told it could be running between Los Angeles and the Bay Area in little more than a decade and cost about $34 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its most recent estimate, the California High-Speed Rail Authority said the link between San Francisco and the L.A. area would be finished in 2033. That's \u003cem>if\u003c/em> the authority can locate the tens of billions of dollars more needed to pay for the project, now priced at around \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsr.ca.gov/docs/about/business_plans/2018_BusinessPlan.pdf\">$77 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now, about 2,600 construction workers are working on 119 miles of the route between Madera and Wasco, the latter a town just north of Bakersfield, by the end of 2022. That deadline is part of the rail agency's agreement for $3.5 billion in federal funding — money that the Trump administration is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11727539/feds-battle-with-california-over-bullet-train-funding-may-be-just-beginning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trying to take back\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740351\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11740351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36529_IMG_4681-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgan Doizaki stands beside a fence that was recently erected across the street from Central Fish Co, which he manages. Doizaki says the fence has cut off foot traffic between downtown Fresno and Chinatown, and he worries about how that will impact the business. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Annie Parker, a spokeswoman with the bullet train agency, said service from Madera to Bakersfield could start by the end of 2027, with passengers riding from Bakersfield to Merced a year later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is more of a commitment to the Central Valley,” Parker told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for connecting the rail to San Jose and elsewhere, Parker said, \"It’s not on hold. We will work to get to those regions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area and Los Angeles, the high-speed rail agency has helped fund infrastructure that could someday be part of a bullet train system. In the Bay Area, those projects include the Transbay Transit Center and Caltrain's electrification project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But actual development of high-speed trains in the state's two biggest metro areas?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the funds in hand to build Phase One, to build San Francisco to Los Angeles,\" Parker said, adding that the agency is \"working to establish a full funding package for the delivery of the high-speed rail project.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>‘The Biggest Challenge Is Surviving’\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Even though trains might not run for years, residents are already feeling the effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, at least 230 businesses in Fresno have relocated to make way for construction, according to the rail authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Central Fish Co., a seafood market and Asian grocery in Fresno's Chinatown neighborhood, has been able to stay in its current location, unlike other businesses that once surrounded it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been dealing with this for a few years now and we’re just trying to hang in there,” said Morgan Doizaki, general manager of Central Fish Co.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doizaki supports high-speed rail. He just wants it to get built — sooner rather than later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fresno needs something big like this,” Doizaki said. In the meantime, \"the biggest challenge is surviving.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I think there's a lot of people, if they actually ever ride on one they'll have a different opinion. ... We don't want to sit on freeways for three and four hours to get just from one city to another. This is that option to get us out of that rut. But it might just take another generation to do that.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","citation":"Lee Ann Eager, Fresno County Economic Development Corp.","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fence built recently between high-speed rail's right of way and the existing Union Pacific line has cut off foot traffic between an already isolated Chinatown and downtown Fresno’s popular baseball stadium, Chukchansi Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every year, we kind of wait till the baseball season starts,” Doizaki said, “And everyone gets a little bit busier, but this is the first year we’re gonna have no foot traffic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some businesses, Doizaki noted, have done well since relocating, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/living/food-drink/article92735407.html\">Cosmopolitan restaurant\u003c/a> that was once in Chinatown but has since moved a few blocks away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresno County’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnoedc.com/\">Economic Development Corp.\u003c/a> has been assisting businesses along the rail line alignment or otherwise impacted by road closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about Newsom’s plan to focus on finishing what the authority has started in the Central Valley first, EDC President and CEO Lee Ann Eager said the policy does not signify a huge shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that's the fallacy now, that somehow (Newsom’s) speech stopped high-speed rail, and nobody is doing the work anymore — and that's not the case,\" Eager said. \"I think all he said was we're going to do it in stages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eager said she is aware of the criticism coming from Central Valley residents who think no one will ride the train if it does not connect to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That has really always been an issue with us here is that we had expected the entire Central Valley to understand what those opportunities would mean for us,” Eager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there's a lot of people (that) if they actually ever ride on one they'll have a different opinion,\" Eager said. \"Because we don't want to be in cars, we don't want to have the bad air quality and we don't want to sit on freeways for three and four hours to get just from one city to another. This is that option to get us out of that rut. But it might just take another generation to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11740241/as-bullet-train-project-moves-ahead-in-valley-many-residents-still-reluctant-to-get-on-board","authors":["11490"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_356","news_1397"],"tags":["news_308","news_20290","news_37","news_17041"],"featImg":"news_11740319","label":"news_72"},"news_11727368":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11727368","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11727368","score":null,"sort":[1550626247000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"trump-administration-moves-to-take-back-billions-granted-for-bullet-train","title":"Trump Administration Moves to Take Back Billions Granted for Bullet Train","publishDate":1550626247,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and that it wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Transportation \u003ca href=\"https://railroads.dot.gov/newsroom/us-department-transportation-announces-cancellation-grant-funds-ca-high-speed-rail-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement\u003c/a> follows through on President Trump's threats to take back $3.5 billion that the federal government gave to California to build a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L19831#p1_z5_gD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter to state officials\u003c/a>, the department's Federal Rail Administration said the action was being taken because of a long series of missed deadline and the state's alleged failures to meet its share of funding commitments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed a fight to keep the money and said the move was in response to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/02/19/california-15-other-states-sue-trump-over-border-wall-emergency-declaration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California again suing the administration\u003c/a>, this time over Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is clear political retribution by President Trump, and we won't sit idly by,\" Newsom said in a statement. \"This is California's money, and we are going to fight for it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the latest spat between the White House and California. Trump earlier in the day linked the emergency declaration lawsuit to the train, noting that California filed the challenge on behalf of 16 states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!\" the president \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1097856404629700609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The train project has faced repeated cost overruns and delays since California voters approved it in 2008. The Trump administration argued Tuesday that the state hasn't provided required matching dollars and can't complete certain construction work by a 2022 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom declared in his first State of the State address last week that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725636/state-of-the-state-newsom-pulls-plug-on-s-f-to-l-a-high-speed-rail-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he planned to scale back the project\u003c/a> and focus immediately on building about 160 miles of track in the San Joaquin Valley. His office said he still plans to complete the full line, although he said the current plan would cost too much and take too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's pledged to continue environmental work on the full line, which is required to keep the federal money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress nearly a decade ago approved the $929 million that Trump wants to cancel. The state has not started spending that money. But it has already spent the extra $2.5 billion that Trump now wants back. It's unclear if the federal government can demand that money back before the 2022 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Transportation said it is \"actively exploring every legal option\" to get back the money.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The Department of Transportation, saying that California has not held up its end of funding agreements, is seeking return of $3.5 billion.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1550700485,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":446},"headData":{"title":"Trump Administration Moves to Take Back Billions Granted for Bullet Train | KQED","description":"The Department of Transportation, saying that California has not held up its end of funding agreements, is seeking return of $3.5 billion.