The state legislature has given Governor Brown and President Obama a victory by approving $4.7 billion in bonds to begin building a bullet train from Los Angeles to San Francisco. That sewed up an additional $3.3 billion in federal money. But the total project will cost at least $68 billion and take decades to finish — if the rest of the money can ever be found.
Will California Really Get High Speed Rail?
Credits
Guests:
Ralph Vartabedian - Los Angeles Times -
@RVartabedian,
Joe Simitian - Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors -
@SCCgov,
Lee Ann Eager - Fresno County Economic Development Corporation -
@fresnocountyedc,
Anja Raudabaugh - Madera County Farm Bureau,
David Herd - Buro Happold
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Frances Anderton,
Sonya Geis,
Andrea Brody
