SO THAT WE CAN HEAR. TESTIMONY
PRESENTED AND HERE MEMBERS WHEN
THEY CAST THEIR VOTES SO. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS IS THE.
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CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
TRANSPORTATION HOUSING
COMMITTEE.
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WE HAVE SIX MEASURES ON THIS
AGENDA TODAY TO VOTE ON
MEASURES.
AFTER ALL BILLS HAVE BEEN HEARD
IN VOTED ON WE WILL MOVE TO A
JOINT INFORMATIONAL. HEARING ON
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL BUSINESS
PLAN SO. FIRST WE HAVE TO
DISPOSE OF.
MEMBERS.
BILLS AND.
.
I COULD SEE HOW MY.
WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM YEAH.
OF CENTER HILL HERE REALLY
PRESENT HIS BILL.
SO OPERATE IN A COMMITTEE HALL.
AND ANNOUNCED OR.
WONDERFUL SENATOR HILL TO
PRESENT HIS BILL.
SIR HERE YOU ARE THE FOR ITEM
FOR.
PSP OF ELEVEN THIRTY TWO. ONCE
WE GET A QUORUM WILL CALL THE
ROLL ECHO YOU HAVE THE FOR
SENATOR THANK YOU MISTER CHAIR
APPRECIATE A GOOD AFTERNOON AND.
WHEN I THINK OF MY JOINT AUTHORS
SENATOR ALLEN WHO IS NOT HERE
YET BUT APPRECIATE HIS SUPPORT
AND ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THIS
LEGISLATION S. B. ELEVEN THIRTY
TWO.
SIMPLY MAKE SURE THE PUNISHMENT
FITS THE CRIME IT REDUCES THE
FINE FOR A ROLLING RIGHT HAND
TURN AT A STOPLIGHT. THIS
MEASURE HAS HAS HAD UNANIMOUS
SUPPORT IN PRIOR ITERATIONS IF
YOU MAY RECALL CURRENTLY WHEN A
DRIVER DOES NOT COME TO A
COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN.
AND DOES WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED
A CALIFORNIA STOP. THE DRIVER
COULD BE FACING A TICKET OF OVER
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS S. B.
ELEVEN THIRTY TWO REDUCES THE
BASE AMOUNT FOR A RIGHT TURN ON
RED VIOLATIONS. FROM ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS TO THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS
THE FINAL TICKET AMOUNT WILL
WITH ASSESSMENTS WILL GO FROM
ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED NINETY
DOLLARS.
DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL
JURISDICTION
RED LIGHT RETURN ON RED RIGHT
TURN ON RED VIOLATIONS WILL
STILL BE ILLEGAL. WILL STILL AT
A POINT TWO DRIVERS RECORD. AND
WILL STILL ALLOW FOR TRAFFIC
SCHOOL SB ELEVEN THIRTY TWO ONLY
IMPACTS THE BASE FINE AMOUNT.
ROLLING RIGHT HAND TURNS SHOULD
BE CITED AS OTHER SIMILAR MOVING
VIOLATIONS SUCH AS.
FAILING TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN
FAILING TO YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS
OR MAKING AN UNSAFE TURN. ALL OF
WHICH CARRY BASE FIND TICKETS
AMOUNTS OF THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS.
SB ELEVEN THIRTY TO SIMPLY PUT
MORE PARITY IN OUR TRAFFIC
VIOLATION.
I'VE HAD DOZENS OF CONSTITUENTS
CONTACT ME FOR MY OFFICE WHO
HAVE RECEIVED THESE TICKETS IN
HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED. FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS IS A LOT OF
MONEY FOR MOST FAMILIES AT YOUR
AYE VOTE NUMBERS THANK YOU.
ON.
THE BIG QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ABOUT SPEAKERS IN FAVOR
PLEASE YEAH MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
AND MISTER CHAIR TIM CHIANG FOR
THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
THE BILL.
WE DO GET MANY INQUIRIES FOR.
KING Y. OUT RIGHT TURN ON RED
VIOLATIONS CARRY THE
HI FINE THAT IT DOES.
WE INFORM THEM AND AS THE BILL
DOES WE WE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS
ACTUALLY PUTS THE FINE WHERE
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. WE HAVE
SUBMITTED THE DECLARATION OF
MARK'S FIBERS WHO WAS THE.
STAFFER FOR SENATE.
SOME
SHELLEY WHO RECENTLY RAISED THE
FINE ON THE GOING THROUGH THE
INTERSECTION RIGHT VIOLATION
MAKING THAT A HUNDRED THAT WAS
NEVER INTENDED TO MAKE THE RIGHT
TURN ON RED. HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE
AND WE URGE YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK THANK YOU WERE ON.
SP ELEVEN THIRTY TWO.
WE'D LIKE TO INVITE SPEAKERS IN
FAVOR COME FORWARD ANY SPEAKERS
IN FAVOR.
.
ABSENT ON HOW ABOUT THOSE
SPEAKERS SO AGAINST.
SE NON.
.
NO WE DON'T CORNELIA LOCAL RENT.
WE DO NOW.
.
SO CENTER WILL CALL THE ROLL AND
AND ALLOW VOTE ON YOUR BILL
THANK YOU.
WE.
TAKE ROLL PLEASE THAT ARE ABOUT
HER FELL PRESENT CANNELLA HERE
CANNELLA PRESENT ALLAN DODD.
DODD PRESENT GAINES GAINES
PRESENT GALGIANI. GALGIANI
PRESENT MCGUIRE MORALE ROTH
SKINNER.
IN OUR PRESENT.
IRAQ BUT I PRESIDENT WILL COST
ME.
WIENER.
WE ARE PRESENT. LIVE WIRE.
WHY ARE PRESENT?
YES THE DECLARE IMPRISONED BY
SAYING HERE.
OKAY HISTORY.
WE HAVE A QUORUM.
OF.
IT ARE THERE ANY CLOSING
REMARKS CENTER DISRESPECT WE
HAVE TRIBAL MEMBERS OKAY.
WE NEED A MOTION THE SENATE.
OKAY THERE'S A MOTION.
BY SENATE CANNELLA.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS.
THANK YOU KALRA PLEASE.
SENATE BILL ELEVEN THIRTY TWO BY
SENATOR HEALTH PROMOTION HAS TO
PASS AND REFER TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
SENATOR ABOUT PIPE FELL AYE
CANNELLA CANNELLA AYE ALLEN
DODD.
DODD AYE GAINES. GAINES AYE
GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI AYE
MCGUIRE MCGUIRE AYE MORALE.
ROTH.
SKINNER.
SKINNER AYE VITACOST AYE BUT I
WILL COUNTY.
WIENER. WHEN I.
WE HAVE NINE VOTES IN FAVOR
CENTER WILL LEAVE THE ROAD OPEN
FOR. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS YOU'RE
JUST HERE THANK YOU MEMBERS.
.
OUR CONCERN COUNTERED WOULD LIKE
TO ADDRESS THAT OUT.
IS YOU SEE ON YOUR AGENDA WITH
THE ASTERIX.
THESE THESE ITEMS ARE OF SENATE
BILL NINE. NINE ZERO THREE BY
CENTER CANNELLA.
AND.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN EIGHTY
SEVEN BY MYSELF SENATOR BILL.
.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR BY MEMBERS.
I SEE NON AIR IN THERE ANY.
PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON ANY OF THESE
ITEMS.
IF NOT QUITE A MOTION ON THE
CONSENT CALENDAR PLEASE
PROMOTION.
AND NO CALL THE ROLL PLEASE
SENATOR VAL AYE FELL AYE
CANNELLA.
I CANNOT AYE ALLEN.
DODD. DOT AYE GAINES.
GAINES AYE GALGIANI AYE GALGIANI
AYE MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE I'M AROUND.
MORRELL AYE ROTH.
SKINNER.
SKINNER AYE BUT ACT.
BUT I WOULD COUNTY.
WIENER. WIENER AYE.
THANK YOU.
.
WELL NEXT MOVE TO.
ITEM TO A CENTER SENATOR DODD
SADDAM. POEM CROTCH DOOR OPENERS
BACKUP BATTERY CENTER DODD.
THOUGH YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR
THIS ITEM.
ALL. I'LL GET STARTED IT APPEAR.
TURN DOT YOUR THE FOURTH YES
GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIRMAN
AND MEMBERS.
ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER EIGHTH
ONE OF THE MOST DEADLY FIRES IN
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY RIPPED
THROUGH MY DISTRICT AND
SURROUNDING AREAS.
RED FLAG WIND CONDITIONS BECAUSE
POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THEM MUCH
OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WHILE
SYSTEMATIC COLLAPSES EARLY
WARNING SYSTEMS GAVE RESIDENTS
LITTLE TO NO NOTICE.
OF THE IMPENDING FLAMES.
ALL TOGETHER OVER NINETY
THOUSAND IT INDIVIDUALS WERE
FORCED TO EVACUATE FROM THEIR
HOMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT.
AND THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
THESE EVACUATIONS WERE MADE AND
MUCH MORE DIFFICULT BY POWER
OUTAGES THE TRAP VEHICLES.
THE PEOPLE NEEDED TO EVACUATE
THEM FROM THEIR GARAGES.
AS MY FAMILY AND I RUSHED TO
EVACUATE WE WERE STOPPED IN OUR
TRACKS WHEN WE REALIZE THAT OUR
AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR HAD NO
POWER IN AN OLD WOODEN DOOR.
I IN DARK DARK GARAGE MADE THAT.
.
NOT ONLY TOO HEAVY TO LIFT BUT
TO HAVE A TO REALLY SEE WHAT WAS
GOING ON.
IT WAS ONLY THROUGH THE HELP OF
A NEIGHBOR THAT MY FAMILY AND I
WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE. TO SAFETY
AND OUR VEHICLE.
I HAD ACTUALLY ANOTHER NEIGHBOR.
THEY COULD NOT GET OUT AND JUST
DROVE.
THAT DESPERATION BECAUSE IT
ENDED DRIVE RIGHT THROUGH HIS
METAL GARAGE DOOR.
AND DIE IT'S FRANKLY STILL ON
HIS.
ON HIS DRIVEWAY BUT WITHOUT HIS
HELP MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE
BEEN ONE OF THE FORTY FOUR
PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES
TRYING TO ESCAPE THE FIRES.
S. B. NINE SIX NINE SEEKS TO
ENSURE A QUICK IN SAFE
EVACUATION OF A RESIDENTS BY
REQUIRING RESIDENTIAL GARAGE
DOOR OPENERS. MANUFACTURED FOR
SALE.
PURCHASE OR INSTALLATION IN
CALIFORNIA ON OR AFTER JANUARY
FIRST TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
TO HAVE A A BACKUP BATTERY THAT
IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE.
DURING AN ELECTRICAL OUTAGE.
THE BILL ALSO PROHIBITS
REPLACEMENT GARAGE DOORS FROM
BEING INSTALLED TO AN OPENER
THAT DOES NOT HAVE A BACKUP
BATTERY. AFTER THIS DATE.
WHILE AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR
BACKUP BATTERIES ARE WIDELY
AVAILABLE.
MANY INDIVIDUALS DO NOT REALIZE
THE IMPORTANCE OF PURCHASING
THAT'S SAFETY FEATURE FEATURE.
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
FOR SENIORS OR ANY INDIVIDUALS
UNABLE TO MANUALLY LEFT GARAGE
DOORS FOR THEMSELVES. A BATTERY
BACKUP COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IN THESE
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
I HAVE TWO WITNESSES HERE WITH
ME TODAY CHERYL DEEMED A SANTA
ROSA RESIDENT WHO IS HERE TODAY
TO SHARE HER EXPERIENCE
EVACUATED FROM THE FIRE. IN
MORGAN CARVEL HALL FROM THE
CONSUMER FEDERATION OF
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU
MISTER-CHAIRMAN THANK YOU
WITNESSES
PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON MORGEN CARVAJAL
WITH HERNANDEZ STRATEGY GROUP ON
THE OF THE CONSUMER FEDERATION
OF CALIFORNIA I WITH THE
SPONSORS OF SENATE BILL AND NINE
SIX NINE AND THINK I. SENATOR
DODD FOR CARRYING THIS MEASURE
BUT ALSO THANK THE COMMITTEE
CONSULTANT FOR BEING SO THOROUGH
ANALYSIS.
I'M WHEN NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE
THE TWENTY SEVENTEEN WILD FIRES
LEAVE THOUSANDS WITHOUT WITHOUT
POWER EVACUATION CHALLENGES ARE
HEIGHTENED AND ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY OR
DISABLED. DODD TASKS LIKE
LIFTING A GARAGE DOORS YOU HEARD
SENATOR DODD SAID CAN BE LIFE
THREATENING. AND WE THINK THIS
IS A COMMON SENSE MEASURE THAT
PROVIDES A SAFETY I SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS OF OUR CHORES I
CAN.
CAN BE LIFE ALTERING SO WE URGE
YOUR SUPPORT AND I'M HERE FOR
ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR.
HELP.
THANK YOU OTHER WITNESSES
PLEASE.
MY NAME IS CHERYL DREAM CHAIRMAN
BELL.
SENATOR DODD.
SENATOR MCGUIRE MY COUNTIES
REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS BODY
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR
ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY IN
SUPPORT OF SENATOR BUT DIED DODD
SPILL.
S. B. SIX NINE SIX NINE.
THIS LEGISLATION MIRRORS MY OWN
EXPERIENCE DURING THE OCTOBER
FIRES THAT RAVAGED MUCH OF THE
DISTRICTS REPRESENTED BY
SENATORS DODD AND MCGUIRE.
AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE IT CAN HELP
SAVE LIVES.
AT THE TIME OF THE OCTOBER FIRES
AYE WAS SIXTY NINE YEARS OLD AND
LIVING IN A RETIREMENT
COMMUNITY.
ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
CINEMA VALLEY IN THE COUNTY OF
CINEMA.
I'M STILL LIVING THERE NOW I'M
JUST A TOUCH OLDER.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE
BORDERED ON ONE SIDE BY TRIO NAY
AND ADELE STATE PARK AND ON THE
OTHER BY SUGARLOAF RIDGE STATE
PARK. AND HOOD MOUNTAIN REGIONAL
PARK.
YES ITS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO
LIVE BEAUTIFUL AND AS IT TURNS
OUT LIKE MUCH OF MUCH OF CINEMA
COUNTY.
