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Old Posted Nov 16, 2019, 3:19 AM
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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg View Post
This is a mess, but a politically expedient one. Hopefully this is all a contingency plan in case Trump or a Republican is elected in 2020.

California is posting gigantic surpluses and a return of a D to the White House in January 2021 would mean plenty of state + federal money to dig the tunnels and complete Phase 1 between SF and Los Angeles.
HSR in California is dead for the foreseeable future. California doesn’t possess the expertise to pull it off.
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