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Trump Administration Moves to Take Back Billions Granted for Bullet Train","datePublished":"2019-02-20T01:30:47.000Z","dateModified":"2019-02-20T22:08:05.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11727368 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11727368","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/02/19/trump-administration-moves-to-take-back-billions-granted-for-bullet-train/","disqusTitle":"Trump Administration Moves to Take Back Billions Granted for Bullet Train","nprByline":"Kathleen Ronayne\u003cbr />\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11727368/trump-administration-moves-to-take-back-billions-granted-for-bullet-train","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California's high-speed rail project and that it wants the state to return an additional $2.5 billion that it has already spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Transportation \u003ca href=\"https://railroads.dot.gov/newsroom/us-department-transportation-announces-cancellation-grant-funds-ca-high-speed-rail-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement\u003c/a> follows through on President Trump's threats to take back $3.5 billion that the federal government gave to California to build a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L19831#p1_z5_gD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a letter to state officials\u003c/a>, the department's Federal Rail Administration said the action was being taken because of a long series of missed deadline and the state's alleged failures to meet its share of funding commitments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed a fight to keep the money and said the move was in response to \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2019/02/19/california-15-other-states-sue-trump-over-border-wall-emergency-declaration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California again suing the administration\u003c/a>, this time over Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is clear political retribution by President Trump, and we won't sit idly by,\" Newsom said in a statement. \"This is California's money, and we are going to fight for it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the latest spat between the White House and California. Trump earlier in the day linked the emergency declaration lawsuit to the train, noting that California filed the challenge on behalf of 16 states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"California, the state that has wasted billions of dollars on their out of control Fast Train, with no hope of completion, seems in charge!\" the president \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1097856404629700609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The train project has faced repeated cost overruns and delays since California voters approved it in 2008. The Trump administration argued Tuesday that the state hasn't provided required matching dollars and can't complete certain construction work by a 2022 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom declared in his first State of the State address last week that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11725636/state-of-the-state-newsom-pulls-plug-on-s-f-to-l-a-high-speed-rail-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he planned to scale back the project\u003c/a> and focus immediately on building about 160 miles of track in the San Joaquin Valley. His office said he still plans to complete the full line, although he said the current plan would cost too much and take too long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's pledged to continue environmental work on the full line, which is required to keep the federal money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress nearly a decade ago approved the $929 million that Trump wants to cancel. The state has not started spending that money. But it has already spent the extra $2.5 billion that Trump now wants back. It's unclear if the federal government can demand that money back before the 2022 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Transportation said it is \"actively exploring every legal option\" to get back the money.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11727368/trump-administration-moves-to-take-back-billions-granted-for-bullet-train","authors":["byline_news_11727368"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_13","news_1397"],"tags":["news_308","news_20290","news_1323","news_19542","news_17041"],"featImg":"news_11727372","label":"news_72"},"news_11654776":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11654776","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11654776","score":null,"sort":[1520628266000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bullet-train-releases-new-plan-with-higher-costs-and-delayed-opening","title":"Bullet Train Releases New Plan with Higher Costs and Delayed Opening","publishDate":1520628266,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The projected cost of California's bullet train has jumped to $77 billion and the opening date has been pushed back four years to 2033, according to a business plan released Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every two years, the California High-Speed Rail Authority releases a snapshot of building timelines, cost estimates and other critical details about the ambitious plan to transport people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in under three hours. This is the first under new chief executive Brian Kelly, who has promised more transparency about the project's challenges after years of cost increases and delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be bumpy,\" said Kelly. \"What's important to me is you hear that from us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11642373/price-tag-soars-for-central-valley-phase-of-california-bullet-train\">Price Tag Soars for Central Valley Phase of California Bullet Train\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While the goal is to connect the two major cities, the new plan focuses primarily on opening track between San Francisco and the Central Valley. That portion of track is now set to be finished by 2029, also marking a four-year delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, significant challenges remain. One of them is how to cross through a section of mountains — a critical segment to link Silicon Valley to the Central Valley. Rail officials are still working on how best to do that, Kelly wrote in the plan's introduction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $77 billion cost, a 20 percent increase, is a baseline estimate, but Kelly also included high and low ranges in the plan based on potential risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the released plan, 119 miles of track in the Central Valley — the first construction segment — is scheduled to be completed by 2022. That's 14 years after voters approved a $10 billion bond for high-speed rail in November 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11647028/california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises\">California Lawmakers OK Bullet Train Audit as Cost Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A summary of the plan reviewed by The Associated Press offers limited details on the portion between the Central Valley and Los Angeles. The agency hopes to complete all necessary environmental reviews for the entire line by 2022. Initial timelines had planned for environmental clearance by 2017 for most parts of the track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How to pay for the entire project remains \"uncertain,\" said Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has spent $2.5 billion in federal stimulus money and has an additional $930 million in federal money on the table. That's on top of the $10 billion bond from voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the money is set to come from California's cap-and-trade auctions, a system meant to limit carbon emissions by selling credits to pollute, which can be a volatile source of revenue diverted by lawmakers in the future. Predicted private investment for the project has not come through either, although Kelly hopes businesses and other private investors will chip in once part of the train is up and running between Silicon Valley and the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the challenges, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown reaffirmed his commitment to building high-speed rail in his \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/gov-jerry-brown-celebrates-victories-in-final-state-of-the-state-address/\">January State of the State address\u003c/a>. The Legislature, though, recently approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11647028/california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises\">an audit of the project\u003c/a>. The Legislature serves in an oversight role and controls a portion of the money to build rail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm ready for Mr. Kelly to be honest and straightforward and tell us the good, bad and the ugly,\" said Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson of Fresno, a chief critic of the project.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Projected cost has jumped to $77 billion -- a 20 percent increase -- and opening date has been pushed back four years to 2033.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1520640704,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":559},"headData":{"title":"Bullet Train Releases New Plan with Higher Costs and Delayed Opening | KQED","description":"Projected cost has jumped to $77 billion -- a 20 percent increase -- and opening date has been pushed back four years to 2033.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Bullet Train Releases New Plan with Higher Costs and Delayed Opening","datePublished":"2018-03-09T20:44:26.000Z","dateModified":"2018-03-10T00:11:44.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11654776 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11654776","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/03/09/bullet-train-releases-new-plan-with-higher-costs-and-delayed-opening/","disqusTitle":"Bullet Train Releases New Plan with Higher Costs and Delayed Opening","nprByline":"Kathleen Ronayne\u003cbr>\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11654776/bullet-train-releases-new-plan-with-higher-costs-and-delayed-opening","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The projected cost of California's bullet train has jumped to $77 billion and the opening date has been pushed back four years to 2033, according to a business plan released Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every two years, the California High-Speed Rail Authority releases a snapshot of building timelines, cost estimates and other critical details about the ambitious plan to transport people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in under three hours. This is the first under new chief executive Brian Kelly, who has promised more transparency about the project's challenges after years of cost increases and delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be bumpy,\" said Kelly. \"What's important to me is you hear that from us.