DEADLY.
THOSE WINDS THAT WOULD PLACE
SUCH A MAJOR ROLE IN THE OCTOBER
FIRES HAVE BEEN RAGING FOR MOST
OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
NIGHT OF SEPT OF SUNDAY OCTOBER
EIGHT.
THE POWER WENT OFF FOR WAS SHUT
OFF. AROUND TEN THIRTY I WENT TO
BED ONLY TO BE AWAKENED BY A
NEIGHBOR ABOUT THREE HOURS LATER
WHILE ONE THIRTY AM OR SO ON
MONDAY MORNING.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT SHE SAID
AND NEITHER CAN SHE MY ONLY TAKE
AWAY WAS FIRE. EVACUATE NOW.
I THREW A FEW THINGS INTO MY GO
BAG MANAGED TO GET BOTH OF MY
CATS INTO THEIR CARRIERS AND
CALL THE NINETY YEAR OLD
NEIGHBOR IN OAKMONT WHO HAS NO
FAMILY IN THE AREA. TO TELL HER
THAT WE HAD TO GO.
BUT WE HAD TO GET OUT AND THAT I
WOULD BE BY IN TEN MINUTES TO
PICK HER UP.
THEN I WENT INTO MY GARAGE TO
GET INTO MY CAR NOW OF COURSE I
KNEW THAT THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER
WOULDN'T WORK BECAUSE THE POWER
WAS OFF.
I NEW I WOULD HAVE TO LIFT THE
GARAGE DOOR MANUALLY BUT I
DIDN'T EXPECT THAT TO BE A
PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAD DONE THIS
BEFORE.
ONLY THIS TIME I COULDN'T GET
THE DOOR UP MORE THAN TWO OR
THREE FEET. I ATTEMPTED TO DO
THIS SEVERAL TIMES.
WITH THE SAME RESULT.
AT THAT TIME I THINK I MAY HAVE
GONE INTO SHOCK I.
IMMEDIATELY FELT VULNERABLE AN
OLD.
AND AWARE THAT I WAS UNABLE TO
DO THE ONE THING THAT WAS
NECESSARY TO DO TO BE ABLE TO
EVACUATE SAFELY.
I WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW FOR THE
FIRST TIME THE FULL PANORAMIC
VIEW OF THE HORROR THAT WAS
UNFOLDING AROUND ME.
THE SKY WAS GLOWING ORANGE THE
WIND WAS SPENDING TREASON
SHOOTING TO BRING IN WHAT SEEMED
LIKE EVERY DIRECTION IN THE AIR
WAS JUST PICK CURTAIN OF SMOKE.
BUT THE EERIE JUST OF ALL WAS
THAT THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN
THE STREET. THERE WAS NO OTHER
LIVING CREATURE OUT THERE I
THOUGHT EVERYONE ELSE HAD GONE
AND THAT I WAS ALONE.
I STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STREET WITH MY CAR TRAPPED
USELESSLY IN THE GARAGE BEHIND
ME.
I KNEW I NEEDED MY CAR IF I WAS
GOING TO GET OUT I'VE WALKED
WITH A CANE FOR TWENTY YEARS AND
I KNEW I WAS NEVER GOING TO BE
OUT RUNOFF OUT TO BE ABLE TO OUT
RUN A FIRE.
IT WAS MY GOOD FORTUNE THAT
THERE WAS ONE LONE CAR COMING
DOWN MY STREET.
A COUPLE WAS FLEEING THE FIRE
THAT HAD JUST DESTROYED THEIR
HOME AND CAN WOULD A LITTLE
HAMLET THAT BORDERS OAKMONT.
THEY STOPPED IN THE MAN OFFERED
TO SEE IF HE COULD LIFT THE
GARAGE DOOR WHICH HE DID BUT
WITH SOME DIFFICULTY.
I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY PICKED
UP M NINETY YEAR OLD NEIGHBOR
AND KEEP BOTH OF US IN MY TWO
CATS SAY FOR THE NEXT NINE DAYS
OF OUR EVACUATION.
SO I DID OKAY.
BY TRAVELLING PANNION AND I WERE
AMONG THE LUCKY ONES ARE HOMES
ARE STILL STANDING WHEN WE
RETURNED. BUT THERE WERE MANY
MANY WHO ARE NOT SO FORTUNATE.
MANY LOST THEIR LIVES IN IN FAR
TOO MANY CASES THEY LOST THEIR
LIVES.
I WAS HORRIFIED TO LEARN THAT AT
LEAST FIVE OF THE FATALITIES
WERE PEOPLE WHOSE BODIES WERE
FOUND IN THEIR CARS IN THEIR
GARAGES.
OR OTHERWISE POSITION SO THAT
AUTHORITIES CONCLUDED THAT NOT
BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR GARAGE
DOORS OPEN. WAS A CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR IN THEIR DEATHS.
I THINK AT THIS POINT WE ALL
KNOW THAT THAT WERE ALL PRETTY
MUCH AWARE OF THE FREAKY SPEED
AND FEROCITY WITH WHICH SOME OF
THESE FIRES SPREAD. AND THERE
WERE MULTIPLE FIRES RAGING
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
MANY PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THE
MORE FAST MOVING FIRES LITERALLY
HAD FLAMES LICKING AT THEIR
BACKS AS THEY FLED.
HAD I LIVED IN ANOTHER PART OF
THE COUNTY IN THE PATH OF ONE OF
THESE MORE FAST MOVING FIRES.
AND DID EXACTLY WHAT I DID THAT
MORNING I MIGHT VERY WELL NOT BE
HERE TODAY.
AND THAT IS SOBERING.
AS SOON AS I RETURNED HOME
FOLLOWING OUR EVACUATION I HAD A
NEW GARAGE DOOR OPEN OPENER WITH
A BATTERY BACKUP INSTALLED.
I ALSO HAD THE TECHNICIAN CHECK
THE MECHANICS OF THE SYSTEM AND
THE DOOR ITSELF.
IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS SOMETHING
ON THE DOOR THAT WAS STICKING
THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT OR
DIFFICULT FOR ME TO LIFT UP.
AND I PUT MYSELF ON AN ANNUAL
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE
THE BATTER IS BATTERY IS
SUFFICIENTLY CHARGE OF ALWAYS.
AND THE SYSTEM IS ALWAYS IN GOOD
WORKING ORDER.
SO I AM SET.
BUT ONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING
ASPECTS OF THIS WHOLE IDEAL CAME
AFTER THE FIRES WIN AS WE FELT
COMPELLED TO DO WE SHARED OUR
FIRE STORIES WITH ONE ANOTHER.
I TALKED TO LITERALLY DOZENS OF
PEOPLE MOST BUT NOT ALL OLDER
WOMEN LIVING ALONE. WHO WHEN
ASKED HOW THEY DID DURING THE
FIRE RATE ROB REPLIED GREAT I
GOT OUT SAFELY? BUT WELL I
COULDN'T GET MY GARAGE DOOR OPEN
BUT I GOT A NEIGHBOR. I CALLED
MY SON OR MY NEPHEW OR IN MY
CASE ASK A STRANGER TO HELP.
YES THEY GOT OUT SUCCESSFULLY
BUT IN MY HEAD I WAS SCREAMING
NO NO NO THAT'S NOT ENOUGH WE'VE
GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS
OURSELVES WE CANNOT ALWAYS RELY.
ON THE KINDNESS OR THE
AVAILABILITY OF OTHERS OR HAVE
ALREADY IN HAVING THE TIME TO
SEEK HELP ELSEWHERE.
S. B. NINE SIXTY NINE IS A
RESPONSE A VERY REASONABLE
RESPONSE TO ONE OF THE MANY
LESSONS LEARNED. FROM THESE
FIRES.
WELL I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE NO
GUARANTEES IT WILL NONETHELESS
SKIP PEOPLE AND LIVING IN OUR
STATE A FIGHTING CHANCE TO
BETTER SURVIVE THE NEXT NATURAL
DISASTERS THAT ARE SURELY TO
COME.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE
MEMBERS I VOTE ON SP NINE
SIXTEEN NINE AND THANK YOU
ENOUGH BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS IF IF YOU HAVE ANY.
I THINK YOU VERY MUCH.
O..
.
WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS YOUR
HOME AND.
I I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH THE
SAME EXPERIENCE MYSELF WHEN.
.
I WAS FOURTEEN AND OUR HOUSE
BURNED DOWN. THE TWELVE PEOPLE
IN MY FAMILY WERE HOMELESS AFTER
THAT.
BECAUSE SENATOR I DID NOT LOOK
AND SAID I'M SORRY I DID NOT
LOSE MY HOME I CAME BACK IN MY
HOME WAS INTO TEARS CAME BACK
YES. OKAY SPEAKERS.
AND FAVOR. AFTERNOON MISTER
CHAIR KAREN LANG ON BEHALF OF
THE NAPA AND SONOMA COUNTY
BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS AND
THINKING THEY'RE DELEGATION FOR
INTRODUCING THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION OSCAR AYE
VOTE THEY THINK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CARE ALSO BE UP
THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA WE ALSO
THINK DELEGATION THESE ARE
IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE NEED
TO.
TAKE CARE OF THANK YOU.
THE OTHER SPEAKERS PLEASE.
.
OPPOSITION OH.
WE HEAR FROM ANYBODY THAT'S
OPPOSED TO THIS LEGISLATION.
I SEE NON.
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE.
CHIRAC.
YOU KNOW I I HESITATE TO THIS IS
QUESTION BUT I FEEL COMPELLED TO
DO IT ANYWAY.
WITH RESPECT I'M MINDFUL OF THE
FACT THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS GONNA
PLAY HAPPENED ON THE SPECIFIC
EIGHT WE HAVE LOW INCOME
RESIDENTS IN.
LIVE IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE
STATE'S SUMMER.
FIRE RISK INTENSIVE SOME MARTIN
I IN LOOKING AT WHAT THE BILL
DOES IN IN IN THE ANALYSIS
PARTICULARLY THE THIRD
PARAGRAPH.
DATA PROHIBITS INSTALLATION OF A
REPLACEMENT GARAGE DOOR.
.
TO AN EXISTING GARAGE DOOR
OPENER DOESN'T HAVE A BACKUP
BATTERY OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GOING
TO REQUIRE THEM TO SET CITY.
IF YOU NEED A REPLACEMENT DOOR
OF PURCHASING NOT ONLY THE DOOR
BUT THE.
GARAGE DOOR OPENER.
AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S THE
APPROPRIATE WAY TO HANDLE THIS
AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY A NOTICE TO
THE.
HOMEOWNER AT THE TIME THAT THE
REPLACEMENT DOORS PURCHASED AND
INSTALLED.
IT THEIR GARAGE DOOR OPENER DOES
NOT HAVE A BACK UP BATTERY IN IT
AND ADVISING.
THE HOMEOWNER THAT PERHAPS THEY
SHOULD CONSIDER THAT INSTEAD OF.
A STATEWIDE MANDATE THAT EVERY
TIME YOU REPLACE THE GARAGE DOOR
OPENER THAT YOU ALSO REPLACE ME
TO GARAGE DOOR THAT YOU ALSO
REPLACE.
THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER.
GERMAN.
BOB THANK YOU CENTER RAFEAL THAT
QUESTION BECAUSE I ASKED THAT
VERY QUESTION WHEN. WE WERE
LOOKING AT THIS BILL EARLY ON.
AND.
THAT THE REALITY IS IT'S.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET A NEW
GARAGE DOOR OPENER ARE THERE ON
THE MARKET.
THAT BATTERY BACKUP OPTIONS.
IT THAT BACKS OUT AROUND SIXTY
DOLLARS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT.
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE
COST OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHAT
WE DON'T WANT TO DO IS. THAT
MANDATES ON THAT INCREASE THE
COST OF OUR HOUSING STOCK. AND I
JUST REALLY FELT THAT YOU KNOW
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WE NOT
ONLY HAVE WILD FIRES WE HAVE
EARTHQUAKES WE HAVE FLOODS IN
ALL THESE CONDITIONS GENERALLY.
POWER OUTAGES COME AND THIS IS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AYE. OF THOSE
PEOPLE THAT.
I PERHAPS ARE PUTTING A NEAT NEW
DOOR AND USE THE SAME GARAGE
DOOR OPENER JUST TO ADD DATA.
OPTION ON IT SO THAT WE HAVE
MORE PEOPLE. HOW THEY CAN
REALIZE THIS LIFESAVING? A
FEATURE IN THEIR GARAGE DOOR
WITHOUT.
.
WITHOUT HAVING TO YOU KNOW.
HAVE A MORTGAGE OR ANYTHING WELL
AND THE REASON FINE MAY MISTER
CHAIR AND THE REASON I ASK IS.
ANALYSIS I DON'T KNOW HOW
ACCURATE IT IS AND IT. DOESN'T
IT'S NOT SOURCED THE STATEMENT
BUT IT SAYS OLDER AUTOMATIC
GARAGE DOOR OPENERS MAY NOT HAVE
THE CAPACITY TO BE CONNECTED TO
A BACKUP BATTERY.
AGAIN IT'S NOT SOURCED AND THE
WORD COMES FROM. BUT IF THAT IN
FACT IS TRUE.
THEN WE HAVE WE MUST HAVE SOME
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT OUT THERE
THAT YOU CAN'T JUST BUY A TWENTY
FIVE DOLLAR BACKUP BATTERY AND
SLAP ON. IF IT'S NOT TRUE THEN I
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR
POINT.
BUT IF IT ISN'T I MEAN AT SOME
POINT YOU KNOW PEOPLE.
GET TO MAKE CHOICES RIGHT.
I I COULD COMPLETELY AGREE WITH
THAT AT THAT PROMISE.
AND.
.
WE ALL ALL LIKE IT'S IT IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING.
THIS BATTERY BACKUP CAN BE PUT
TO ANY SYSTEM. HOWEVER IF THAT'S
NOT THE CASE.
YOU KNOW I WILL.
.
IT A LOOK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO
TO YOU KNOW TO MODIFY I DON'T
HAVE ANY. IN A OUR INFORMATION
ON THE I'M GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR
BILL I'M HIS ARTIST A POINT I
THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE
CONSIDERED BECAUSE WE'RE
CRITICIZED APPEAR FOR. A LOT FOR
TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO WHEN
PERHAPS COMMONSENSE.
