Which Way, L.A.?
Will California Really Get High Speed Rail?
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.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe 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.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Ralph Vartabedian
Los Angeles Times
Joe Simitian
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Lee Ann Eager
Fresno County Economic Development Corporation