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11642373/price-tag-soars-for-central-valley-phase-of-california-bullet-train\">Price Tag Soars for Central Valley Phase of California Bullet Train\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While the goal is to connect the two major cities, the new plan focuses primarily on opening track between San Francisco and the Central Valley. That portion of track is now set to be finished by 2029, also marking a four-year delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, significant challenges remain. One of them is how to cross through a section of mountains — a critical segment to link Silicon Valley to the Central Valley. Rail officials are still working on how best to do that, Kelly wrote in the plan's introduction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $77 billion cost, a 20 percent increase, is a baseline estimate, but Kelly also included high and low ranges in the plan based on potential risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the released plan, 119 miles of track in the Central Valley — the first construction segment — is scheduled to be completed by 2022. That's 14 years after voters approved a $10 billion bond for high-speed rail in November 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11647028/california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises\">California Lawmakers OK Bullet Train Audit as Cost Rises\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A summary of the plan reviewed by The Associated Press offers limited details on the portion between the Central Valley and Los Angeles. The agency hopes to complete all necessary environmental reviews for the entire line by 2022. Initial timelines had planned for environmental clearance by 2017 for most parts of the track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How to pay for the entire project remains \"uncertain,\" said Kelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has spent $2.5 billion in federal stimulus money and has an additional $930 million in federal money on the table. That's on top of the $10 billion bond from voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the money is set to come from California's cap-and-trade auctions, a system meant to limit carbon emissions by selling credits to pollute, which can be a volatile source of revenue diverted by lawmakers in the future. Predicted private investment for the project has not come through either, although Kelly hopes businesses and other private investors will chip in once part of the train is up and running between Silicon Valley and the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the challenges, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown reaffirmed his commitment to building high-speed rail in his \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/gov-jerry-brown-celebrates-victories-in-final-state-of-the-state-address/\">January State of the State address\u003c/a>. The Legislature, though, recently approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11647028/california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises\">an audit of the project\u003c/a>. The Legislature serves in an oversight role and controls a portion of the money to build rail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm ready for Mr. Kelly to be honest and straightforward and tell us the good, bad and the ugly,\" said Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson of Fresno, a chief critic of the project.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11654776/bullet-train-releases-new-plan-with-higher-costs-and-delayed-opening","authors":["byline_news_11654776"],"programs":["news_72"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_308","news_307","news_17286"],"featImg":"news_11654792","label":"news_72"},"news_11647028":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11647028","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11647028","score":null,"sort":[1517345453000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises","title":"California Lawmakers OK Bullet Train Audit as Cost Rises","publishDate":1517345453,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 12:50 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO -- Lawmakers approved an official audit of California's high-speed rail project Tuesday with the goal of understanding whether the ambitious infrastructure plan can be completed on time and without more dramatic cost increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we are all trying to do is to get past all of the noise, to get past all of the politics, to get down into a thorough audit that is going to give us a very good heads-up as to what is coming and what has happened,\" said Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson requested the audit, along with Democratic Sen. Jim Beall of San Jose. The bullet train is projected to first connect the Central Valley to Silicon Valley before eventually going down to Los Angeles. It has been plagued by delays and cost overruns, with the California High-Speed Rail Authority recently announcing a $3 billion jump in costs in the Central Valley alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State auditor Elaine Howle said her evaluation would take six to nine months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans on the audit committee offered a more critical take of the project and whether it can realistically be up and running without needing state subsidies to operate. As Democrats backed the audit, they highlighted the project's benefits, including the roughly 1,500 construction jobs it has created in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I look forward to the rest of the state realizing the benefits that are happening in my community,\" said Democratic Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, who represents part of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Richard, chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's board of directors, said he welcomes the transparency the audit will bring and that the authority will implement its recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's critical that the public maintain their confidence in our ability to do this,\" he said. \"I think the public confidence will be sustained if they know, well, you've done some things well, but these things need to be improved and you're doing that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters approved $10 billion in bonds in 2008 to help finance a train that could take people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours. Then, the project was estimated to cost about $40 billion. Now, the costs are upward of $65 billion. The timeline of the project has changed, too, with the authority switching and building north first instead of south in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new business plan is due to lawmakers this spring. It is likely to offer updated costs and a new timeline, as well as an evaluation of whether the operating costs of the train can be paid for without state subsidies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawmakers' audit request comes as the authority brings on a new chief executive officer, Brian Kelly, most recently the head of California's state transportation agency. The lawmakers said an audit would help ensure \"effective management\" of the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond looking at the cost and the timeline, Howle, the auditor, will evaluate the economic benefits of the project to communities where it is being built and whether the train will meet its sustainability goals to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The auditing team will also examine the authority's process for approving changes to contracts. The board has updated contracts on numerous occasions, often adding more money due to delays from lawsuits or trouble gaining rights of way or environmental approvals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republican lawmakers said they wanted to see the audit's scope go even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every red flag that you could raise about a public works project is raised with high-speed rail,\" said Republican Assemblywoman Catharine Baker of Dublin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown defended the project in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/gov-jerry-brown-celebrates-victories-in-final-state-of-the-state-address/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his State of the State address\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"California's plan to build high-speed rail from Los Angeles to San Francisco is now estimated to cost more than $65 billion, up substantially from a decade ago.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1517352640,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":618},"headData":{"title":"California Lawmakers OK Bullet Train Audit as Cost Rises | KQED","description":"California's plan to build high-speed rail from Los Angeles to San Francisco is now estimated to cost more than $65 billion, up substantially from a decade ago.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Lawmakers OK Bullet Train Audit as Cost Rises","datePublished":"2018-01-30T20:50:53.000Z","dateModified":"2018-01-30T22:50:40.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11647028 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11647028","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/30/california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises/","disqusTitle":"California Lawmakers OK Bullet Train Audit as Cost Rises","source":"Associated Press","nprByline":"\u003cstrong>Kathleen Ronayne\u003cbr />Associated Press\u003c/strong>","path":"/news/11647028/california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 12:50 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO -- Lawmakers approved an official audit of California's high-speed rail project Tuesday with the goal of understanding whether the ambitious infrastructure plan can be completed on time and without more dramatic cost increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we are all trying to do is to get past all of the noise, to get past all of the politics, to get down into a thorough audit that is going to give us a very good heads-up as to what is coming and what has happened,\" said Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patterson requested the audit, along with Democratic Sen. Jim Beall of San Jose. The bullet train is projected to first connect the Central Valley to Silicon Valley before eventually going down to Los Angeles. It has been plagued by delays and cost overruns, with the California High-Speed Rail Authority recently announcing a $3 billion jump in costs in the Central Valley alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State auditor Elaine Howle said her evaluation would take six to nine months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans on the audit committee offered a more critical take of the project and whether it can realistically be up and running without needing state subsidies to operate. As Democrats backed the audit, they highlighted the project's benefits, including the roughly 1,500 construction jobs it has created in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I look forward to the rest of the state realizing the benefits that are happening in my community,\" said Democratic Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, who represents part of Fresno.