AND SOME GOOD JUDGMENT ON THE
PARTS OF PEOPLE WOULD GUIDE THEM
IN THE RIGHT DECISION.
BUT OUR BE SUPPORTING THE BILL
UP AT ONE OF THESE LABORERS ARE
OPERATING ENGINEERS WOULD KNOW
THE ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I THINK SO MUCH OF MISTER CHAIR.
DO WANTED MAMA TO RECOGNIZE A
SENATOR DODD.
FOR.
EVENTS IN THIS.
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
IT SAID AN UNFORTUNATE.
I THINK LESSEN THAT WE'VE ALL
LEARNED.
ALSO WANTED MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE
SUCH CHERYL DEAN. OF THE
LEGENDARY CHERYL DEAN WHO WORK
FOR BOTH STATE SENATOR AND
CONGRESSMAN MIKE THOMPSON. I IN
FOR HER DEDICATION IS WAS
KATHERINE CONNELLY WHO'S HERE
TODAY UP FROM OAKLAND WHO ALSO
WORKED AT FOUR AND MR
CONGRESSMAN IS WHO I AM MISTER
THOMPSON AS WELL IN FOR THE
DEDICATION OF THE STATE.
.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A
LOT OF TIMES IN THE DISCUSSIONS
IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS
ABOUT. NORTH A FIRESTORM WHAT
HAPPENED IN SANTA BARBARA AND
VENTURA COUNTY ABOUT.
QUESTIONING OF COST OR. HOW MUCH
LABOR IT'S GONNA TAKE? TIME.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO COMPARE THAT
WITH WHAT OUR NEW NORMAL IS.
WE'RE GONNA APPROACH TWELVE AND
A HALF BILLION DOLLARS TWELVE
AND HAVE MILLION.
IN INSURED LOSSES HERE IN THE
COMING MONTHS.
FORTY SIX IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
PASSED AWAY.
BUT TWENTY TWO. N. WINTER AND
SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.
BOTH FROM FIRES BUT ALSO FOR THE
MUD SLIDES.
I THINK THAT WE ARE GOING TO
NEED TO BE OF A FACTOR IN.
I'M.
HOME CONSTRUCTION IN THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF IT.
AT WHAT I AM MY UNDERSTANDING
IS FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOUR
STANDARD SINGLE FAMILY HOME
GARAGE DOORS. CAN BE A AS THE
GOOD SENATOR FROM OUTSIDE SAID
BUCKLEY SIXTY DOLLARS RELEASE
UNDER UNDER HUNDRED.
IF YOU LOOK IT UP MORE IF YOU'RE
LOOKING A LARGER HOME BASE OFF
OF WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THE DOOR.
OR MAYBE SOME ENHANCE COST.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THOUGH.
BUT IN THIS NEW REALITY THAT ALL
OF US NOW FACE.
BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO
ADVANCE THE TOOLS ARE GOING TO
SAVE LIVES.
WE NO THIS WILL SAVE LIVES AND
PARTICULARLY AS WE SAW IN.
WILL LOOK TO THE SENATOR ON
THIS AS WELL.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE AYE.
IF YOU'RE A SENIOR.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE
TO.
UP.
YOU THE LABOR IT TAKES BABEL
OPEN UP. A DOOR WOULD THAT DOES
NOT HAVE BATTERY BACKUP. SO I
THINK THAT.
IT IS CANDIDLY A SMALL PRICE TO
PAY ARE THAT WILL SAVE THOUSANDS
OF LIVES HERE AS WE FACE IS
NORMAL ELICITING BICU. I TO
THE GOOD SENATORS WELL AS TO
ESTIMATES CONLEY'S Y..
THE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
MEMBERS.
CENTER GALGIANI. AM I BY TO
MOVE THE BILL BUT I'D ALSO LIKE
TO SAY I'M TO YOU FOR YOUR QUICK
RESPONSE AND THAT IS IS AMAZING
TO ME. AYE NOT LONG AGO
SOMETHING HAPPEN WITH MY GARAGE
DOOR OPENER I COULDN'T GET IT
OPEN AND IT TOOK ME.
A FEW MINUTES TO FIGURE OUT EVEN
WHAT TO TRY TO DO TO GET IT OPEN
AND THAT WAS WITHOUT BEING UNDER
DURESS.
AND WHEN SOMEONE'S UNDER DURESS
AND THEIR ADRENALINE IS FLOWING.
A IT'S HARD TO THINK FAST ENOUGH
TO BE ABLE TO REACT AND I THINK
WHEN PEOPLE VIA PRODUCT.
THEY ASSUME THAT IT WILL
BE-SOMEWHAT SAFE AND NO ONE
WOULD
EVER IMAGINE THAT A PRODUCT LIKE
THIS WOULD WOULD CAUSE THEIR.
ULTIMATE DEMISE I THINK THERE
HAS TO BE A RESPONSIBILITY. ON
THE PART OF THE MANUFACTURER TO
ENSURE THAT WHATEVER IS
INSTALLED IN SOMEONE'S HOME IS
NOT GOING TO END UP BEING WHAT
TRAPS THEM.
SO AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
FOR NOW MOVES THE BILL.
SO AGAINST.
I DID THIS TRIGGERED A QUESTION
A PART OF CLARIFICATION.
ON HOW THEY'RE INSTALLED UNDER%
ONE SIR WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES A
CURRENT HOMEOWNER.
SO WOULD BE WITH REPLACEMENT OF
THE DOOR.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WOULD BE IF.
.
I SAY THE MODE MOTOR WENT OUT
HOW WE CAN ALSO TRIGGER A A
BATTERY INSTALLATION.
IF YOU HAD IF YOU HAD TO BUY NEW
GARAGE DOOR DEVICE I THINK
THAT'S YES THAT'S CORRECT.
ALRIGHT AND SO IF WE HAD PEOPLE
WHO ARE RENTING HOMES.
BUT SAY THEY HAD A GARAGE DOOR
THE WHEN WENT BAD AND GET
REPAIRED THAT WOULD BE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LANDLORD
NOW.
THAT MIGHT PARTIALLY ANSWER.
WE SENATOR ROTH'S QUESTION BUT
YEAH YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
LEASE BUT.
.
MAY NOT BE BORN.
THERE WOULD BE BORNE BY THE
TENANT NECESSARILY.
MISS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ON
THAT THE COST ISSUE.
HOW THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED?
WELL WHOEVER'S BIT BY IN THE
GARAGE DOOR MY.
ASSUMPTION AND A GET AGAIN. AS
SENATOR ROTH INDICATED.
DEPENDING UPON HOW THE LEASES
WRITTEN.
IS
BUDGET GENERALLY THOSE
CONDITIONS A GIFT TO BUY A NEW
GARAGE DOOR OPENER THE LOAD THE
LESSEE IS NOT COULD STAY IN THAT
HOUSE FOREVER. THE GARAGE DOOR
STAYS IN MOST CASES I WOULD
BATES THINK THAT THAT'S A
REIMBURSABLE COST
SOON TO NOW I'M A SUPPORTER BILL
FOR A Q..
THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM MEMBERS CENTER VINAYAK.
WERE ELECTRIC GATES
CONSIDERED IN THIS BILL.
DIDN'T KNOW I MEAN THERE'S NOT
THAT MANY
PEOPLE I MEAN MOST PEOPLE AND WE
AS.
I BELIEVE ME AND IN THE NAPA AND
SONOMA COUNTY AREA PROBABLY AS
THEY REBUILD WILL WILL DO THAT
BUT THAT SOME WE CAN LOOK AT FOR
SURE. BUT ARE THERE ANY INTEREST
IN.
INSTANCES OF THAT HAPPENING BIRD
GATE WAS A PROBLEM YOU'VE HEARD.
WILLIAMS WITNESSES.
THANKS.
BUT YEAH AS FAR AS THE.
THE WILDFIRES. THAT THIS BILL
RESPONSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THEIR
ANY INSTANCE TO CLEAR INSTANCES
WHERE GATE WAS THE THE REASON
FOR ANYONE BEING TRAPPED BY.
.
A THAT THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF
THAT AT LEAST SO WE DID CONSIDER
THAT LED THE ELECTED DAY AS PART
OF THE KNOWN WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT THE SPELL AND WORKING ON
THE LANGUAGE OF THE SENATOR'S
OFFICE.
BUT BECAUSE THIS BILL EXPANDS
EXISTING LAWS RELATED TO THE
SENSORS ON GARAGE DOOR.
WE JUST EXPANDED THAT ALIVE IT
DIDN'T EXPAND TO AT THE GATES
AT.
SPECIFIC TO
THE GARAGE DOOR.
THANK YOU.
BUT YOU ANYBODY ALSO THE
QUESTIONS.
THAT WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS
BILL.
CENTER REJOICE CLOSE.
IT WILL WHAT THING I DON'T KNOW
THAT DID I DID MENTION BUT.
WHEN YOU BUY THIS RIGHT NOW YOU
CAN GO TO LOWES OR.
.
YEAH HOME DEPOT ANY NUMBER OF
RETAIL OUTLETS OR GO TO YOUR
LOCAL. HUG GARAGE JOE PUT A
GARAGE DOOR COMPANY THAT SELLS
THESE THINGS. AND THEY ACTUALLY
SELL THIS ALREADY WITH THE
BATTERY BACKUP IN THEM IN MANY
CASES SIMILAR SPECS.
NO EXTRA MONEY FROM SCRATCH SO I
RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE VOTE.
THE BILL.
HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT ADDITIONAL
QUESTION FROM CENTER SCANNERS I
JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT
AROUND ELECTRIC GATES BECAUSE I
THINK THAT.
WELL THIS BILL WILL TIME TO
ADDRESS THE SITUATION FOR SINGLE
FAMILY HOMES OR SOME CONDO
COMPLEXES IT DOES NOT FOR MULTI
FAMILY FOR APARTMENTS IN SUCH
BECAUSE THEY TEND TO BE.
A WORDS ELECTRONIC GATE.
AND SO IN THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED
THE GARAGE DOOR.
AND.
.
ANYWAY JUST WANTED TO BRING IT
UP BECAUSE IT ONLY IS DEALING
WITH A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE
POPULATION NOT ALL.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS WE HAVE A
MOTION.
KALRA PLEASE.
SENATE BILL NINE SIX NINE BY
SENATOR DOD THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. SENATOR BOB
BELL AYE CANNELLA. RIGHT
CANNELLA AYE ALLEN DODD AYE DODD
AYE GAINES. GAINES AYE GALGIANI
GALGIANI AYE MCGUIRE. MCGUIRE
AYE MORALE.
MORRELL AYE ROTH ROTH AYE
SKINNER.
SKINNER AYE BY NOT BUT ACT I
WILL TRUST ME. WINNER. WHEN I.
SEVEN. ELEVEN VOTES IN FAVOR.
EXPOSURE MEMBERS.
OF SENATOR NEWMAN SYRUP.
SO KNOW YOU HAVE THE FLOOR FOR
ITEM THREE.
SP TEN THIRTY.
DISTRACTED DRIVING.
WE WILL GO AFTER THAT TO.
OH ONE MORE BILL THAT SO SP
THIRTEEN TWENTY EIGHT.
AND THEN PROCEEDED TO THE
INFORMATION ALL. HEARING ON HIGH
SPEED RAIL.
SO THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.
SENATOR NEWMAN.
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR THANK YOU
MISTER.
MISTER CHAIRMAN SENATORS.
I'M HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO
ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF SENATE
BILL TEN THIRTY. AS SIMPLE AS
TRADE FORD MEASURE DESIGNED TO
INCREASE TRAFFIC SAFETY IN
CALIFORNIA BY INCREASING THE
PENALTY. FOR BEING CITED FOR THE
IMPROPER USE OF MOBILE DEVICES
WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE
IN OUR STATE.
DESPITE STEADY IMPROVEMENTS OVER
THE YEARS IN THE SPHERES OF BOTH
ROAD AND VEHICLE SAFETY MOTOR
VEHICLE ACCESS REMAIN A LEADING
CAUSE OF DEATH. IN THE UNITED
STATES IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN
TWENTY FOURTEEN TWENTY SIXTEEN
DATA SHOWS A STARTLING SEVENTEEN
PERCENT HUMAN OF SPIKE IN
TRAFFIC FATALITIES. YOU TWENTY
SIXTEEN ALONE THIRTY SEVEN
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY ONE
PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CRASHES ON
U. S. ROADWAYS INCLUDING THREE
THOUSAND SIX AND WENTY THREE
PEOPLE. KILLED IN TRAFFIC
FATALITIES ON CALIFORNIA'S ROADS
DURING THESAME PERIOD
FATALITIES TO PEDESTRIANS ALL
SUED INCREASED BY TWENTY TWO
PERCENT TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS
SINCE NINETEEN NINETY.
SOME MEANINGFUL SHARE OF THAT
RISING ROAD DANGERS IS DIRECTLY
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE CONSEQUENCES
ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT HIGHWAY SAFETY
PROFESSIONALS DESCRIBED AS A
VERITABLE EPIDEMIC OF DISTRACTED
DRIVING.
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS DESPITE
A CONCERTED STATEWIDE EFFORT TO
DISCOURAGE DISTRACTED DRIVING TO
RAISE AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT DISTRACTED
DRIVING CONTINUES TO BE A
WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN CALIFORNIA
AND A LEADING FACTOR. IN MOTOR
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES IN OUR
STATE. A TWENTY SEVENTEEN STUDY
PERFORMED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF
UTAH.
FOR THE TRIPLE A FOUNDATION FOR
TRAFFIC SAFETY FOUND THAT THE
IMPAIRMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH
USING A CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING
CAN BE AS SIGNIFICANT AS THOSE
ASSOCIATED WITH DRIVING DRUNK.
AS PART OF THAT STUDY
RESEARCHERS FOUND THE DRIVERS
USING TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES WERE
VISUALLY AND MENTALLY DISTRACTED
FROM MORE THAN FORTY SECONDS.
