http://derailhsr.com/main Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:01:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 8/26/2008 As someone in Sacramento told me, deadlines mean nothing to our legislature.. Schwarzenegger has just announced that he will sign AB-3034, well past the deadline imposed by the Secretary of State. This late signing may trigger lawsuits, we shall have to see. http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/26/governor-to-sign-ab-3034-after-all/ Prop 1 would allow a station at Los Banos, thus allowing development, urban sprawl, on this segment of the route. An article in the NY Times titled "In the Central Valley, the Ruins of the Housing Bust" has a section that reads: "In the midst of all the ... http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/26/the-los-banos-station-coming-back/ An article in the Fresno Bee states: Sunday is the real deadline for enacting AB 3034, a bill aimed at improving the $9.9 billion high-speed rail bond on the Nov. 4 ballot. This is according to a memo sent this week from the High Speed Rail Authority staff to board members ... http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/22/amendment-ab-3034-appears-to-be-dead/ Rod Diridon keeps telling everyone, Prop 1 "won't raise your taxes". What non-sense. The interest costs and principal repayments will come from the General Fund of the State. The source of those funds is through the taxes we pay. Mark Paul in writes in ... http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/21/the-big-lie-prop-1-wont-increase-your-taxes/ In a press release the California Rail Foundation addresses problems with the EIR for the California High Speed Rail project, and gives some details on the CEQA petition. http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/15/press-release-from-california-rail-foundation-about-lawsuit/ Reported in an article from the AP. Lawmakers pass changes to high-speed rail measure The Associated Press Article Launched: 08/13/2008 06:12:23 PM PDT SACRAMENTO—The state Assembly has approved a bill increasing financial accountability in the high-speed rail measure that is on California's November ballot. Lawmakers will not send the bill immediately to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ... http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/14/ab-3034-passes-state-assembly-81308/ The State Assembly did not meet today Monday 8/11/08. This was supposedly the deadline that had to be met for AB-3034 to pass through the full Assembly and get the Governor's signature in order to get on the Nov. 2008 Ballot. Whether this really kills AB-3034 is not absolutely certain. We ... http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/11/ab-3034-assembly-misses-deadline-81108/ Several parties today filed a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the EIR of the proposed HSR project headed by the California High Speed Rail Autority. The petition can be viewed here for those interested in the legal paperwork. Those joining in the suit are: Planning and Conservation League (PCL) Town of Atherton City of Menlo Park Bayrail ... http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/09/lawsuit-against-eireis-filed-8082008/ An article in the San Mateo Daily News. Noted by Stuart Flashman the attorney for the lawsuit: Those disparate interests have joined forces in the lawsuit, which Attorney Stuart Flashman said he plans to file today in Sacramento County Superior Court. "A lot of the concern is that the (authority's) board wasn't given ... http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/08/cities-sue-to-block-states-bullet-train-80708/ AB-3034, the amendment to Prop 1 was approved today in the California State Senate by a vote of 27 -10. It now goes back to the Assembly for attempted passage there. http://derailhsr.com/main/2008/08/07/state-senate-approves-ab-3034-80708/