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Richard, chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's board of directors, said he welcomes the transparency the audit will bring and that the authority will implement its recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's critical that the public maintain their confidence in our ability to do this,\" he said. \"I think the public confidence will be sustained if they know, well, you've done some things well, but these things need to be improved and you're doing that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters approved $10 billion in bonds in 2008 to help finance a train that could take people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours. Then, the project was estimated to cost about $40 billion. Now, the costs are upward of $65 billion. The timeline of the project has changed, too, with the authority switching and building north first instead of south in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new business plan is due to lawmakers this spring. It is likely to offer updated costs and a new timeline, as well as an evaluation of whether the operating costs of the train can be paid for without state subsidies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawmakers' audit request comes as the authority brings on a new chief executive officer, Brian Kelly, most recently the head of California's state transportation agency. The lawmakers said an audit would help ensure \"effective management\" of the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond looking at the cost and the timeline, Howle, the auditor, will evaluate the economic benefits of the project to communities where it is being built and whether the train will meet its sustainability goals to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The auditing team will also examine the authority's process for approving changes to contracts. The board has updated contracts on numerous occasions, often adding more money due to delays from lawsuits or trouble gaining rights of way or environmental approvals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republican lawmakers said they wanted to see the audit's scope go even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every red flag that you could raise about a public works project is raised with high-speed rail,\" said Republican Assemblywoman Catharine Baker of Dublin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown defended the project in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/25/gov-jerry-brown-celebrates-victories-in-final-state-of-the-state-address/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his State of the State address\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11647028/california-lawmakers-seek-bullet-train-audit-as-cost-rises","authors":["byline_news_11647028"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_308","news_309"],"featImg":"news_10919766","label":"source_news_11647028"},"news_128322":{"type":"posts","id":"news_128322","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"128322","score":null,"sort":[1393969017000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sacramento-judge-orders-trial-in-suit-to-stop-high-speed-rail","title":"Sacramento Judge Orders Trial in Suit to Stop High-Speed Rail ","publishDate":1393969017,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/CALIFHSR.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-58757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/CALIFHSR.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's rendering from California High-Speed Rail Authority\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist's rendering from California High-Speed Rail Authority\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Sacramento judge has ordered a trial in a lawsuit that alleges that the state's high-speed rail plan fails to comply with promises made in a 2008 bond measure designed to kick-start funding for the project. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny rejected an attempt by the California High-Speed Rail Authority to throw out part of a lawsuit filed by Kings County and San Joaquin Valley farmers and landowners. The section of the suit in question focuses on whether the rail agency's design for the high-speed rail system complies with requirements set out in Proposition 1A, the voter-approved measure that provides $9.9 billion in bonds for the bullet train. \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/03/04/3802992/judge-kings-county-high-speed.html\" target=\"_blank\">From the Fresno Bee's Tim Sheehan\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The ruling sets the stage for a trial in which the two sides are expected to present a string of experts to argue over the design of the 520-mile line that would run between San Francisco and Los Angeles through the San Joaquin Valley ... Key issues ... are likely to be the rail agency's proposal for a \"blended\" train system to share improved, electrified tracks on the Caltrain commuter-train line between San Francisco and Los Angeles -- something some high-speed rail advocates like former judge and state Sen. Quentin Kopp of San Francisco say is different than what voters were promised in Prop. 1A. Rail opponents add that the blended system will keep high-speed trains from achieving Prop. 1A's ultimate mandate for a 2 hour 40 minute nonstop ride from downtown San Francisco to Los Angeles' Union Station. Also at issue is whether the system can operate without a public subsidy, as the ballot proposition required.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In November, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/25/-judge-blocks-california-high-speed-rail-funding-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny ruled in favor of the plaintiffs' challenge\u003c/a> to the bullet train's funding scheme. The rail agency is appealing the rulings, which ordered the state to rewrite its financing plan for the bullet train and barred the state from selling the Proposition 1A bonds to help finance the first segment of the system, slated to be built in the San Joaquin Valley. Embedded below: Judge Kenny's Tuesday ruling. \u003ciframe id=\"doc_53214\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/210620720/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Trial ordered in suit alleging state's high-speed rail plan doesn't match promises in 2008 bond measure. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1393975779,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":5,"wordCount":367},"headData":{"title":"Sacramento Judge Orders Trial in Suit to Stop High-Speed Rail | KQED","description":"Trial ordered in suit alleging state's high-speed rail plan doesn't match promises in 2008 bond measure. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Sacramento Judge Orders Trial in Suit to Stop High-Speed Rail ","datePublished":"2014-03-04T21:36:57.000Z","dateModified":"2014-03-04T23:29:39.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"128322 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=128322","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/04/sacramento-judge-orders-trial-in-suit-to-stop-high-speed-rail/","disqusTitle":"Sacramento Judge Orders Trial in Suit to Stop High-Speed Rail ","customPermalink":"2014/03/04/sacramento-judge-orders-trial-in-suit-to-stop-high-speed-rail/","path":"/news/128322/sacramento-judge-orders-trial-in-suit-to-stop-high-speed-rail","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/CALIFHSR.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-58757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/03/CALIFHSR.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's rendering from California High-Speed Rail Authority\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist's rendering from California High-Speed Rail Authority\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Sacramento judge has ordered a trial in a lawsuit that alleges that the state's high-speed rail plan fails to comply with promises made in a 2008 bond measure designed to kick-start funding for the project. Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny rejected an attempt by the California High-Speed Rail Authority to throw out part of a lawsuit filed by Kings County and San Joaquin Valley farmers and landowners. The section of the suit in question focuses on whether the rail agency's design for the high-speed rail system complies with requirements set out in Proposition 1A, the voter-approved measure that provides $9.9 billion in bonds for the bullet train. \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/03/04/3802992/judge-kings-county-high-speed.html\" target=\"_blank\">From the Fresno Bee's Tim Sheehan\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The ruling sets the stage for a trial in which the two sides are expected to present a string of experts to argue over the design of the 520-mile line that would run between San Francisco and Los Angeles through the San Joaquin Valley ... Key issues ... are likely to be the rail agency's proposal for a \"blended\" train system to share improved, electrified tracks on the Caltrain commuter-train line between San Francisco and Los Angeles -- something some high-speed rail advocates like former judge and state Sen. Quentin Kopp of San Francisco say is different than what voters were promised in Prop. 1A. Rail opponents add that the blended system will keep high-speed trains from achieving Prop. 1A's ultimate mandate for a 2 hour 40 minute nonstop ride from downtown San Francisco to Los Angeles' Union Station. Also at issue is whether the system can operate without a public subsidy, as the ballot proposition required.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In November, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/25/-judge-blocks-california-high-speed-rail-funding-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Kenny ruled in favor of the plaintiffs' challenge\u003c/a> to the bullet train's funding scheme. The rail agency is appealing the rulings, which ordered the state to rewrite its financing plan for the bullet train and barred the state from selling the Proposition 1A bonds to help finance the first segment of the system, slated to be built in the San Joaquin Valley. Embedded below: Judge Kenny's Tuesday ruling. \u003ciframe id=\"doc_53214\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/210620720/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/128322/sacramento-judge-orders-trial-in-suit-to-stop-high-speed-rail","authors":["222"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_308","news_307","news_309","news_312"],"featImg":"news_58757","label":"news_6944"},"news_120081":{"type":"posts","id":"news_120081","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"120081","score":null,"sort":[1386338444000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californias-high-speed-rail-authority-shrugs-off-court-rulings","title":"California Bullet-Train Officials Shrug Off Court Ruling","publishDate":1386338444,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/05/120081/rs3938_high-speed-rail20111118-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120098\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-120098\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS3938_high-speed-rail20111118-scr-e1386293242600.jpg\" alt=\"An artist's rendering of the proposed train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist's rendering of the proposed train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsr.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">High-Speed Rail Authority\u003c/a> certainly frames things optimistically. Agency leaders insist the first phase of the San Francisco-Los Angeles rail line is in its construction phase, even though the actual physical construction won’t begin until early next year. And Dan Richard, chair of the agency's board, characterizes \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/25/3631393/high-speed-rail-suffers-two-setbacks.html\" target=\"_blank\">a recent court ruling\u003c/a> temporarily blocking the project access to $8 billion as “a bump in the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, at the board’s first public meeting since last week’s court decision, Richard announced staff will begin the process of re-applying for the bond authorization. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Easiest thing in the world to do is go back and put ample information on the record that we have.'\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right !important;font-size: 12pt\">— Dan Richard, rail board chair\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Even though California voters approved bond-funding for $10 billion of the estimated $68 billion rail project cost in 2008, the authority needs to seek approval from a finance committee before any bonds are sold. That’s what Judge Michael Kenny \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/25/3631393/high-speed-rail-suffers-two-setbacks.html\" target=\"_blank\">refused to validate\u003c/a> last week. Richard framed that as a paperwork problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The judge said, ‘You guys didn’t put enough information on the record.’ Period. That’s what he said,” he told reporters during a break in the board’s Sacramento meeting. “He didn’t say, ‘I’m not going to let you get to the bonds.’ He didn’t say, ‘What you’re trying to do is inappropriate.’ He said, ‘You just didn’t put information on the record.’ Easiest thing in the world to do is go back and put ample information on the record that we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling also required the authority to rework its financial plan. And on Wednesday, a federal board dealt the project \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/12/04/3647522/feds-deny-request-for-early-ok.html\">another setback\u003c/a> by declining a request to speed up environmental permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard characterized all those rulings as minor obstacles. But critic Mike Brady, the lead lawyer in the suit challenging the high speed rail project, argued the hurdles are much higher: The project needs to find tens of billions of dollars in additional financing, and it’s \u003ca href=\"http://timelines.latimes.com/california-high-speed-rail-project/\" target=\"_blank\">more than a decade away\u003c/a> from its real goal — a fast route between the Bay Area and Los Angeles. \"What reasonable person is going to get on a high-speed train from Madera to Fresno, or Madera to Bakersfield? What’s the big deal? You want to get to L.A. County. And you want to get there from San Francisco or San Jose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brady’s lawsuit argues the current rail plan’s cost and scope has ballooned far beyond what voters approved in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rail project doesn’t immediately need state bond money to begin construction in the Central Valley, because it’s already secured more than $3 billion dollars in federal funding. Richard says that money will last through next spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/123564954&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Board says legal and regulatory rulings that appear to jeopardize parts of rail plan are minor setbacks.\r\n","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1386358156,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":519},"headData":{"title":"California Bullet-Train Officials Shrug Off Court Ruling | KQED","description":"Board says legal and regulatory rulings that appear to jeopardize parts of rail plan are minor setbacks.\r\n","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"California Bullet-Train Officials Shrug Off Court Ruling","datePublished":"2013-12-06T14:00:44.000Z","dateModified":"2013-12-06T19:29:16.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"120081 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=120081","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/06/californias-high-speed-rail-authority-shrugs-off-court-rulings/","disqusTitle":"California Bullet-Train Officials Shrug Off Court Ruling","customPermalink":"2013/12/05/120081/California-High-Speed-Rail/","path":"/news/120081/californias-high-speed-rail-authority-shrugs-off-court-rulings","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/05/120081/rs3938_high-speed-rail20111118-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120098\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-120098\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS3938_high-speed-rail20111118-scr-e1386293242600.jpg\" alt=\"An artist's rendering of the proposed train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist's rendering of the proposed train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsr.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">High-Speed Rail Authority\u003c/a> certainly frames things optimistically. Agency leaders insist the first phase of the San Francisco-Los Angeles rail line is in its construction phase, even though the actual physical construction won’t begin until early next year. And Dan Richard, chair of the agency's board, characterizes \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/25/3631393/high-speed-rail-suffers-two-setbacks.html\" target=\"_blank\">a recent court ruling\u003c/a> temporarily blocking the project access to $8 billion as “a bump in the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, at the board’s first public meeting since last week’s court decision, Richard announced staff will begin the process of re-applying for the bond authorization. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Easiest thing in the world to do is go back and put ample information on the record that we have.'\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right !important;font-size: 12pt\">— Dan Richard, rail board chair\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Even though California voters approved bond-funding for $10 billion of the estimated $68 billion rail project cost in 2008, the authority needs to seek approval from a finance committee before any bonds are sold. That’s what Judge Michael Kenny \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/25/3631393/high-speed-rail-suffers-two-setbacks.html\" target=\"_blank\">refused to validate\u003c/a> last week. Richard framed that as a paperwork problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The judge said, ‘You guys didn’t put enough information on the record.’ Period. That’s what he said,” he told reporters during a break in the board’s Sacramento meeting. “He didn’t say, ‘I’m not going to let you get to the bonds.’ He didn’t say, ‘What you’re trying to do is inappropriate.’ He said, ‘You just didn’t put information on the record.’ Easiest thing in the world to do is go back and put ample information on the record that we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling also required the authority to rework its financial plan. And on Wednesday, a federal board dealt the project \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/12/04/3647522/feds-deny-request-for-early-ok.html\">another setback\u003c/a> by declining a request to speed up environmental permitting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard characterized all those rulings as minor obstacles. But critic Mike Brady, the lead lawyer in the suit challenging the high speed rail project, argued the hurdles are much higher: The project needs to find tens of billions of dollars in additional financing, and it’s \u003ca href=\"http://timelines.latimes.com/california-high-speed-rail-project/\" target=\"_blank\">more than a decade away\u003c/a> from its real goal — a fast route between the Bay Area and Los Angeles. \"What reasonable person is going to get on a high-speed train from Madera to Fresno, or Madera to Bakersfield? What’s the big deal? You want to get to L.A. County. And you want to get there from San Francisco or San Jose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brady’s lawsuit argues the current rail plan’s cost and scope has ballooned far beyond what voters approved in 2008.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rail project doesn’t immediately need state bond money to begin construction in the Central Valley, because it’s already secured more than $3 billion dollars in federal funding. Richard says that money will last through next spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/123564954&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/120081/californias-high-speed-rail-authority-shrugs-off-court-rulings","authors":["256"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_308","news_312"],"featImg":"news_120098","label":"news_6944"},"news_119281":{"type":"posts","id":"news_119281","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"119281","score":null,"sort":[1385424650000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"judge-blocks-plans-for-1st-segment-of-california-bullet-train","title":"Judge Grants Partial Victory to Foes of California Bullet Train","publishDate":1385424650,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/02/calif-high-speed-rail-authority-elects-new-chairman/high-speed-rail20111118/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55330\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-55330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/high-speed-rail20111118-e1385423679307.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's conception of California bullet train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist's conception of California bullet train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Sacramento County judge has issued a pair of rulings that are likely slow down the California High-Speed Rail Authority's work on the first segment of the bullet train system, slated for the San Joaquin Valley. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny blocked the use of $8 billion in state bonds for the project, ruling that a state oversight committee did not have sufficient grounds to approve the funding. Kenny also confirmed an earlier ruling rejecting a 2011 funding plan from the high-speed rail agency because it did not comply with state environmental laws and other regulations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/25/5945785/sacramento-judge-delivers-setback.