WHEN COMPLETING TASKS LIKE
NAVIGATING HIS PHONE'S MENU OR
SENDING A TEXT MESSAGE THIS IS
ON TOP OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH THAT
FOUND THAT REMOVING ONE'S EYES
FROM THE ROAD. PROJECTS TO
SECONDS EFFECTIVELY DOUBLES THE
RISK OF A CRASH
IN THE AGE OF US OF THE
SMARTPHONE WHO AMONG US HAS NOT
HAD THE DISCONCERTING EXPERIENCE
WHILE IN TRAFFIC OF LOOKING TO
OUR LEFT. OR RIGHT AND SEEING
THE DRIVER IN THE ADJACENT LANE
THERE FACE BATHED IN THE GLOW OF
THEIR MOBILE DEVICE WHILE
PERUSING FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM
GRIEVING YOU TOO. WHILE CASUALLY
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER DURING
RUSH HOUR AND IF WE'RE HONEST
WHO AMONG US HAS NOT THEMSELVES
BEEN GUILTY OF SUCH PRACTICES AT
ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. TEEN
DRIVERS ARE ESPECIALLY AT RISK
AS THEY REPORTED TO BE
DISTRACTED ALMOST A QUARTER OF
THE TIME THEY ARE BEHIND THE
WHEEL. THAT WAS A TIME IN
CALIFORNIA'S NOT SO DISTANT PAST
WHERE. THE TO SANCTIONS FOR
DRUNK DRIVING WERE NOT
COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT WE NOW
RECOGNIZE AS A SEVERITY OF THAT
OFFENSE. PROTECTING WIDE OF THE
DANGERS IT REPRESENTS TO OTHERS
THANKFULLY AS A RESULT THE
COMBINATION OF INCREASED PUBLIC
EDUCATION AND THE IMPOSITION OF
AN EFFECTIVE REGIME OF ARE
PROBABLY SEVERE SANCTIONS WE
MADE SUBSTANTIAL HEADWAY. IN
REDUCING DRUG DRIVING INDEED
BETWEEN NINETEEN NINETY ONE
TWENTY SIXTEEN THE RATE OF DRUG
DRIVE BECAUSE FOR ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND OF POPULATION DECREASE.
FORTY NINE PERCENT NATIONALLY
AND BY SIXTY EIGHT PERCENT AMONG
THOSE UNDER TWENTY ONE. NOW
CONSIDER THAT IF IT'S RECENT
RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES DISTRACTED
DRIVING CAN RIGHTLY BE
CONSIDERED AS DANGEROUS AS DRUNK
DRIVING THEN IT STANDS TO REASON
THAT THERE IS A COMMENSURATE
NEED TO PUT IN PLACE APPROPRIATE
SANCTIONS TRAFFIC SAFETY
VIOLATIONS THE
CONSEQUENCES FOR DISTRACTING
DRIVE IT. CITATIONS ARE ACTUALLY
QUITE TRIVIAL WHEN YOU WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THE GRAVITY OF THE
SAFETY IMPLICATIONS FOR SUCH AN
OFFENSE.
ADD TO THAT THE CONTINUOUS
STRAINS N LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH
RESPECT ALLOCATING SUFFICIENT
RESOURCES FOR ENFORCEMENT AND
WHAT YOU HAVE IS A SITUATION IN
WHICH THE INTENDED DETERRENT
EFFECTS OF CURRENT LAW. RELATIVE
TO MOBILE DEVICE USED IS
EFFECTIVELY NEGATED UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF SB TEN THIRTY THE
PENALTY FOR OPERATING AN
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHILE BEHIND
THE WHEEL WOULD BE INCREASED
FROM ADMINISTRATIVE INFRACTION
TO A MOVING VIOLATION.
PUNISHABLE BY NEGLIGENT OPERATOR
POINT TO A DRIVER'S RECORD FOR
EACH OFFENSE.
SHIFTING THE CITATION BASIS FROM
ADMINISTRATIVE ATTRACTION TO A
MOVING VIOLATION WITH THE
CONCOMITANT SPECT IMPACT
VIOLATIONS WOULD HOLD OUT FOR
ONCE DRIVING RECORD. AND
INDIRECTLY FOR ONCE INSURANCE
RATES OFFERS A PATHWAY TOWARD
MORE EFFECTIVE DETERRENTS
THEREBY INCREASING DRIVER SAFETY
IN REDUCING ACCIDENTS AND
FATALITIES ASSOCIATED WITH
DISTRACTED DRIVING. ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FOURTEEN STATES HAVE
ALREADY PASSED SIMILAR MEASURES
WHICH UNTIL THE ASSESSMENT OF
POINTS FOR CITATIONS FOR
DISTRACTED DRIVING RANGING
ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO TEN POINTS
PER INFRACTION. CALIFORNIA WOULD
BE WELL SERVED TO FOLLOW THEIR
LEAD SUCH A CHANGE WILL IMPROVE
SAFETY ON OUR ROADS REDUCE THE
INCIDENCE OF ACCIDENTS AND
FATALITIES CAUSED BY DISTRACTED
DRIVING. IN THE WORDS OUR
CURRENT PUBLIC AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN AGAINST DISTRACTED
DRIVING IT CAN WAIT ADDING THE
APPROPRIATE SANCTION APPOINT FOR
CITATION IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION WITH THAT RECORD WITH
THAT SAID I RESPECTFULLY ASK
YOUR SUPPORT. FOR S. B. TEN
THIRTY WITH ME TODAY TO TESTIFY
OUR OFFICER BRIAN MARVEL WHO IS
A SAN SAN DIEGO POLICE OFFICER
AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEACE
OFFICERS RESEARCH. ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA ALSO LIANNA CLEGG WHO
IS OUTREACH COORDINATOR OF
IMPACT TEEN DRIVERS AND WHO
TRAGICALLY LOST HER OWN SON
HUNTER TOO DISTRACTING DRIVE
DRIVING AT FOURTEEN YEARS OF
AGE.
BUT WHO HAS TURNED HER FAMILY'S
TRAGEDY INTO A A VERY POWERFUL
VOICE OF ADVOCACY BOTTOM ALSO
JOINED BY STEVE BARROW.
THE CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
SAFETY'S.
I SAID YOU KNOW HOW TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
OKAY THANK YOU SPEAKERS OF FOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON SHARE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS A MY NAME IS BRIAN
MARVEL PRESIDENT OF THE PEACE
OFFICERS RESEARCH SMARTPHONE.
WELL THEMANEUVER THREE THOUSAND
PLUS POUND CARP.
LAST YEAR MOTOR VEHICLE DESK TO
PASS FORTY THOUSAND FOR THE
SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. NEARLY SIX
THOUSAND PEDESTRIANS WERE
KILLED.
THE STUDIES POINT TO DISTRACTED
DRIVING IS ONE OF THE MAIN
CAUSES OF THE. IN THESE
INCREASING FATALITIES AND
INJURIES.
THE FIRST RESPONDERS WE SEE
FIRSTHAND THE DANGERS OF
DISTRACTED DRIVING AND HAD TO
NOTIFY FAMILIES OR NEXT OF KIN.
UNTO MANY OCCASIONS.
THESE TYPES OF ACCIDENTS IN
PARTICULAR.
PER USUAL YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND.
WE STICK WITH OUR OFFICERS FOR A
VERY LONG TIME IF NOT THEIR
ENTIRE LIVES.
ESPECIALLY KNOWN THAT THESE CAN
BE AVOIDED.
SENATE BILL TEN THIRTY BY
SENATOR JOSH NEWMAN AIMS TO
DRAMATICALLY REDUCE THE
INCIDENCE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING.
IN CALIFORNIA ROADS AND
HIGHWAYS.
THIS BILL WILL STRENGTHEN
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY SAFETY LAWS
BY MAKING DISTRACTED DRIVING A
MOVING VIOLATION. NETTING AT
POINT TWO DRIVERS MOTOR VEHICLE
RECORD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE
VIOLATIONS.
STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT ALONG
WITH PRIMARY ENFORCEMENT
SEATBELT LAWS WHEN COUPLED WITH
INCREASED PENALTIES HAVE LEAD TO
AN INCREASE IN SEATBELT USAGE.
THE SAME RATIONALE APPLIES HERE.
DRIVING DISTRACTED CAN NO LONGER
BE THOUGHT AS AN ACCEPTABLE
BEHAVIOR.
POR ACAN HORSES THIS LEGISLATION
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TO.
AND I TODAY I HAD A OP ED IN THE
SACRAMENTO BEE THAT DISCUSS MORE
OF OUR POSITION.
AND SUPPORTING OF TENT SENATE
BILL TEN THIRTY THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME. THANK YOU O. NEXT
WEEKLIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU
SENATOR NEWMAN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH DO
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL
TEN THIRTY. WHICH WILL LITERALLY
SAVE LIVES.
I'M HERE TODAY.
POWERED.
BUT I LOVE AND DEVASTATION.
I'M HERE TODAY TO PUT A FACE TO
THE STATISTICS.
I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING IN THE
WORLD.
TO NOT BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU
TODAY.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY OUR LIVES WERE
SHATTERED BY DISTRACTED DRIVING.
WHEN MY FOURTEEN YEAR OLD SON
HUNTER WAS KILLED IN A
DISTRACTED DRIVING CAR CRASH.
HUNTER Y. HIS
SUCH A COOL KID. HE WAS ONE OF
THOSE KIDS WHO IS ALWAYS
COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN AND
HE HAD A FRIEND IN EVERY GROUP
AT SCHOOL.
HE WAS ADVENTUROUS.
HE WAS ALWAYS OUTSIDE HE WAS
NEVER INSIDE THE HOUSE
AND IF HE COULDN'T FIND AN
ADVENTURE OUTSIDE HE CREATED.
UNDER TESTED AND HONORS CLASSES
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND HE WAS A
GREAT KID HE MADE A LOT OF GREAT
CHOICES IN THIS LIFE.
REALLY PROUD OF THE BOY THAT WE
HAD REYES.
WE TODD HUNTER A LOT OF THE SAME
LIFE LESSONS OF I'M SURE YOU'RE
TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN WE TAUGHT
HIM TO BE RESPONSIBLE WE TIGHTEN
DIVERT BE RESPECTFUL.
WE TIED HIM TO JUST MAKE THIS
WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
AND HUNTERS LAST YEAR OF LIFE HE
WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE.
AND HE VOLUNTEERED TO WORK WITH
THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED
LITTLE KINDERGARTEN GIRL HE HAD
TO GIVE UP TWO WEEKS OF A SNACK
AND LUNCH BREAKS TO BE TRAINED
TO WORK WITH HER.
BUT HE DIDN'T CARE HEATING GET
ANYTHING FOR IT IT'S JUST WHO HE
WAS HE WAS LOVING AND
COMPASSIONATE BEYOND HIS YEARS.
THE CRAZIEST THING IS A WERE NOT
HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT AN
OBSCURE DISEASE.
WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER
ONE KILLER OF TEENAGERS IN OUR
COUNTRY.
RECORD DISTRACTED DRIVING.
THIS CAR CRASHES ARE A HUNDRED
PERCENT PREVENTABLE.
WE LOSE NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND
TEENS IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY
YEAR TO PREVENTABLE CAR CRASHES.
TO PUT THAT IN DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU THAT'S EIGHT
FULL LARGE YELLOW SCHOOL BUSES
FULL OF TEENS THAT WE LOSE
HEARING CALIFORNIA.
TO BREAK IT DOWN EVEN MORE IT'S
ELEVEN TEENAGERS EVERY DAY.
STARTING LINEUP ON THE SOCCER
FIELD.
WHEN MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM
WERE KIDS.
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT HURT SO
MUCH ABOUT OVER AND OVER WAS
DRUNK DRIVING DRUNK DRIVING
RIGHT?
IT TOOK THOUSANDS OF LIVES TO BE
LOST.
IT HIM IT. BEFORE WE PUT STRONG
CONSEQUENCES ON THOSE
DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS.
TODAY.
OVER SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE
FATAL TEAM CAR CRASHES DO NOT
INVOLVE DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.
BUT THEY INVOLVE EVERYDAY
BEHAVIOURS BEHIND THE WHEEL THAT
HAS TAKEN THE ATTENTION OFF OF.
THE ROAD.
SORRY.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE
PERFECTLY LEGAL AN ACCEPTABLE TO
DO UNTIL YOU GET BEHIND THE
WHEEL.
SENATE BILL TEN THIRTY WILL
STRENGTHEN THE CONSEQUENCE OF
POOR DECISIONS BEHIND THE WHEEL
AND WITHOUT QUESTIONS IT WILL BE
SAVING LIVES.
I'M.
I'M HERE TODAY.
AS A MOM WITH A BROKEN HEART.
BUT THERE'S A LOOK INTO ALL OF
YOUR EYES.
I TRULY OF FILLED WITH HOPE.
HOPE YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WILL
IMPLEMENT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
CREATED IN THIS WORLD OF
DISTRACTED DRIVING YOU TRULY
HAVE THE POWER OUTAGE SAVE
LIVES.
MY FAMILY NOT EIGHT.
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE
VOTE.
SORRY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH I'M SORRY
FOR YOUR LOSS.
RUSSIA.
I JUST ONE MORE THING WE RESPECT
GOVERNMENT A BUTTON TO PUT
TOGETHER FOR THE END FOR YOU
ALL.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR AYE
VOTE ON SENATE BILL TEN THIRTY
WHICH WE TRULY BELIEVE WILL HELP
PREVENT OTHER FAMILIES FROM THE
LIFE SENTENCE.
THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT WE
LIVE WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY OF
OUR LIVES
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE OTHERS SPEAKERS IN FAVOR
PLEASE.
BECAUSE IN FAVOR.
MAYBE STEEP BARREL HIM WITH THE
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR
CHILDREN SAFETY AND HEALTH.
QUARTER THE.
WHERE THOSE CALIFORNIA
UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES STRATEGIC
PLAN PROJECT IS HOUSED?
AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR
PRIORITIES MARIN STRONG SUPPORT.
TO OTHERS SPEAKERS.
THERE MEMBERS THE COMMITTEE OUR
MONTHLY SHALL BE.
JURORS
OF ALL THE REASONS STATED TO
SUPPORT THE BILL.
KATHERINE HEPBURN AMERICAN
INSURANCE ASSOCIATION IN STRONG
SUPPORT.
A MEDICAL DRAMA CENTURY
INSURANCE IN STRONG SUPPORT.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MICHAEL
GUNNING PERSONAL INSURANCE
FEDERATION ALSO HERE IN SUPPORT
THANK YOU.
TIM CHIANG FOR THE AUTO CLUB OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPPORT OF
THE BILL.
