THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION IS ATTEMPTING TO TERMINATE ALL FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT!
Links for Information pertaining to the FRA action to claw back funding:
Exhibit A: Fiscal Year 2010 Agreement, as amended
Exhibit E: Final California High-Speed Rail Authority 2019 Project Update Report
Exhibit F: California High-Speed Rail Authority Fiscal Year 2010 Application
Exhibit G: Funding Contribution Plan Correspondence
Exhibit H: Detailed Quarterly Budget Correspondence
Exhibit I: Project Management Plan Correspondence
Exhibit J: Annual Work Plan Correspondence
LETTERS!

Several dozen S.A.F.E. Coalition supporters hiked the San Gabriel Mountains to the Oak Spring channel area just east of the Wildlife Waystation. The photo shows water at the Spring, which runs 365 days a year, and which we believe feeds from Little Tujunga into the San Fernando Aquifer. The presence of the Oak Spring, as well as other nearby springs, demonstrates the potential damage of tunneling through the Angeles Forest and disrupting a source of LA’s drinking water.
07-01-19: Letter to U.S. District Attorney
6-14-19: SAFE letter to Attorney General William Barr suggesting that a grand jury be empaneled
03/28/19: William Eick letter to FRA in support of termination agreement
03/20/19: Feinstein letter to Sec’y Chao in support of keeping FRA grant funding
03/04/19: CHSRA letter to FRA Batory in response to termination
03/04/19 CHSRA letter to FRA Rennert in response to termination
02/19/19: Batory Letter (FRA) to Kelly re CAHSR Termination
05/29/18: Bill Eick’s Letter regarding the CHSRA’s Geotechnical Tunnel Feasibility Study
05/14/2015: Letter from S.A.F.E. to CHSRA regarding the problems with the E2 route
12/22/2014: S.A.F.E Position Paper to CHSRA Chair
11/6/2014: Letter from S.A.F.E. to the US Secretary of Agriculture
NEWS & PRESS RELEASES!
04-29-19: Los Angeles Times: Costs for California’s high-speed rail project may increase by $1.8 billion
04-29-19: Biz Journal: High-speed rail chair says rebuilding project’s credibility begins this week
04-26-19: Los Angeles Times: How California’s high-speed rail project was ‘captured’ by costly consultants
04-05-19: Biz Journal: Bullet train CEO has new plan
03/03/19: LA Times: Newsom’s shorter bullet train plan likely to run out of money
02/21/19: LA Times: Why the feds are right to question California’s bullet train
02/21/19: LA Times: Will California’s bullet train be derailed by a waffling governor
02/15/19: LA Times: California Governor, Trump spar over bullet train money
02/13/19: LA Times: Pumping the breaks on bullet train
02/12/19: LA Times: Newsom’s bullet train honesty a welcome change from Brown
11/29/18: LA Times: State legislator calls for resignation of bullet train chairman
11/15/18: LA Times: State audit blames bullet train mismanagement for delays and price hikes
10/25/18: Fox Business: California’s $77 billion bullet train will be one of the state’s great embarrassments: Larry Ellison
9/18/18 – LA Daily News, “Bullet train route through Sylmar and Pacoima has ‘best balance,’ ‘lowest risk’ of three possible paths, authority officials say” by Elizabeth Chou
9/18/18 – LA Times, “California bullet train picks its path between Burbank and Palmdale” by Ralph Vartabedian
3/9/18 – LA Times, “Cost for California bullet train system rises to $77.3 billion” by Ralph Vartebedian
10/21/17 – LA Times, “A 13.5-mile tunnel will make or break California’s bullet train” by Ralph Vartabedian
03/08/17 – KTTV, “Point of View: California’s High Speed Rail” By Bob Cook, VP / General Manager KTTV
01/20/17 – LA Daily News, “Bullet train veering off fiscal track?” By The Editorial Board – LA Daily News
12/24/16 – Los Angeles Times, “The hunt for dollars to build the $64-billion bullet train” By Ralph Vartabedian
05/15/16 – Orange County Register, “Opinion: California’s train of fraught” By Baruch Feigenbaum
04/08/16 – Los Angeles Times, “State releases new details on possible bullet train routes” By Ralph Vartabedian
03/28/16 – Los Angeles Times, “Doubts about bullet train rising in Southern California” By Ralph Vartabedian
03/12/16 – Orange County Register, “OPINION: Taxpayers need to derail bullet-train debacle” By Adrian Moore
11/5/15 – The Los Angeles Times, “Editorial: Red flags for high-speed rail” By The Times Editorial Board
07/29/15 – Marketplace.org, “A rural town hates the coming of high-speed trains” By Jeff Tyler
07/27/15 – Marketplace.org, “A desert city welcomes California’s high-speed train” By Jeff Tyler
07/24/15 – City Watch LA, “High Speed Rail: Off Track In My Backyard” By Denyse Selesnick
07/22/15 – Yahoo Finance News, “SENER Takes Part in the California High Speed Line” The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA), has awarded SENER (a Spain based company) the contract to develop the engineering and environmental services for the Palmdale to Burbank section of the California high speed line.