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Sacramento Bee notes\u003c/a>, Monday's decisions were not a complete loss for the state's bullet-train efforts: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Kenny denied a request by the plaintiffs’ lawyers to issue an injunction or a temporary restraining order that would block the Authority from spending the $3.4 billion in federal funds it has already obtained.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/25/3631393/high-speed-rail-suffers-two-setbacks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno Bee expands\u003c/a> on that point: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Kenny's rulings, however, do not bar the state from selling the bonds. Nor did he order the rail authority to rescind its approval of contracts for work on the first 29-mile construction stretch from northeast Madera to the south edge of Fresno or block the state from spending federal stimulus or transportation money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, the two rulings appear to hamstring the rail authority by severely limiting its available state funds and by delaying its spending efforts. The effect is likely to further stall efforts to start construction on the rail line in the central San Joaquin Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not everything we asked for, but it's a lot,\" said Stuart Flashman, an Oakland attorney representing the Kings County opponents in both cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an October hearing in the Tos case, Flashman likened the authority's situation to a saying attributed to humorist Will Rogers: \"When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Monday's ruling, Flashman said that Kenny \"hasn't ordered the authority to stop digging, but I think he's telling them they're in a hole.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's the text of Judge Kenny's Monday rulings, followed by the Associated Press writeup:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/187128845/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_37064\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Juliet Williams\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento County judge on Monday tore up California's funding plans for what would be the nation's first bullet train, issuing separate orders that could force the state to spend months or years redrawing its plans for the $68 billion rail line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Michael Kenny rejected a request from the California High-Speed Rail Authority to sell $8 billion of the $10 billion in bonds approved by voters in 2008, saying there was no evidence it was \"necessary and desirable\" to start selling the bonds when a committee of state officials met last March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the committee, which included state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, was supposed to act as \"the ultimate 'keeper of the checkbook'\" for taxpayers, but instead relied on a request from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsr.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">California High-Speed Rail Authority\u003c/a> to start selling bonds as sufficient evidence to proceed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate lawsuit, Kenny ordered the rail authority to redo its $68 billion funding plan before continuing construction, a process that could take months or years, although rail authority officials believe it can be done much more quickly than that. He had previously ruled that the authority abused its discretion by approving a funding plan that did not comply with the requirements of the law. The judge said the state failed to identify \"sources of funds that were more than merely theoretically possible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1A,_High-Speed_Rail_Act_(2008)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 1A\u003c/a>, which voters approved in 2008, required the rail authority to specify the source of the funding for the first operable segment of the high-speed rail line and have all the necessary environmental clearances in place. Kenny had said the agency did not comply with either mandate in approving the start of construction from Madera to Fresno, about 30 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs, a group of Central Valley residents and farmers, believe the requirement applies to the first 300 miles stretching as far as Bakersfield, and with a projected price tag of $31 billion. But the rail authority contends it applies only to the first \"useable\" segment of track in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Like all transformative projects, we understand that there will be many challenges. ...'\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right !important;font-size: 12pt\">— Dan Richard, head of state high-speed rail agency\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The court said, look, you've only got 28 miles with completed environmental clearances. I order that you have to have 300 miles of environmental clearances,\" said Michael Brady, an attorney for residents who had sued to halt the project. \"It's taken them 5 years to do 28 miles, so how long will it take them to do 300 miles?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Kenny stopped short of blocking the project altogether, and rail authority officials characterized Monday's rulings as a setback rather than a fatal blow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, rail authority Chairman Dan Richard said: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We are reviewing both decisions to chart our next steps, but it is important to stress that the court again declined the opposition’s request to stop the high-speed rail project from moving forward. Additionally, the judge did not invalidate the bonds as approved by the voters in Proposition 1A. Like all transformative projects, we understand that there will be many challenges that will be addressed as we go forward in building the nation’s first high-speed rail system.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Rail authority Chief Executive Jeff Morales disagreed with claims by the opponents that the judge's rulings would send high-speed rail planners back to the drawing board, saying officials are confident they can address the judge's concerns quickly. When asked how much time it could take, he said, \"Not long. We don't think that addressing that will have any material effect on the project.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rail authority had argued that it has already updated its funding plan and that it intends to spend $3.2 billion in federal money before tapping the state bonds. It also argued that only the state Legislature could intervene to stop the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs had also asked Kenny to block spending of the federal funds and rescind construction contracts, including a $1 billion deal signed this fall, but the judge declined to do so on Monday, saying there was no evidence \"that there has been any impropriety\" in spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also did not invalidate the bonds, merely saying that officials would need to present more evidence about why they need to be sold and when before the committee should approve the sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state treasurer's office, California has already issued more than $705 million in Proposition 1A bonds, about $400 million for high-speed rail and about $305 million for related rail-improvement projects that could eventually be connected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plans have changed significantly since voters approved the project, along with the costs — from $45 billion in 2008 to more than $100 billion in 2011 and, now, $68 billion for a 520-mile line connecting San Francisco and greater Los Angeles through the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political considerations and opposition by local residents around the state have also forced repeated changes. Jon Coupal, executive director of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which had sued over the bonds, blamed the ever-changing plans for the judge's decisions Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The project now is so divergent from what the voters were told, that I don't think he had any other choice,\" Coupal said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Judge's rulings mean state must rewrite funding plans for bullet train route through Central Valley line. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1385427934,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":33,"wordCount":1274},"headData":{"title":"Judge Grants Partial Victory to Foes of California Bullet Train | KQED","description":"Judge's rulings mean state must rewrite funding plans for bullet train route through Central Valley line. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Judge Grants Partial Victory to Foes of California Bullet Train","datePublished":"2013-11-26T00:10:50.000Z","dateModified":"2013-11-26T01:05:34.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"119281 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=119281","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/25/judge-blocks-plans-for-1st-segment-of-california-bullet-train/","disqusTitle":"Judge Grants Partial Victory to Foes of California Bullet Train","customPermalink":"2013/11/25/-judge-blocks-california-high-speed-rail-funding-plan/","path":"/news/119281/judge-blocks-plans-for-1st-segment-of-california-bullet-train","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/02/calif-high-speed-rail-authority-elects-new-chairman/high-speed-rail20111118/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55330\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-55330\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/02/high-speed-rail20111118-e1385423679307.jpg\" alt=\"Artist's conception of California bullet train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist's conception of California bullet train. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Sacramento County judge has issued a pair of rulings that are likely slow down the California High-Speed Rail Authority's work on the first segment of the bullet train system, slated for the San Joaquin Valley. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny blocked the use of $8 billion in state bonds for the project, ruling that a state oversight committee did not have sufficient grounds to approve the funding. Kenny also confirmed an earlier ruling rejecting a 2011 funding plan from the high-speed rail agency because it did not comply with state environmental laws and other regulations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/25/5945785/sacramento-judge-delivers-setback.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Sacramento Bee notes\u003c/a>, Monday's decisions were not a complete loss for the state's bullet-train efforts: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Kenny denied a request by the plaintiffs’ lawyers to issue an injunction or a temporary restraining order that would block the Authority from spending the $3.4 billion in federal funds it has already obtained.