MY CARPENTER FOR THE AUTO CLUB
OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN KEY
REPRESENT THE PACIFIC
ASSOCIATION OF DOMESTIC
INSURANCE COMPANIES AND SUPPORT
THE BILL.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS JOHN
REED REPRESENT THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION HIGHWAY PATROLMEN
IMPACT TEEN DRIVERS AND USA A
HALL PROUDLY IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU.
OH DO HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE
QUESTIONS ARE OPPOSED TO BILL.
FOR PLEASE ANYBODY.
.
DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE.
MEMBERSHIP WITH THE BILL.
THE MOTION US SOME OF OUR.
SIR WHAT COMES CENTER AKOWSKI.
I REQUEST WITHIN ONE OF THE.
.
A.
CONSEQUENCES TO POTENTIAL
CONSEQUENCES THAT POINTED OUT ON
PAGE TWO IS THE ARE PEOPLE
HAVING THEIR INSURANCE RATES
REYES. AND THAT MAY CAUSE PEOPLE
NOT HAVE INSURANCE DO WE HAVE
ANY INFORMATION. ABOUT WHAT
AFFECT THAT MAY HAVE ON SOME OF.
THE.
.
POOR PEOPLE ARE COMMUNITIES ARE
TRYING TO MAKE THEIR INSURANCE
PAYMENTS.
POOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DISTRACTED
DRIVERS CENTER CORRECT SENATOR
THIS COULD BE PEOPLE WHO LOSE
THEIR INSURANCE TO WE KNOW WE
HAVE ANY REPORTS OR ANY DATA
ABOUT. THE IMPACT OF THAT THAT
YOU KNOW THEY GET A TICKET NAY
BE LOOSER INSURANCE WE KNOW THAT
HAPPENS ON. ALL KINDS OF
INFRACTIONS.
BUT AS YOU JUST POINTED THIS IS
ONE POINT WHICH WOULD NOT BE
SUFFICIENT TO TO LOSE.
OH YOUR DRIVING PRIVILEGES AT
THE OUTSET I I HAVE TO DO TO
DEFERRED ASSEMBLY FROM THE
INDUSTRY BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY
AND TRACK THAT STATISTIC DOWN.
SENATOR ON OUR MONTHLY SARAH PCI
BECAUSE POINTED OUT BY SENATOR
NEWMAN THIS IS ONE POINT YOU'RE
ALLOWED TO GO TO TRAFFIC SCHOOL
THAT IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC BAR.
FOR YOU TO GET A POINT I'M STILL
GREATER INSURANCE IS NOT
AUTOMATIC.
BEING.
AND.
I THINK WE POINT OUT THAT THE EX
I WOULD PATROL SAYING THERE'S
FORTY SEVEN HUNDRED CITATIONS
HAD BEEN GIVEN OUT LAST YEAR.
SO WE SEVEN THOUSAND OR SEVEN
THOUSAND SKIS ME SO. DO WE KNOW
OF HOW MANY.
THAT WILL ASSUME EVERYBODY WE
GET A ONE POINT THIS AFTER LAST
YEAR'S CITATIONS RIGHT TO SET
BUT THE.
I THINK THERE'S GREG WAS SOME OF
THOSE WERE REPEAT OFFENDERS
SHUSH.
OKAY AND WE HAVE ANY STATISTICS
ON IF THERE WERE REPEAT
OFFENDERS.
I DONE THAT ELECTED CHP FOR THAT
BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.
OKAY.
I DO NOT HAVE THE DECK WITH. I
GUESS I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE WE
HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF A A.
PENALTIES THAT WE PLACE OUR ON.
WHAT KINDS OF OFFENSES AND ALL
KINDS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WE
HAVE AND THAT ADVERSELY AFFECTS
THOSE WHO ARE THE POOREST IN OUR
COMMUNITY?
ANYMORE COMES TO DRIVING A LOT
OF FROM DON'T DON'T HAVE A
DRIVER'S LICENSE AREN'T ABLE TO
HAVE INSURANCE AND JUST
WONDERING WHAT THE CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF THIS IS BECAUSE IN
RECENT YEARS WE'VE BEEN TRYING
TO. REDUCE SOME OF THESE
PENALTIES SO PEOPLE CAN GET
THEIR LICENSES BACK AND AND AND
PAY INSURANCE AND AND BE COVERED
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE DAD
IN FRONT OF US ON WHAT THIS.
WE DO. THAT LET'S NOT SAYING
IT'S NOT A PROBLEM BUT JUST WHAT
THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON
THE COMMUNITY OF DRIVERS.
IT SHOULD AND NOT HAVING AN
ANSWER HERE I'D BE HAPPY TO
PURSUE THAT AND SEE IF I GET
CHANCE YEARS WHEN FORD. OKAY AT
THIS TIME I'M NOT PREPARED TO
SUPPORT THE BILL BUT I STILL
HAVE THESE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE
BUT. I'M THOSE ARE ALL THE
QUESTIONS I HAD.
STARGAZER WROTE.
SO GALGIANI.
SO GAINES.
WANNA THANK THE WITNESS FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY AND SORRY.
THE LOSS OF YOUR SON.
I.
I THINK IT'S AN AWARENESS ISSUE
THAT WE'RE DEALING HERE WITH AND
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT.
BUT MATT DID.
I TERMS OF THE USE OF ALCOHOL
AND DRIVING.
THAT. IF GREASING THAT
AWARENESS.
TO THE POINT WHERE.
I THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
IF YOU GIVE IT TO YOU. COOPER
TALKING BIG BIG BOX.
BIG BUCKS LIKE THIRTEEN THOUSAND
BOX.
AND CITY HIT PEOPLE IN THE
POCKETBOOK.
AS A RESULT OF VIOLATION AND I
THINK THIS IS VERY SIMILAR.
IN THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO
KEEP THE RATES DOWN SO. I DON'T
WANT TO GET THAT VIOLATION THAT
CREATES A POINT ON MY RECORD.
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO
BACK TO SCHOOL FOR IT.
SO I THINK IT'S A A GREAT.
BILL IN TERMS OF THE AWARENESS
ISSUE
SO.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING IT THANK YOU.
BUT GALGIANI.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY
CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION IF YOU
ARE PULLED OVER FOR NOT WEARING
YOUR SEATBELT IS THAT DO YOU GET
A POINT.
I'M.
MAYBE DO AND I BELIEVE IT HAD
THE SAME PROGRESSION AN
INCREDIBLE RUN I THINK INITIALLY
IT WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE.
PENALTY THAT THEY FOUND WAS NOT
EFFECTIVE.
AND THAT HE WAS INCREASED TO A
POINT SAID SECRETARY SIX. OKAY
THANK YOU.
THE OTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE.
OUR I SEE NONE OF.
TERRY MIKLOS THANK YOU EN TO
CENTER GAINES IS POINT EIGHT
THAT THIS IS. THE INTENT OF THIS
BILL EYES TO CREATE NOT JUST
AWARENESS BUT A SENSITIVITY
THAT.
I IS REAL I MEAN WE ALL KNOW FOR
A FACT THAT THAT IT IS NOT SAFE
TO USE A MOBILE TO MOBILE DEVICE
WHILE DRIVING IN YOUR CAR. THAT
UNFORESEEN HAS NOT BEEN
SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT DEBTS.
LIKE MISS CLICK SON.
AND SO IT SEEMS NECESSARY AND
WORTHWHILE AT THIS POINT TO
INCREASE THE PENALTY AS SOON AS
TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS AND
CREATE DETERRENCE AND WITH THAT
I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU AYE
VOTE.
WE HAVE A MOTION SIR ROTH MADE.
.
CULTURAL PLEASE.
SENATE BILL TEN THIRTY BY
SENATOR NEWMAN THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AND WHERE FOR TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
SENATOR ABOUT ON BELL AYE
CANNELLA. CANNELLA AYE ALLEN
DODD.
DODD AYE GAINES. GAINES AYE
GALGIANI GALGIANI AYE MCGUIRE
MCGUIRE AYE MORALE. AYE MORRELL
AYE ROSS AYE ROTH AYE SKINNER.
SKINNER AYE BY DOC BUT I WILL
COUNTY.
WIENER. WE ARE AYE.
THANK YOU MISTER DELIVER VOTES
WILL LEAVE THE ROLE PERHAPS
MEMBERS TOOK.
ALRIGHT SENATOR BILL S. B.
THIRTEEN TWENTY EIGHT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
THOUGH.
S. B. R. THREE TWENTY A DOES
SOMETHING VERY SIMPLE EXTENSIVE
SUNSET. FOR THE ROAD CHARGE
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. FOR
FORTY YEARS AND REQUIRES THEM TO
CONTINUOUS ASSESSING THE
POTENTIAL FOR A MILE MILEAGE
BASED CHARGE.
URGENT AYE VOTE. RIGHT WITH
THIS IS A SPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS MISTER
CHAIR MY NAME IS MITCH WEISS ON
THE CHIEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION. I'M HERE IN SUPPORT
OF SB THIRTEEN TWENTY EIGHT TO
SHARE WITH YOU HOW THE ROE
CHARGE SECOND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
PLEASE AND.
OVERALL.
PROTECTION POLICY.
THE COMMISSION FORM THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE IN TWENTY FOURTEEN
PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL TEN
SEVENTY SEVEN BY SENATOR JEFF
SONG A.
THE COMMISSION ASSEMBLED EXPERTS
IN REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SOCIAL EQUITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY. AS
WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF
NATURAL NATIONAL RESEARCH AND
POLICY MAKING ENTITIES.
LAST YEAR AND APPROVING SENATE
BILL ONE THE LEGISLATURE
PROVIDED A CRITICAL INFUSION OF
REVENUE TO REPAIR CALIFORNIA'S
AGING TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
HOWEVER WE MUST CONTINUE TO LOOK
TO THE FUTURE AND PLAN FOR LONG
TERM FUNDING NEEDS.
FUEL CONSUMPTION IS EXPECTED TO
DECLINE AS FUEL EFFICIENCY AND
THE USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES
INCREASE.
MANY EXPERTS PREDICT VEHICLE
MILES TRAVELED WILL CONTINUE
INCREASING. WITH THE GROWTH IN
POPULATION AND TECH AND IN OF
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN
TRANSPORTATION.
THE ROAD CHARGE SECOND ADVISORY
COMMITTEE HAS PROVIDED A
PUBLICAN TRANSPARENT PROCESS TO
CAREFULLY STUDY POTENTIAL
ALTERNATIVE TO THE GAS TAX.
IT'S CONTINUING INPUT IS AND S.
IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKING
THOUGHTFUL POLICY DECISIONS
ABOUT SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING.
THE COMMISSION COMMANDS SENATOR
BELFORD'S LEADERSHIP AND WE ASK
THE COMMITTEE FOR TO SUPPORT
THIS BILL THANK YOU THANK YOU
OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MARC
WATTS I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE ON
BEHALF OF TRANSPORTATION
CALIFORNIA. IN TWO THOUSAND
FOURTEEN WE WERE SPONSORS HAVE
SENATORS ON HIS BILL HAS BEATEN
SEVENTY SEVEN. AND THAT
AUTHORIZES THE ATTACK AND THE
YEAR HOLDS SUBSEQUENT TO.
A PILOT PROGRAM WE BELIEVE THE
PILOT PROGRAM.
SHOWED A LOT OF PROMISE BUT WE
THINK THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE
DONE WE.
THIS MEASURE ARGUED THAT YOU
OTHERS IS FOR.
NOW MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE TIM CHIANG FOR THE
UNEMPLOYED AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE SUPPORT
THE.
BILL FOR MANY OF THE REASONS
OUR RESTATED.
THANK YOU.
THAT ROOM WITHOUT MY CHECKING
CESSATION WAS PART OF.
GEN IRVIN ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN COUNCIL ENGINEERING
COMPANIES WE ALSO SUPPORT THE
BILL.
MIKE CARPENTER TRIPOLI OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA NEVADA AND
UTAH IN SUPPORT.
ANTHONY IS A FAVORITE
CALIFORNIA'S ACHIEVEMENT COUNCIL
OF GOVERNMENTS WE SUPPORT.
BUT MANY OTHERS IN SUPPORT.
ANYONE IN OPPOSITION.
ALRIGHT CNN WILL BRING BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE THE COMMENTS.
WELL.
SENATOR WIECKOWSKI.
AT.
MISTER BELL OR CENTER BELT IS
THE IDEA TO EXTEND THE PILOT
PROGRAM LIKE MORE DATA OR TO DO
A DIFFERENT BATCH. OF FIVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE OR DO WILL THERE
BE OTHER TECHNIQUES CENTER
ASSESSMENTS THAT THE TECHNICAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL BE
WORKING ON.
VICTOR LOOK AT TODAY'S SO.
TO PROJECT AHEAD IN THE FUTURE.
INTO SO WHAT WHAT THE WHAT THE
LIFE OF.
.
A ROAD VEHICLE CHARGE JURORS
SOME OTHER METHOD. WOULD BE IN
THE FUTURE I THINK THAT'S THEIR
INTENTION THEY'RE ABOUT TO
PRESENT US WITH A REPORT. OF
THAT OUR COMMITTEE OF THEIR IN
TERM FINDING SO WE'RE GOING TO
GET REPORT.
SHOULD GET A PRETTY SOON TO DO.
ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
BOB FROM THE ORGANIZATION AND
THEN WE'LL SEE HOW THE.
.
YOU CAN DIGEST OUT AND WILL
DECIDE WHAT TO DO. AN EXACT
DIRECTION OKAY THANK YOU RIGHT
OTHER QUESTIONS.
I'D SEEN A WE HAVE A MOTION BY
SENATE ROTH WITH SURGERY CALL
THE ROLL PLEASE.
SENATE BILL THIRTEEN TWENTY
EIGHT BY SENATOR ABOUT THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND REFER TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
SENATOR ABOUT. BELL AYE CANNELLA
AYE CANNELLA AYE ALLEN DODD.
DODD AYE GAINES.
GAINES NO GALGIANI GALGIANI AYE
MCGUIRE MCGUIRE AYE MORALE.
ROTH.
ROTH AYE SKINNER AYE SKINNER AYE
BITE ACT.
BUT I KNOW BECAUSE HE.
BECAUSE HE AYE WIENER WIENER
AYE.
YEAH I KNOW. BROWN NO.
WE'VE NINE TO THREE ANYONE NOT
VOTING A RESERVE.
BUT BILL OUT GOING THE RIGHT THE
BILL'S UP ALRIGHT PEARSONVILLE.
