Quentin Kopp and Jim Costa on HSR
Two of the leading figures in the high speed rail project have published op-eds in this week’s issue of Capitol Weekly: Quentin Kopp, chairman of the California High Speed Rail Authority’s board, and...
View Article"Air Quality is the Key" to the Central Valley’s Future
The Central Valley has long been the forgotten region of California – as Southern California and the Bay Area dominate the state’s media and politics, the Central Valley’s needs often appear to go...
View ArticleClose But Not Quite in Modesto
It’s HSR editorial season, it seems, and the latest entry comes from the Modesto Bee. It’s certainly not the sad joke of an editorial the Contra Costa Times put out, but it still demonstrates many of...
View ArticleCalifornia Members of Congress Lobbying Hard for HSR Money
As the decision point for awarding $8 billion in federal HSR stimulus nears, and with some $50 billion in applications submitted, California’s federal representatives are making a strong push to ensure...
View ArticleDevin Nunes’ Anti-HSR Rant
Not everyone in the Central Valley is happy that the region will be the first to get high speed rail in California. Republican Congressman Devin Nunes, from the 21st District (Tulare County and eastern...
View ArticleJim Costa Throws Cold Water on LAO Suggestion of Redirecting Federal Funds
One of the cornerstone arguments of the recent Legislative Analyst’s Office report was that California should make the same demand of the federal government that Scott Walker and Chris Christie made:...
View ArticleCongress Fails Again on High Speed Rail
The US House of Representatives held a hearing today, at Jeff Denham’s request, into the California High Speed Rail project. I caught some of the testimony and read some transcripts of the remarks from...
View ArticleWhat Does the 2014 Election Mean for HSR?
Another year, another Democratic bloodbath outside of California. Democrats have lost control of the US Senate, meaning we’re right back to the late 1990s again in terms of DC politics. As with 2010,...
View ArticleJim Costa Likely Wins Re-election
After trailing on election night, Congressman Jim Costa – a key figure in the development of the California high speed rail project – appears to have finally won re-election: For the second time in the...
View ArticleCosta, Hahn, Lofgren, Slam Republican Op-Eds
Jim Costa, Janice Hahn, and Zoe Lofgren are co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on California High-Speed Rail – and they’re not happy about recent Republican attacks on high speed rail in the pages...
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