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/11/25/3631393/high-speed-rail-suffers-two-setbacks.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fresno Bee expands\u003c/a> on that point: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Kenny's rulings, however, do not bar the state from selling the bonds. Nor did he order the rail authority to rescind its approval of contracts for work on the first 29-mile construction stretch from northeast Madera to the south edge of Fresno or block the state from spending federal stimulus or transportation money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, the two rulings appear to hamstring the rail authority by severely limiting its available state funds and by delaying its spending efforts. The effect is likely to further stall efforts to start construction on the rail line in the central San Joaquin Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not everything we asked for, but it's a lot,\" said Stuart Flashman, an Oakland attorney representing the Kings County opponents in both cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an October hearing in the Tos case, Flashman likened the authority's situation to a saying attributed to humorist Will Rogers: \"When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Monday's ruling, Flashman said that Kenny \"hasn't ordered the authority to stop digging, but I think he's telling them they're in a hole.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here's the text of Judge Kenny's Monday rulings, followed by the Associated Press writeup:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/187128845/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_37064\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Juliet Williams\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento County judge on Monday tore up California's funding plans for what would be the nation's first bullet train, issuing separate orders that could force the state to spend months or years redrawing its plans for the $68 billion rail line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Michael Kenny rejected a request from the California High-Speed Rail Authority to sell $8 billion of the $10 billion in bonds approved by voters in 2008, saying there was no evidence it was \"necessary and desirable\" to start selling the bonds when a committee of state officials met last March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the committee, which included state Treasurer Bill Lockyer, was supposed to act as \"the ultimate 'keeper of the checkbook'\" for taxpayers, but instead relied on a request from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.hsr.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">California High-Speed Rail Authority\u003c/a> to start selling bonds as sufficient evidence to proceed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate lawsuit, Kenny ordered the rail authority to redo its $68 billion funding plan before continuing construction, a process that could take months or years, although rail authority officials believe it can be done much more quickly than that. He had previously ruled that the authority abused its discretion by approving a funding plan that did not comply with the requirements of the law. The judge said the state failed to identify \"sources of funds that were more than merely theoretically possible.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1A,_High-Speed_Rail_Act_(2008)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 1A\u003c/a>, which voters approved in 2008, required the rail authority to specify the source of the funding for the first operable segment of the high-speed rail line and have all the necessary environmental clearances in place. Kenny had said the agency did not comply with either mandate in approving the start of construction from Madera to Fresno, about 30 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs, a group of Central Valley residents and farmers, believe the requirement applies to the first 300 miles stretching as far as Bakersfield, and with a projected price tag of $31 billion. But the rail authority contends it applies only to the first \"useable\" segment of track in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Like all transformative projects, we understand that there will be many challenges. ...'\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right !important;font-size: 12pt\">— Dan Richard, head of state high-speed rail agency\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The court said, look, you've only got 28 miles with completed environmental clearances. I order that you have to have 300 miles of environmental clearances,\" said Michael Brady, an attorney for residents who had sued to halt the project. \"It's taken them 5 years to do 28 miles, so how long will it take them to do 300 miles?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Kenny stopped short of blocking the project altogether, and rail authority officials characterized Monday's rulings as a setback rather than a fatal blow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, rail authority Chairman Dan Richard said: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We are reviewing both decisions to chart our next steps, but it is important to stress that the court again declined the opposition’s request to stop the high-speed rail project from moving forward. Additionally, the judge did not invalidate the bonds as approved by the voters in Proposition 1A. Like all transformative projects, we understand that there will be many challenges that will be addressed as we go forward in building the nation’s first high-speed rail system.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Rail authority Chief Executive Jeff Morales disagreed with claims by the opponents that the judge's rulings would send high-speed rail planners back to the drawing board, saying officials are confident they can address the judge's concerns quickly. When asked how much time it could take, he said, \"Not long. We don't think that addressing that will have any material effect on the project.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rail authority had argued that it has already updated its funding plan and that it intends to spend $3.2 billion in federal money before tapping the state bonds. It also argued that only the state Legislature could intervene to stop the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaintiffs had also asked Kenny to block spending of the federal funds and rescind construction contracts, including a $1 billion deal signed this fall, but the judge declined to do so on Monday, saying there was no evidence \"that there has been any impropriety\" in spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also did not invalidate the bonds, merely saying that officials would need to present more evidence about why they need to be sold and when before the committee should approve the sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state treasurer's office, California has already issued more than $705 million in Proposition 1A bonds, about $400 million for high-speed rail and about $305 million for related rail-improvement projects that could eventually be connected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plans have changed significantly since voters approved the project, along with the costs — from $45 billion in 2008 to more than $100 billion in 2011 and, now, $68 billion for a 520-mile line connecting San Francisco and greater Los Angeles through the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political considerations and opposition by local residents around the state have also forced repeated changes. Jon Coupal, executive director of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which had sued over the bonds, blamed the ever-changing plans for the judge's decisions Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The project now is so divergent from what the voters were told, that I don't think he had any other choice,\" Coupal said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/119281/judge-blocks-plans-for-1st-segment-of-california-bullet-train","authors":["222"],"programs":["news_6944"],"categories":["news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_308","news_307","news_311","news_309"],"featImg":"news_55330","label":"news_6944"},"news_98945":{"type":"posts","id":"news_98945","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"98945","score":null,"sort":[1370541091000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"state-set-to-grant-first-bullet-train-construction-contract","title":"State Grants Bullet Train Contract to Low-Cost Bidder","publishDate":1370541091,"format":"aside","headTitle":"News Fix | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":6944,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>by Juliet Williams, Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The board that oversees California's High-Speed Rail Authority on Thursday unanimously approved a nearly $1 billion contract to start construction on the first leg of the $68 billion bullet train in the Central Valley, clearing the way for work to start as soon as this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_69766\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/06/calif-senate-debates-high-speed-rail/bullet-train-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69766\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-69766\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/07/bullet-train1.png\" alt=\"An artist's rendition of the bullet train planned to connect San Francisco with Los Angeles. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\" width=\"235\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist's rendition of the bullet train planned to connect San Francisco with Los Angeles. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bid from a California-based joint venture was the cheapest out of five received by the state, but had the lowest technical rating for safety and design, drawing public scrutiny and prompting more than an hour of questions to the high-speed rail authority staff from board members. They ultimately voted 6-0 to approve the $985.1 million bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The selection has drawn scrutiny after it was revealed that the authority changed its rules for selecting a company after the process was made public, allowing the cheapest bid to be selected even though it had the lowest technical rating for safety and design quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the questions from the board appeared intended to show that members had asked questions of officials before they approved the construction package.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Previous stories:\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/18/california-bullet-train-lawsuit-dropped/\" target=\"_blank\">Suit against bullet train dropped \u003c/a>(KQED)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/21/poll-californians-wary-of-price-for-water-project-high-speed-rail/\" target=\"_blank\">Poll: Californians Wary of Price for Water Project, High-Speed Rail\u003c/a> (KQED)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/29/local/la-me-0426-bullet-train-snag-20130429\" target=\"_blank\">Bullet train faces new obstacles\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/06/calif-senate-debates-high-speed-rail/\" target=\"_blank\">California Senate Passes High-Speed Rail Bill\u003c/a> (KQED)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The questions really boil down to, can the successful bidder do the job, and will they do it within the confines of the contract as contemplated by the authority,\" said board member Jim Hartnett. \"The questions that I had were answered to my satisfaction.