UMDNJ.
WE CAN LIVE TO CALL.
WILL START WITH THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT MEMBERS.
ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WHICH
CONSISTS OF FILE ITEMS ONE AND
THREE WITH CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
VOTING AYE. SENATOR ALLEN.
ALLEN I.
ROTH.
ROTH AYE WIECKOWSKI BUKOWSKI I.
THIRTEEN ZERO IT PASSES.
NEXT ITEM.
BUT THE SENATE BILL.
NINE SIX NINE BY SENATOR DODD
THE MOTION IS TO PASS IN REFER
TO THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
SENATOR ALLEN.
ALLEN I WOULD COUNTY.
THE. BILL TWELVE ALL IN FAVOR ON
THAT. HONOR SKINNER ON THAT BILL
MAY I BE RECORDED IS NOT VOTING
PLEASE.
YEAH IF YOU GUYS DON'T.
I HAD VOTED YES I WOULD WANT TO
BE RECORDED AS NOT VOTING. I
CAN'T NOW.
OKAY THERE IS NO THREE VOTE DOWN
ON THE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WE'VE OKAY AS
YOU OPEN THE ROLE AGAIN I
THOUGHT WHEN YOU OPEN THE ROLE.
NO LIFT THE COUNTRY.
START.
TWELVE ZERO.
THIS IS SENATE BILL TEN THIRTY
BY SENATOR NEWMAN THE MOTION IS
TO PASS AND REFER TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE SENATOR
ALLEN.
ALLEN I WOULD CASTING.
TWELVE THERE.
THOSE TWELVE VOTES IN FAVOR
PROCESS.
WITHIN ABOUT ELEVEN THIRTY TWO
BY SENATOR HELD THE MOTION IS TO
PASS AND REFERRED TO THE
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
SENATOR ALLEN.
ALLEN AYE MORALE.
ROSS.
ROTH I WOULD HOUSING BECAUSE HE
AYE.
ONCE IT.
THAT'S TROUBLES IN FAVOR OF.
THE SENATE BILL THIRTEEN TWENTY
EIGHT BY SENATOR ABOUT THE
MOTION IS TO PASS AND REFER TO
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
SENATOR ALAN.
ALLEN I.
BOTH TEN VOTES VIGOROUS PROCESS.
.
WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR AGENDA FOR
THE REGULAR MEETING AND WILL
NOW.
CHANGE AND ADJUST TO THE
INFORMATIONAL. HEARING.
ON HIGH SPEED RAIL DRAFT
BUSINESS PLAN.
.
WE HAVE AN AGENDA.
THANK EVERYBODY.
WILL LIKE TO OPEN THE JOINT
INFORMATIONAL HEARING.
THIS IS.
.
THAT INFORMATION OR HEARING.
WITH TO TRANSPORTATION HOUSING
BUT COMMITTEE AND THE BUDGET AND
FISCAL REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE
NUMBER TWO. ON RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENERGY
AND TRANSPORTATION. BAH CHAIRED
BY.
THE CHAIRMAN.
CENTER WIECKOWSKI.
.
WE LIKE TO.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS
MEETING.
.
EGGNOG I LIKED FURTHERED
KNOWLEDGE THE PEOPLE THERE
TESTIFYING. HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY THOUGH LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST.
AND THE PEER REVIEW GROUP OF FOR
HIGH SPEED RAIL. THANK YOU FOR
PROVIDING ERROR OUR TESTIMONY
ALSO REPRESENTED AT SOME
CALTRAIN METROLINK LA METRO.
FOR BEING HERE. TO CALL US.
OF THEIR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT
BUSINESS PLAN.
TODAY'S HEARING IS A GIANT SO.
HEARING.
TO DISCUSS THE HIGH SPEED RAILS
DRAFT.
TWENTY EIGHTEEN BUSINESS PLAN.
WE HEAR PLAY OF WILL APPEAR HERE
PLENTY FROM OUR PANELISTS HERE
TODAY. ARE REGARDING ADDRESS
BUSINESS PLAN HOWEVER I WANT TO
SAY I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING.
FROM THE AUTHORITY IN THE LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES.
ON HOW MONIES WILL BE USED TO
FUND RAIL CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS.
.
ALONG THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
QUARTER AND ALSO FROM THE
AUTHORITY ON THE RATIONALE.
BEHIND USING CAP AND TRADE.
DOLLARS OUT UNTIL THE YEAR
TWENTY FIFTY.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL PROJECT IS A
MONUMENTAL TASK
AND THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY HAS A LOT OF WORK.
AHEAD OF THEM ADDITION WE ALL
KNOW THERE'LL BE CHALLENGES
ALONG THE WAY. AND EARLIER THIS
YEAR WE REQUESTED. A STATE
AUDITOR TO TKE A LOOK AT FOR A
LOOK AT HOW THE AUTHORITY. IS
CONDUCTING BUSINESS AS CHAIR OF
THIS CMMITTEE AS WELL AS A
BOARD MEMBER ON THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL AUTHORITY. I AM CONCERNED
THAT I HAVE HOW MANY OF THESE
CHALLENGES SUCH AS COST
INCREASES PROJECT DELAYS.
CONTRACTOR CHANGE ORDERS AND SO
FORTH.
I'M COMMITTED TO TRYING TO WORK
OUT MANY OF THESE CHALLENGES
WITH THE AUTHORITY. IF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.
ABOUT IS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
AND BE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.
NOT ONLY THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY BUT WE THE LEGISLATURE
AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION ALL
HAVEA PART. AND ADDRESSING
THESE CHALLENGES.
TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESS
ARRAYED TO GET TO WORK. NOW I'D
LIKE TO.
TURN IT OVER TO SENATOR ARE
WIECKOWSKI.
CHAIR OF THE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE
TAUT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY
A FEW WORD SENATOR. THANK YOU
CENTRE BELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP. ON THIS ISSUE AND
FOR CONVENING THIS I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMENTS
THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT PROJECTS
ARE HIS ATTIC CRITICAL JUNCTURE.
WE'VE BEGUN THE CONSTRUCTION
THE HUNDRED NINETEEN MILE
SEGMENT WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT
THAT AS WELL AS THE BOOKENDS
PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HEARD MORE
ABOUT THAT. WE DEVELOP SOME.
INDEPTH COST ANALYSIS UP FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT
WHICH I APPRECIATE FROM. TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN REPORT ON THIS
FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECTS AND
WE HAVE TO DATE SPEND A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OF MONEY
MORTON.
WE MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED ON
JUSTICE SPACE I HAVE SOME
SEVERAL CONCERNS ON THE
ARCHITECTURE FOR THE REMAINING
FINANCING EVEN IF WE. EVEN IF WE
SECURITIZED THE CAP AND TRADE
MONEY BECAUSE A LOT OF IT
DEPENDS ON THE CAP AND TRADE.
HAD A SPENDING CUT UP THE
AUCTION AND EVEN IF THAT'S
EXPENDED.
COULD TO TWENTY FIFTEEN I STILL
SEE SHORTFALL IN THE THE FUNDING
THAT'S NECESSARY TO PREDICT JUST
PREDICT THE TUNNELS THE THREE
TUNNELS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
ON.
AS THE WHO END UP ON THE BUDGET
SAY WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW. THAT
CHECK IN AGAIN ON THE
AUTHORITIES ESTIMATES ON
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION BECAUSE
HE'S OUR CAP AND TRADE FUNDS ARE
BEING USED AND THAT'S PART OF
OUR AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THAT.
YOU KNOW A WATER THE OVERALL
CLIMATE IMPACT ON THE ON THE
PROP ON. FROM THE PROJECT AND
THE COST OF THOSE EMISSIONS THAT
ARE GOING ON COME.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
HERE SO ALL JUST CLOSE MY
REMARKS THERE RIGHT HAVE SEVERAL
QUESTIONS ALASKA'S WE GET INTO
FEATURED. THAT.
AT DISCUSSIONS CENTER BELL BACK
TO YOU THANK YOU.
SIR WIECKOWSKI.
.
WE HAVE WE HAVE.
.
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE
THAT NEED TO GET TO WORK SO.
.
I HOPE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND
WORK ON THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
PROJECT.
SO.
AND ON.
BUT.
TO DO THAT OF THE DAY DO THEY
SELECTED ONE.
SPOKESPERSON
TO MAKE JUST A THE OF SHORTLY
MARK AND THAT'S.
ROBBIE HUNTER THE PRESIDENT OF
THE STATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
TRADES COUNCIL. AND ALL OF THAT
ROBBY GO AHEAD AND SAY A FEW
WORDS ROBBIE.
AS CHAIRMAN BELT CHAIRMAN OR
CLOSE KIANA THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY ARE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS ARE JOINT COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
.
THANK YOU FOR ALL HOLDING THIS
HEARING ON THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AND. THANK YOU FOR GIVING VOICE
TO THE WORKERS HERE THAT WILL DO
THE CONSTRUCTION.
YOU KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT
BUILD THE HOOVER DAM.
OUR GRANDFATHERS WERE HERE. WERE
THE ONES A BILL THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE THE HOOVER DAM. BUT
FIFTEEN HUNDRED LAWSUITS AGAINST
STUDENT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SAID
IT'S GOING TO BANKRUPT THE
COUNTRY.
AB SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS TO
BUILD PRODUCES A HUNDRED TWENTY
SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN CLEAN
HYDRO PARK EVERY YEAR. THE
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE WAS A BRIDGE
TO NOWHERE THE ORIGINAL ONE. BUT
YOU CAN SEE WE USE IT PRETTY
GOOD EVERY DAY. THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THE WE BILL
TODAY.
IT'S FOR TOMORROW'S POPULATION
FOR THE FIFTY MILLION PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THIS STATE.
OUR ROLE WOODS ARE ARE BILL DIED
NOW WE CAN BUILD. O. MORE
FREEWAY AND TO MEET THE DEMAND
IS ABOUT A HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE
BILLION. BUT WITH THE PEOPLE
BILL THAT.
WE CAN BUILD MORE AIRPORTS ARE
PRETTY HARD TO BUILD AND THERE'S
ALWAYS A LOT OF DELAYS.
BUT WE CAN DO THAT BUT IT'S NOT
THE ANSWER THE ANSWER IS A THIRD
MODE. OF CLEAN FAST MASS
TRANSIT.
I'VE BEEN THE BAVARIA.
WHICH IS IN GERMANY FOR ALL TIME
WORKERS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
IS.
RIGHT NOW YEAH WORKERS WILL BEAT
ME UP OUTSIDE FOR THAT.
THIRTY TRAINS ALL ACROSS
PLATFORMS TRAINS LEAVING COLEMAN
AND THEY JUST TOOK OFF NAY
DISAPPEAR WITHIN SECONDS. YOU'RE
DRIVING ONLY YOUR FLANNEL LONG
IN YOUR POTS AND TRUCKS ARE
DOING ALL HUNDRED THIRTY MONTHS
IN ALL OUR. IT THERE STANDING
STILL. MOVING TANS OF THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE.
IT IT'S A LIFE CHANGING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S WHAT
WE NEED IN THIS THAT STATE.
WE NEED A THIRD MODE OF MASS
TRANSIT WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OF LIFE IT'S BILL FOR TOMORROW'S
POPULATION BUT TODAY AS. AN OF
COURSE ONE LITTLE SORT OF THE
GREAT DEPRESSION.
WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE SCHEMES WHO
WAS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS
GOING TO BE NEEDED.
AND OF THIS WORLD THIS BILLS
ECONOMY.
FOR EVERY DOLLAR SPENT ON
INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE GODSPEED
REAL TWENTY SEVEN MULTIPLIER. I
REALLY APPRECIATE. THE TIME THAT
YOU'VE GIVEN THOSE AND MAYBE I
DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE WORKERS
HERE FROM THE BUILDING TRADES
STAND OPEN THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY. FOR THESE JOBS.
AGAIN YOU AND YOUR YOUR RIGHTS
UNDER.
PEOPLE GOT TO GO BACK TO WORK DO
YOU DO NOT COMPATIBLE TO COME UP
HERE AND.
WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LIKENESS HUBBLE VOICE THANK YOU
VERY MUCH PUBLIC.
THANK YOU MISTER HUNTER I.
.
THAT IS A.
MISTER HUNTER IS ASSIGNED A
LIMERICK I ENJOY HEARING THAT
BELFIES BROOM.
MALE LEGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THE LIMERICK THE SOUTHEAST HAVE
A DIFFERENT THE SOUND YOU KNOW.
.
SO WILL OPEN UP HER HEARING AND
NOW THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY BUSINESS PLAN. IS
GOING TO BE PRESENTED.
FIRST BY BRIAN KELLY AND THEN.
WILL HEAR FROM.
.
OUR NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER.
JOSEPH HEDGES IN AND BLAKE LE
CANZONI EXEC COULD DIRECTOR.
FROM THE FRESNO. WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT BOARD THAT'LL BE OUR
FIRST PLAN ON NOW. LET'S GET
INTO THE GUTS OF THIS
PRESENTATION FROM BRIAN KELLY
BRYANT.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
BRIAN KAELIN TO HAVE LIVE.
CALVET HIGH SPEED RAIL FORTY.
I'M GONNA GET INTO MY COMMENTS
ABOUT THE BUSINESS PLAN IN JUST
A MOMENT BUT IF YOU'LL INDULGE
ME THIS IS MY.
A FIRST TIME TESTIFYING.
IN THE SENATE IN MY NEW
CAPACITY.
IN ANOTHER SENATE SUFFERED A
LOSS THIS WEEK OF A. A COLLEAGUE
AND A FRIEND OF MINE IN IN AND
MANY OF OURS ON A BIPARTISAN
BASIS.
I CARRY RUDMAN YOUR YOUR ETHICS
LAWYER. AND I JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LOSS IN EXPRESS
MY CONDOLENCES TO THE MEMBERS.
THE COLLEAGUES AND ALL THE STAFF
REPORT TO THE SENATE. I CARRY
WAS A GREAT FRIEND. AND A GREAT
PUBLIC SERVANT AND I'M CERTAINLY
TESTIFYING. WITH A HEAVY HEART
TODAY SO THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN.
WITH RESPECT TO THE LOVE
BUSINESS PLAN ON MARCH NINTH.
THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY RELEASES DRAFT TWENTY
EIGHTEEN BUSINESS PLAN FOR
PUBLIC REVIEW. AND COMMENT.
