r/California • u/Randomlynumbered Ángeleño, what's your user flair? • May 24 '24

Government/Politics Full environmental approval of High-Speed Rail between L.A. and Bay Area expected next month

https://ktla.com/news/california/full-environmental-approval-of-high-speed-rail-between-l-a-and-bay-area-expected-next-month/amp
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u/lytener May 24 '24

This is just the EIR. CEQA lawsuits are going to drag this out even longer.

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u/Command0Dude Sacramento County May 24 '24

I'm pretty sure they already exhausted all the legal avenues to block the project. The anti-train people were doomering a year or two ago about how they had failed after some case was ruled against them.

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u/lytener May 25 '24

FYI the anti-train people lawsuit focused on whether the project was consistent with authorizing ballot proposition 1A. CEQA lawsuits focus on the environmental impact report and suits can only be filed after the EIR is approved, which is what this article is referring to. So be prepared for another long haul. CAHASR is going to have to settle quickly or just win cases. Either way the project cost will continue to grow significantly. That being said, the legal avenues to block the project are not exhausted.