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-speed rail opponents raised questions at the meeting about possible cost overruns and the financial health of the lead company, Sylmar-based Tutor Perini. The company's chief executive officer, Ron Tutor, told reporters the criticisms of his firm are \"all nonsense\" fanned by the media \"to create controversy that doesn't exist.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like most of the uneducated opinions you hear where we can't rebut them, they're not based on anything factual or real,\" he said of the criticisms. \"We've built more large civil works programs in this state than anyone else, virtually all of them successfully and without the cost overruns they all allude to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board Chairman Dan Richard did not vote or participate in the conversation because he had previously worked with one of the films involved in the bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in April announced that the $985.1 million bid from a consortium led by Tutor Perini was the top candidate out of five submitted to build the first 30-mile construction segment from Madera to Fresno. The bid came in below the authority's estimated cost of $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bid process was changed without approval from the board that oversees the rail authority, which had delegated authority for such changes to high-speed rail Chief Executive Officer Jeff Morales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the authority were worried that their previous methodology, which called for considering only the bids with the three highest technical ratings, \"could have left hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on the table,\" the agency said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new criteria, all the bids that met the technical criteria were considered, leaving the door open for the proposal from Tutor Perini-Zachry-Parsons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-speed rail officials say the total cost of each bid was kept in sealed envelopes while the other criteria were weighed, including a three-step technical review to ensure the bids met all the qualifications. The technical criteria were based on safety measures, engineering, scheduling, design quality, project approach and solutions to possible construction problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The authority's attorney, Tom Fellenz, told board members Thursday that \"the integrity of the process was pristine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The competing firms will also receive a payout and the rail authority will get to keep the engineering and design work in their proposals.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":null,"status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1370555785,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":676},"headData":{"title":"State Grants Bullet Train Contract to Low-Cost Bidder | KQED","description":"by Juliet Williams, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The board that oversees California's High-Speed Rail Authority on Thursday unanimously approved a nearly $1 billion contract to start construction on the first leg of the $68 billion bullet train in the Central Valley, clearing the way for work to start as soon as this summer.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"State Grants Bullet Train Contract to Low-Cost Bidder","datePublished":"2013-06-06T17:51:31.000Z","dateModified":"2013-06-06T21:56:25.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"98945 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=98945","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/06/state-set-to-grant-first-bullet-train-construction-contract/","disqusTitle":"State Grants Bullet Train Contract to Low-Cost Bidder","customPermalink":"2013/06/06/bullet-train/","path":"/news/98945/state-set-to-grant-first-bullet-train-construction-contract","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>by Juliet Williams, Associated Press\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The board that oversees California's High-Speed Rail Authority on Thursday unanimously approved a nearly $1 billion contract to start construction on the first leg of the $68 billion bullet train in the Central Valley, clearing the way for work to start as soon as this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_69766\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 235px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/06/calif-senate-debates-high-speed-rail/bullet-train-3/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69766\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-69766\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/07/bullet-train1.png\" alt=\"An artist's rendition of the bullet train planned to connect San Francisco with Los Angeles. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\" width=\"235\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artist's rendition of the bullet train planned to connect San Francisco with Los Angeles. (California High-Speed Rail Authority)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bid from a California-based joint venture was the cheapest out of five received by the state, but had the lowest technical rating for safety and design, drawing public scrutiny and prompting more than an hour of questions to the high-speed rail authority staff from board members. They ultimately voted 6-0 to approve the $985.1 million bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The selection has drawn scrutiny after it was revealed that the authority changed its rules for selecting a company after the process was made public, allowing the cheapest bid to be selected even though it had the lowest technical rating for safety and design quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the questions from the board appeared intended to show that members had asked questions of officials before they approved the construction package.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Previous stories:\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/04/18/california-bullet-train-lawsuit-dropped/\" target=\"_blank\">Suit against bullet train dropped \u003c/a>(KQED)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/21/poll-californians-wary-of-price-for-water-project-high-speed-rail/\" target=\"_blank\">Poll: Californians Wary of Price for Water Project, High-Speed Rail\u003c/a> (KQED)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/apr/29/local/la-me-0426-bullet-train-snag-20130429\" target=\"_blank\">Bullet train faces new obstacles\u003c/a> (Los Angeles Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/06/calif-senate-debates-high-speed-rail/\" target=\"_blank\">California Senate Passes High-Speed Rail Bill\u003c/a> (KQED)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"The questions really boil down to, can the successful bidder do the job, and will they do it within the confines of the contract as contemplated by the authority,\" said board member Jim Hartnett. \"The questions that I had were answered to my satisfaction.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-speed rail opponents raised questions at the meeting about possible cost overruns and the financial health of the lead company, Sylmar-based Tutor Perini. The company's chief executive officer, Ron Tutor, told reporters the criticisms of his firm are \"all nonsense\" fanned by the media \"to create controversy that doesn't exist.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Like most of the uneducated opinions you hear where we can't rebut them, they're not based on anything factual or real,\" he said of the criticisms. \"We've built more large civil works programs in this state than anyone else, virtually all of them successfully and without the cost overruns they all allude to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board Chairman Dan Richard did not vote or participate in the conversation because he had previously worked with one of the films involved in the bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in April announced that the $985.1 million bid from a consortium led by Tutor Perini was the top candidate out of five submitted to build the first 30-mile construction segment from Madera to Fresno. The bid came in below the authority's estimated cost of $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bid process was changed without approval from the board that oversees the rail authority, which had delegated authority for such changes to high-speed rail Chief Executive Officer Jeff Morales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials with the authority were worried that their previous methodology, which called for considering only the bids with the three highest technical ratings, \"could have left hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on the table,\" the agency said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new criteria, all the bids that met the technical criteria were considered, leaving the door open for the proposal from Tutor Perini-Zachry-Parsons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High-speed rail officials say the total cost of each bid was kept in sealed envelopes while the other criteria were weighed, including a three-step technical review to ensure the bids met all the qualifications. 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The agreement also provides consultation on the Central Valley Wye to ensure that all concerns are addressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On behalf of the Authority’s Board of Directors, we are committed to working in harmony with the agricultural community to preserve farmland in the Central Valley,” said Chairman Dan Richard. “This settlement clears the way for the Authority to move forward with construction of the first high-speed rail system in the nation and shows we can build high-speed rail while preserving precious resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were able to achieve some significant additional protections for agriculture in Madera and Merced Counties,” said Tom Coleman, President of the Madera County Farm Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This settlement brings the lawsuit to an end but begins a new chapter in working with the agricultural community to move the project forward,” said Jeff Morales, CEO of the Authority. “This agreement is evidence that the California High-Speed Rail Authority is working positively with all affected communities to address their concerns as we embark on this complex project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court case was to be heard in Sacramento County Superior Court on April 19, 2013. 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