THE DRAFT TWENTY EIGHTEEN
BUSINESS PLAN PRESENTS A VISION.
FOR IMPLEMENTING THE NATION'S
FIRST HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT.
IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES BUT
PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD OF
SIMILAR MAGNITUDE AND
COMPLEXITY.
HAVE FACED IN SUCCESSFULLY
ADDRESSED.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THIS DRAFT
PLAN. BE THORNY IS ASSIGNING
COSTS.
TO RISKS PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY
IDENTIFIED.
I IN PRIOR PLANS AND REPORTS TO
THE LEGISLATURE IN THE PUBLIC.
AND PRESENTS A BASELINE COST
ESTIMATE FOR ALL PROJECTS
SECTIONS.
ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN DRAFT
PLAN DISCONTINUES THE PAST
PRACTICE.
BUT ESTIMATING PROJECT COSTS
WITH THE SPECIFIC DOLLAR
ESTIMATE.
INSTEAD THE PLAN ESTIMATES COSTS
UTILIZING A BASELINE ESTIMATE
AND RANGES CONSISTENT WITH BEST
INDUSTRY PRACTICES PER MEGA
PROJECTS.
THE REVISED BASELINE COST
ESTIMATES SHOW AN INCREASE IN
COSTS LARGELY DRIVEN. BY THE
EFFECTS OF INFLATION.
INCREASED CONTINGENCY AND
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED
CONSTRUCTION DELAYS IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY.
IS AREAS MAKE UP EIGHTY THREE
PERCENT OF THE COST INCREASES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL PHASE
ONE SYSTEM.
THE SCHEDULE FOR THE VALLEY TO
VALLEY SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO TO
AKERSFIELD. AND THE FULL PHASE
ONE SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO TO LOS
ANGELES IN ANAHEIM ARE PUSHED
OUT BY FOUR YEARS RESPECTIVELY.
I MUST SAY THAT THE SCHEDULES BE
IT WILL BE AFFECTED PRIMARILY.
BUT THE TIMING IN FUNDING FOR
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
THE DRAFT PLAN ALSO OUTLINES A
FINANCING STRATEGY CONSISTENT
WITH THE ONE OUTLINED IN THE TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN BUSINESS PLAN.
TO BETTER ALIGN THE TIMING OF
CAP AND TRADE FUNDS SO THE
PROJECT CAN BE DELIVERED IN A
MANNER. THAT PROVIDES BENEFITS
TO CALIFORNIANS AT THE EARLIEST
POSSIBLE TIME.
IN THE FACE OF THESE CHALLENGES
THE DRAFT PLAN PROPOSES TO
CONTINUE A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
STRATEGY PARA HERBS MISTER
TEACHING INVESTMENT PLAN.
THAT BUILDS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT
WILL BE LINKED OVER TIME.
HEAD TO PROVIDE MOBILITY
ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFITS TO CALIFORNIANS AND
INITIATE AYE SPEED RAIL SERVICE
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TOWARD THAT
END THE DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN
IDENTIFIES THE FOLLOWING
INVESTMENT PRIORITIES.
NO ONE THOUGHT WE WILL FULLY
MEET OUR COMMITMENTS TO OUR
FEDERAL FUNDING PARTNER.
HAD TO DO THIS THE FORTY WILL
COMPLETE THE HUNDRED NINETEEN
MILE SEGMENT IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. INCOMPLETE THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS FOR THE
ENTIRE PHASE ONE SYSTEM BETWEEN
SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES IN
ANAHEIM BY TWENTY TWO.
PASS REQUIRED IN OUR FEDERAL
GRANT AGREEMENT.
A NUMBER TWO. WE ARE IDENTIFYING
BALLOT A BELLY IS AN EXTENDED
SERVICE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO
BAKERSFIELD.
THE DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN
RECOGNIZES THE HIGH RIDERSHIP
AND REVENUE POTENTIAL OF
LINKING.
THE SILICON VALLEY WITH THE
CENTRAL VALLEY BETWEEN SAN
FRANCISCO AND BAKERSFIELD.
BUT THREE WE PROPOSE TO DELIVER
TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR MILES.
OF HIGH SPEED RAIL READY
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR USE BY TWENTY
TWENTY SEVEN.
BUT PLAN PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT
HIGH SPEED RAIL READY
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CENTRAL
VALLEY. BAKERSFIELD MADERA IN
SILICON VALLEY GILROY TO SAN
FRANCISCO TO REDUCE TRAVEL TIMES
FOR EXISTING PASSENGER RAIL
SYSTEMS. EXPAND CLEAN
ELECTRIFIED SERVICE
AND PREPARE THE CORRIDORS FOR
TESTING AND POTENTIAL EARLY HIGH
SPEED RAIL OPERATIONS.
FOR WE ISOLATE THE TUNNELING
INTO THE TAKE A PASS AS THE
FINAL MISSING LINK TO COMPLETE
THE VALLEY TO VALLEY SERVICE.
WE INTEND TO ENGAGE PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERTISE TO
EXAMINE AND REFINED DESIGN
OPTIONS OPTIMIZE OPERATIONAL
EFFICIENCY LIMIT COSTS. AND
DEVELOP INNOVATED FUNDING
OPTIONS.
FIFTH WE CONTINUE THE BOOK AND
INVESTMENTS IN SOUTHERN AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN
CONTINUES TO PRIORITIZE
IMPROVING THE LOS ANGELES UNITS
STATION. THE BURBANK TO ANAHEIM
CORRIDOR AND THE ELECTRIFICATION
OF COUCH OF THE CALTRAIN
CORRIDOR IN THE BAY AREA.
THE PLAN REFLECTS THE
AUTHORITIES COMMITMENT TO APPLY
LESSONS LEARNED AND MAKE
ORGANIZATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
NECESSARY TO DELIVER THIS
PROJECT. TO INITIATE HIGH SPEED
RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN SILICON
VALLEY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHILE
COMPLETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK AND MAKING IMPORTANT
INVESTMENTS IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA CONSISTENT WITH
ACTION TAKEN BY THE LEGISLATURE.
TO INVEST A BOOK I FUNDS FOR
PROPOSITION ONE A.
A I WANT TO MENTION TO AYE
MISTER CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS THAT
IS YOU NOTED. A THE STATE
AUDITOR HAS. COMMENCED ITS WORK
OF.
TO.
REVIEW THE OPERATIONS OF THE OF
FORTY A BAD AUDIT IN THAT WORK
BEGAN.
MAYBE A DAY AFTER I STARTED IN
THIS POSITION.
YOU WILL LIKELY CHAU WERE THE
U. FORTY HAS MADE IMPROVEMENTS
AND WHERE THE AUTHORITY STILL
MUST IMPROVE.
I WELCOME THIS EXTERNAL REVIEW
AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL
HELP US IMPROVE PROGRAM
OPERATIONS.
OF THE AUDITOR'S REVIEW IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING IS SCHEDULED TO
CONCLUDE IN AUGUST OF TWENTY
EIGHTEEN.
.
WITH THE RELEASE OF THE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN WE
HAVE INITIATED. A SIXTYDAY
PERIOD FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND
COMMENT.
THAT CLOSES ON MAY SEVENTH TWO
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
THE FINAL PLAN IS SCHEDULED TO
BE ADOPTED BY THE AUTHORITY
BOARD AT ITS HEARING DURING THE
THIRD WEEK OF MAY IN OF COURSE
WILL INCORPORATE AND CONSIDER
OF.
ANY COMMENTS.
BY THIS BODY IN THE LEGISLATURE
A AT THAT TIME.
A MILESTONE INTRODUCE A TO THIS
BODY.
THE NEW CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
FOR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY MISTER JOE HEDGES IS
TO MY LEFT. A JOE JOINS US FROM
SEATTLE WASHINGTON WHERE HE
WORKED TO DELIVER.
.
A DIFFICULT PROJECT UP THERE WAS
PART OF A TURNAROUND TEAM TO GET
THAT PROJECT FORMING IN
DELIVERED.
AND TO MY RIGHT S OUR CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER RUSS OF FONG.
WHOSE BEEN AT THE FORTY FOR.
ON THE ORDER FIVE YEARS NOW
INTO THE RESTAURANT JUST AS OUR
CFO. OF WITH THAT MISTER
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS ARE I'M
HAPPY TO HIT YOU QUESTIONS
TODAY.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
HERE.
YEAH I.
ALL START OFF WITH SO.
I LOVE THE QUESTION YOU MAY NOT
BE ABLE TO ANSWER DE BUT I WOULD
LIKE YOU TO SUBMIT TO THIS.
COMMITTEE AN ANSWER.
.
AND.
IF YOU DID NOT HAVE ANY FISCAL
CONSTRAINTS.
HOW FAST CAN YOU BUILD PHASE
ONE?
MINISTERS OF A CONSTRUCTION
TIMELINE.
IF THE FISCAL CONSTRAINTS SO.
WERE ACCOMPLISHED.
SCHEDULE CENTER OUTLINED IN A IN
THE DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN.
ARE UNCONSTRAINED BY FUNDING IF
WE HAD FULL FUNDING IN HAND
TODAY.
WE WOULD WORK TO DELIVER ON THE
SCHEDULES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN
THE PROGRAM TWENTY TWENTY NINE
FOR THE.
A.
THE MEASURE OF VALUE VALLEY
PORTION IN TWENTY THIRTY THREE
FOR THE PHASE ONE PORTION.
.
A.
FINDING WILL BE OUR BIGGEST
CHALLENGE.
TO STAY ON SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE OF THE PLAN ARTICULATES
THE FUNDING WE DO HAVE IN HAND A
AS YOU KNOW MISTER HAIRMAN THIS
PROJECT HAS NEVER HAD THE. FULL
FUNDING TO DELIVER ALL OF PHASE
ONE. AND TWO THOUSAND EIGHT WHEN
THE VOTERS APPROVED PROPOSITION
ONE A THEY PROVIDED ABOUT ONE
FIFTH OF THE FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT. A TODAY WE HAVE ABOUT
ONE THIRD OF THE FUNDING FOR THE
TOTAL PROJECT.
INTO THAT HAS BEEN SORT OF A.
UNFORTUNATE REALITY WITH THIS
PROJECT SINCE ITS VERY
BEGINNING%
IN THAT REMAINS A CHALLENGE FOR
US.
SO UNCONSTRAINED BY FUNDING AT
STICK BY THE SCHEDULES THAT ARE
IN THE.
IN THE PLAN.
OKAY.
BASED ON YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.
YOU DON'T A FAR I.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO TO COMPLETE A
CENTRAL VALLEY LINE TWENTY
TWENTY NINE.
TO FINISH THE VALUE VALLEY
SEGMENT TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
TWENTY THIRTY THREE COMPLETE
COMPLETE PHASE ONE.
TO THE ANAHEIM LA AREA. ABOUT
YOU WILL YOU WALK US THROUGH HOW
YOU CAME UPON ON THOSE DATES.
THERE IN THE REVISED BUSINESS
PLAN HOW FOR MURDER SCHEDULED
DATES YEAH. I'LL DO MY BEST
MISTER CHAIRMAN THE.
.
THERE WAS WORK THAT WAS
COMMENCED PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL AT
THE AT THE AUTHORITY.
AND THAT WAS WORK THAT WAS.
UNDERTAKEN BY THE BOARD.
I WANT TO SAY IT THE ENDED
TWENTY SIXTEEN EARLY TWENTY
SEVENTEEN.
TO DO A FULL COST TO COMPLETE
THE THE SYSTEM
AND TO.
EXAMINE THE SCHEDULES OUT OF
THAT PROCESS.
CAME THE.
SCHEDULES THAT ARTICULATED IN
THE PLAN.
BUT TWENTY TWENTY TWO DATES ARE
DATES THAT ARE PART OF OUR
FEDERAL GRANT AGREEMENT MAD THAT
WE HAVE WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOR THE CENTRAL VALLEY SECTION.
THAT'S THE HUNDRED NINETEEN MILE
SECTION FOR WHICH WE HAVE THREE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
BUT NOW UNDERWAY UM AND WE HAVE
A DELIVERY TIME I'VE TWENTY
TWENTY TWO ON THAT. THE
COMPLETION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK FALLS INTO THAT SAME GRANT
AGREEMENT. THAT ENVIRONMENTAL
WORK IS FOR ALL SEGMENTS OF
PHASE ONE.
AND THAT IS ALSO TO BE
DELIVERED BY TWENTY TWENTY TWO
UNDER FEDERAL GRANT AGREEMENT.
THE TWENTY TWENTY NINE DATE IS
THE BEST ESTIMATE DATE BASED ON
THE. O. WORK TO BE DONE AND.
IN THE SCHEDULE BY WHICH WE CAN
PERFORM WELL ALL OF THE THINGS
WE NEED THE FORM. OF FOR THE
BALLOT VALLEY IN THE TWENTY
THIRTY THREE IS THE OF AGAIN
UNCONSTRAINED BY FUNDING
SCHEDULE A TO DELIVER THE OF
FULL PHASE ONE.
PROJECT.
OKAY THANK YOU ROME.
.
WE LOOK AT THE PLAN HEROIN.
WE HAD DAY.
CHAPTER THE DOUGH WHERE IT'S.
REAL STATION DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATIONS.
.
I ENHANCE HIM INFRASTRUCTURE
FINANCING DISTRICTS THAT KIND OF
THING.
READ RAIL STATION AREA
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.
.
SERVER TO LIKE.
POSSIBLY AN ENTERPRISE.
.
FINANCING DISTRICT.
SOON CHAPTER FIVE.
WILL YOU PLEASE WE WALK WALK US
THROUGH.
WHAT YOU ENVISION WITH RESPECT
TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALUE
CAPTURING AROUND?
YOUR STATIONS
AND WOULD DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
SO.
ALSO ENHANCE RIDERSHIP INTO
INVESTMENT SO. FARE BOX REVENUE
FOR THE. HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEM.
WELL IN SHORT. MISTER CHAIRMAN
ON THE STATION DEVELOPMENT
QUESTION WE ARE OPPOSING WORK
VERY CLOSELY IN IN A PARTNERSHIP
WITH OUR CITIES IN WHICH
STATIONS OF.
.
BUT WOULD EXIST WE HAVE BUT
UTILIZED PART OF OUR FEDERAL
CREDIT GRANT AGREEMENT.