06/8/15 – LA Weekly, “What an Unholy Mess This California Bullet Train Meeting Is Going To Be” By Hillel Aron
04/01/15 – CalWatchdog.com, “Rising CA Democratic stars want no part of bullet train” – By Chris Reed
03/20/15 – The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, “California high-speed rail dilemma” – By Kevin Korenthal
02/15/15 – Los Angeles Times, “On train, tunnel, Newsom would change course from Brown” By George Skelton
02/03/15 – Public radio station, KCRW (89.9 FM), presented a feature on our communities’ battle vs. high speed rail on Feb. 3. Our situation was discussed on “Which Way LA” hosted by Warren Olney and featuring Saul Gonzalez’s report.
Here is the audio of the entire segment, with commentary between host Warren Olney and reporter/producer Saul Gonzalez at the end. There is a segment about voting at the beginning, just be patient.
01/19/15 –
790 – KABC, “Doug McIntyre interviews Dave DePinto regarding the High Speed Rail’s proposed East Corridor”
01/17/15 – The Burbank Leader, “Editorial: Rail-tunnel proposal is not the best solution” By Burbank Leader
01/15/15 – San Fernando Valley Business Journal, “Schiff Opposing High Speed Rail Tunnel Route” By Mark Madler
01/15/15 – The San Fernando Valley Sun, “Hundreds Gather In Opposition to High-Speed Rail” By Diana Martinez
01/14/15 – Los Angeles Times, “2,000 rally against plan to put high-speed rail in Angeles forest” By Dan Weikel. Coverage of the January 13th Train Wreck Meeting. Also appeared Jan. 18, 2015 in print in the Los Angeles Times, California Section, with the title “Critics protest forest rail route” By Dan Weikel.
State/National News
03/04/17 – Mercury News, “high-speed rail ready to lay some track” By Don Thompson of Associated Press
02/06/17 – San Francisco Chronicle, “With Trump in charge, Republicans target Caltrain” By Matier & Ross
01/16/17 – Wall Street Journal, “California’s Big Dig – Elaine Chao can take the train to Fresno off federal life support.” By WSJ Opinion Sign-in or Subscription required.
06/28/16 – Bloomberg, “California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco” By Virginia Postrel
03/27/16 – The Economist, “Taxpayers could pay dearly for California’s high-speed-train dreams”
03/21/16 – CalWatchdog.com, “Bullet-train route change doesn’t win over many” By Chris Reed
03/07/16 – The Hamilton Report, “Review of CHSRA 2016 Business Plan- Part 2” By Kathy Hamilton
03/07/16 – The Hamilton Report, “Review of CHSRA 2016 Business Plan- Part 1” By Kathy Hamilton
02/23/16 – Wired Magazine, “Naysayers Force California’s Bullet Train to Change Tack” By Nick Stockton
02/23/16 – CalWatchdog.com, “Bullet train plan counting on new federal funding” By Chris Reed
02/21/16 – The Bakersfield Californian, “Now it’s really a train to nowhere” By The Bakersfield Californian
02/20/16 – The Sacramento Bee, “Editorial: Big issues still dog fast train” By Dan Walters
02/16/16 – Hoodlike, “Planning Unveils Initial Study On Rerouting Rail Lines, Razing Portion Of I-280”
02/16/16 – The Fresno Bee, “Risks rising for cost increases on high-speed rail construction” By Tim Sheehan
02/12/16 – The Hamilton Report, “CA High Speed Rail: TOS court case part 2” By Kathy Hamilton
01/26/16 – Business Insider, “California’s high-speed rail project is in big trouble” By William Fierman
12/14/15 – The Hamilton Report, “Crazy things are going on in Sacramento with CHSRA” By Kathy Hamilton
10/30/15 – The Hamilton Report, “High-Speed Rail Project or Dead Cow Walking: Part II” By Kathy Hamilton
10/30/15 – The Hamilton Report, “New California’s Rail Project Woes” By Kathy Hamilton
10/19/15 – Bloomberg Business, “Banks May Balk at Financing $68 Billion California Bullet Train” By James Nash
10/14/15 – Palo Alto Online, “Palo Alto blasts high-speed rail project for moving too fast” By Gennady Sheyner
08/09/15 – Examiner.com, “Upcoming High-Speed Rail case challenges key voter promises” By Kathy Hamilton
07/13/15 – The Fresno Bee, “More properties eyed in Valley counties for high-speed rail” By Tim Sheehan
06/11/15 – The Fresno Bee, “Denham takes a Capitol step toward stopping high-speed rail” By Curtis Tate
05/28/15 – Examiner.com, “Funny business with the High-Speed Rail Project, a closer look” By Kathy Hamilton
05/11/15 – The Press Enterprise, “EDITORIAL: More bullet-train funny math” By Press-Enterprise Editorial
04/14/15 – Fox & Hounds, “Lawmakers Dismiss Efforts To Protect Property Rights From High-Speed Rail” By John Hrabe Also posted on CalWatchDog.com
04/14/15 – The Fresno Bee, “$261 million set aside for potential high-speed rail cost overruns in Valley” By Tim Sheehan The HSR cost overruns begin…
02/23/15 – The Sacramento Bee, “Field Poll: Jerry Brown riding high, but not his big projects” By David Siders
02/21/15 – The Week, “The most expensive public-works project in U.S. history” By The Week Staff
02/19/15 – SFGate, “California high-speed rail dealt blow by Newsom’s about-face” By Carla Marinucci
02/13/15 – CNN, “World’s largest tunneling machine still stuck”
01/15/15 – Crescenta Valley Weekly, “Standing Room Only at HSR Meeting” By Mary O’Keefe