FUNDS GENERATED.
THROUGH THE FEDERAL RATE
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION ABOUT
TEN MILLION WORTH TOOK TO ENTER
INTO STATION DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENTS
WITH NINE LOCALITIES.
THAT WILL BE LOOK THAT WILL BE
A STATION A CENTERS ON OUR
SYSTEM. OF WHERE THE FRONT END
OF ALL OF THE.
BUT TOOLS WE MAY NEED TO
JOINTLY DEVELOP THESE A STATIONS
BUT OUR OBJECTIVES AND OUR
GOALS.
OF WHICH STATION FOR THAT WITH
STATION DEVELOPMENT IS REALLY TO
CREATE.
COMMUNITY HUBS THE TRANSFORM
CITIES IN THE GOALS BEING
ADVANCE OF THIS PROGRAM WOULD
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FOSTERING.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND
OPERATIONS REDUCING GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS HELPING MAXIMIZE
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE IN CREATING
ECONOMIC ENGINES FOR LOCAL
COMMUNITIES. AYE AND
POTENTIALLY.
REVENUE.
OPTIONS THROUGH A CONCESSIONS
AND OTHER THINGS AT THE
STATIONS.
THAT WOULD BE A PART OF OUR
SYSTEM. WE HAVE CREATED A TWENTY
SIXTEEN A TRANSIT AND LAND USE A
COMMITTEE OF THAT OUR CHAIRMAN
AND IS A PART OF. AND THE WORK
IS A REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON.
HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
LOCALS TO A TO? DESIGN AND
DELIVER THESE.
THE STATIONS
AND PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO.
DUE TO THE WAY THAT ACHIEVES
THE GREATEST SUSTAINABILITY A
CONDENSED.
DEVELOPMENT.
AND DEVELOPMENT THAT REDUCES
YOU KNOW VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED
MAKES FOR SIMPLE.
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. WE'RE
LOOKING AT A SEVERAL TOOLS
INCLUDING A A FAIRLY RECENT.
A PROGRAM THE OPPORTUNITY ZONES
UNDER THE. OF FEDERAL LAW WHICH
PROVIDES A SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR
A DEVELOPING IN IN A
DISADVANTAGE AREAS. AND.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL
AS OTHER POTENTIAL OF A. OF
FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES FOR A
FOR THE STATION SO I WOULD SAY
WERE AT THE FRONT END OF THAT
BUT WE'RE DOING IT IN A
PARTNERSHIP.
THROUGH.
WORK WITH ARE. LOCALS UP
PARTNERS AND AGAIN WE'VE ENTERED
STATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
WITH NINE CITIES NOW AND NUMBER
IT WOULD BE THE TENTH.
BOB PERHAPS OUR NEW HOME.
STAFFERS.
JOE COULD GIVE US AN IDEA ABOUT.
THE SEARCH OF VALLEY.
AND IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO POWER
THE OPERATIONS GOING DOWN THERE
UNIT COMETS ON NOT ONLY HERE.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON OUT AS THE NEW.
ON THE JOB GUY SURCHARGES CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER. ON PROGRESS
IS PROGRESSING.
AS YOU WALK DOWN WILL MAKING
VERY GOOD PROGRESS IN WE CALL CP
ONE. AS WE SPEAK YOU SEEN SOME
OF THE THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S
UNDER WAY. WITH REGARD TO THE
VIADUCTS AND OTHER STRUCTURES
CP TO IS STRUGGLING WE ARE
PUTTING THE EMPHASIS ON THAT
RIGHT NOW. AND PUSHING THAT TO A
GOOD SOLID START THE WORK HAS
BEGUN.
I'M WILL PICK UP AS WE ADVANCE.
SHE BEFORE IS ALSO ON THE
INITIAL STAGES OF KICKING OFF
ITS FEEL CONSTRUCTION.
SO ALL THROUGHOUT THE HUNDRED
AND NINETEEN MILES YOU'LL SEE
ONGOING CONSTRUCTION IN THE VERY
NEAR FUTURE.
BUT CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA ON
THE BUSINESS PLAN THOUGH.
SOME BASIC QUESTIONS OF HOW LONG
THE TRAINS WILL BE.
.
HOW LONG WILL THE TRAINS BE HOW
MANY CARS?
AND HOW MANY WRITERS WILL BE
RIDING ON ONE TRAIN AND.
WHAT THE PRICE OF A ONE WAY
TICKET FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO
BAKERSFIELD? WHAT YOU'RE GOING
TO CHARGE PEOPLE?
SURE.
ASKING YOU SOME QUESTIONS IN
GENERAL I ONLY AGAIN SOME OF
THESE MISTER CHAIRMAN I WANT TO
GET BACK TO ON BECAUSE WE HAVE
AS YOU KNOW CONTRACT WITH AN
EARLY TRAIN OPERATOR THAT IS.
PROVIDING US.
SOME GUIDANCE IN THIS AREA NOW
TO MAXIMIZE OUR OPERATIONS THE
IS WE GET UNDERWAY FOR PURPOSES
OF.
ESTIMATING RIDERSHIP REVENUE
DEMAND AND COSTS BUT THERE WAS
AN ASSUMPTION FOR A NINETY THREE
DOLLAR TICKET.
BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO. AND LOS
ANGELES OF FOR PURPOSES OF THE
NUMBERS THAT WE'VE RUN HERE.
I WOULD SAY WE'RE AND THAT
GIVES ACTIVISTS TO BE
COMPETITIVE WITH THE AIRLINES I
WOULD SAY THAT OUR.
THAT DEPENDING ON WHO THE
WRITER IS HOW MAY TIMES THE
WRITING THE POINTS THAT THE
WRITING IN BETWEEN WILL AFFECT
THE ACTUAL TICKET PRICE WHO HAVE
WHEN THEY BUY THE TICKET FOR.
BUT WHEN THEY TRAVEL A SIMILAR
TO AIRLINE PRICING.
SO THAT'S THE AVERAGE WE HAVE
HOUSE BUT SAID A BUSINESS CLASS
WITH EXTRA LEG ROOM THAT PERHAPS
I WOULD SAY MISTER CHAIRMAN THAT
AGAIN. THAT THAT IS SOMETHING
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE EARLY
TRAIN OPERATOR.
WE. AYE WILLS SAY TO THAT OUR
BUSINESS PLAN WAS ACCOMPANIED
BY.
A SEVERAL TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS
THAT WERE ALSO RELEASED PUBLICLY
WHY DON'T HAVE MET MY FINGER
TIPS THERE IS A CHART IN THERE
THAT REFLECTS.
PRICING FOR PURPOSES OF OUR
MODELING A FOR A TRIPS.
BETWEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT
CITIES OF BOTH THE ENTIRE RUN OF
PHASE ONE IN CITIES IN BETWEEN
SO THAT THAT IT THAT IS
AVAILABLE IN HAVE TO MAKE
EARLIER MOM.
JACK IS CONSISTENT WHAT YOU HAD
THE PAST
IN IN THAT.
.
THE.
FAREBOX RATIO.
IS GOING TO COVER OPERATING
EXPENSES OR REVENUE FROM THE.
THE OPERATING WILL BE PAID FOR
AND THEN AT THE END THE ADDED
INCOME WILL BE USED TO.
POSSIBLY FINANCE THE SOME OF THE
CAPITAL.
FACILITIES IS THAT CORRECT AYE
GIVEN.
EXTENDING IT OCCURRING
INCORRECTLY NO THAT'S CORRECT
MISTER CHAIRMAN ARE.
NOW ARE RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE
FOR CASH CHAU A ONE OF THE
CHANGES WE MADE FOR TWENTY
SIXTEEN WAS TO DESCRIBE THE
BALLOT VALLEY IS. A SAME SAN
FRANCISCO ALL THE WAY TO
BAKERSFIELD RIGHT A THAT DOES
MAXIMIZE RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE
FOR THE VALUE VALLEY SERVICE.
AND WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF.
THE THE.
A.
RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE A CHAPTER
IN THE BUSINESS PLAN BUT
REFLECTS.
BUT OPERATING NET SURPLUS THAT
WE SEE.
THROUGH THAT OVER THE NEXT PUB
SEVERAL YEARS I THINK WE HAVE A
BREAK EVEN ESTIMATE FROM DAY ONE
OF OPERATIONS THAT SAY WE HAVE A
SEVENTY EIGHT PERCENT OF
BREAKING EVEN FROM DAY ONE AT
BREAKING IT.
ON DAY ONE THAT GOES UP TO
NINETY SIX PERCENT AFTER FIVE
YEARS AND CLOSE TO NINETY NINE
PERCENT BY TWENTY FORTY THAT'S
CONSISTENT WITH OTHER HIGH SPEED
RIO OF ENTITIES. YEAH I THINK
THE THE ISSUE THAT MATTERS IT
WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
INTERNATIONALLY ON THAT IS WHAT
ARE YOUR DESTINATION POINTS AND
WHAT TWO POINTS ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT. OF OUR SAN FRANCISCO TO
BAKERSFIELD LINE IS.
IS AGAIN AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
A A HIGH REVENUE A HIGH
RIDERSHIP LINE AND.
IT REFLECTS IT REFLECTS THAT IN
OUR IN OUR DOCUMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PANEL ON
CONNECTIVITY PROJECTS.
WOULD YOU.
.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN OUR HOW.
MAXIMIZING CONNECTIVITY.
INCREASES RIDERSHIP AND MORE
REVENUE IN TERMS OF.
OF THE SYSTEM.
TERMS OF A CONNECTED READY ALL
THE STUDIES I'VE SEEN.
.
ON THE SUBJECTS SHOW THAT.
YOU KNOW IF YOU CONNECT MORE.
TRANSIT SYSTEMS THROUGH THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL.
THERE WILL BE MORE REVENUE
COMING AND FOR THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL THIS MAKE IT MORE.
FINANCIALLY.
SELF SUSTAINING.
YEAH DOT FROM I GUESS THE WAY
THAT I WOULD THAT DESCRIBING I
THINK WE'VE SEEN EVIDENCE OF
THIS. INTERNATIONALLY IS THAT.
HIGH SPEED RAIL IS GENERALLY A
SERVICE FOR TRIPS THAT ARE.
HUNDRED MILES OR FURTHER AND
TRAVELING ON HIGH SPEED RAIL.
OVER THAT.
OVER THAT STRETCH A CUTS TRAVEL
TIMES PURSES FROM FOR EXAMPLE
CAR TRAVEL BY HALF.
AND IN CALIFORNIA TODAY VERSUS
OUR INTER REGIONAL TRAIN SYSTEM
OF BY AT LEAST THE SAME AMOUNT.
SO.
.
AND WHAT IT BRINGS TO THE
LOCALITIES IN THE REGION'S IS
PEOPLE ARRIVING INTO CITIES.
VIA HIGH SPEED RAIL.
MORE LIKELY TO MOVE TO OF LOCAL
AND REGIONAL TRANSIT PROVIDERS A
TO GET AROUND THE LOCALITY THEY
ARRIVE AND.
AND SO.
AND I THINK IN PLACES LIKE A
WOULD JUMPS TO MIND IS JAPAN AND
SPAIN.
YOU SEEN HER SINCE HIGH SPEED
RAIL WAS INITIATED IN THOSE
COUNTRIES
YOU SEEN INCREASE RIDERSHIP ON
REGIONAL LOCAL TRANSIT SYSTEMS
AS WELL AND THAT IS A MODEL THAT
WE WORKS BOTH WAYS DOES.
SERVER CHO SKIER CHAIR OF THE
OF. YOUR PUSHED.
SOME OF THE OVERALL PROJECT
COSTS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN TALK
ABOUT ESCALATION COSTS.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT I THINK I
KNOW BUT I WANTED?
THE JUSTICE PRESS GALATIANS IT
SIR ESCALATION IS THE COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH FLY THAT YOU
WOULD SEE BASICALLY EN MARKET
CONDITION CHANGES WITH OF COURSE
MARKET DEMAND. AND THE COST OF
THE MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
OF.
INSTRUCTION.
RUSHED ONE ADD ON TO THAT.
TIED TO INFLATION OTHER MARKET
CONDITIONS.
NOW PARDON LEDGE COUNCIL HAS ON%
THE ISSUE OF SECURITIZATION OF
CAP AND TRADE. MONEY THEY.
SUGGESTED TO REPEATING A PATCH
LEGAL CHALLENGE TO THAT BECAUSE
WHOM WE MAY NEED VOTER APPROVAL
BECAUSE.
BUT GETTING INTO THE SINCLAIR
PAINT DISCUSSION SINCE WE HAVE A
TWO THIRDS VOTE ON THE EXTENSION
THEN WE'RE TREATING IT LIKE TAX.
HAVE YOU.
GIVEN THAT OPINION ON THAT. AND
I GUESS THE QUESTION IS IF IF
THAT'S TRUE HIM WERE UNABLE TO
SECURITIZED THE FLOW OF CAP AND
TRADE FUNDS EVEN THOUGH THE FLOW
WOULD CONTINUE.
WHAT'S THE BACKUP PLAN.
I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE LOOKED AT
THE LEGAL.
.
MATTER IS YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED
IT.
MORE YOU KNOW THAT THE IDEA
FINANCING THAT CAP AND TRADE
ELEMENT OF OUR. OF FUNDING
STREAM IS A CONTINUATION OF A
CONCEPT THAT WAS FIRST PUT
FORWARD IN
THE TWENTY SIXTEEN BUSINESS
PLAN.
THE IMPORT OF A FINANCING
CAPTAIN TRADE REVENUES SO THAT
WE CAN MEET TO SCHEDULES
OUTLINED IN THE BUSINESS PLAN. A
YOU CANNOT BUILD A MAKE A
PROJECT OF THIS SIZE ON ON A.
BUT TO PAY GO BASIS.
A BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONSTRUCTION
NEEDS AND AND A CAPITAL OF
CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT NEED TO
BE MET. THE IN THE CYCLE OF
DEVELOPMENT SOONER THAN THE
DOLLARS ARE THE WAS AVAILABLE
WHOLE REASON WE ARE SEEKING THE
FINANCING OF CAP AND TRADE. IS
REALLY THE ABILITY TO BRING
THOSE DOLLARS FORWARD TO MEET
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SO
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT THAT
ULTIMATELY BECOME AN ELEMENT.
WE DON'T RUN INTO THAT PROBLEM
UNTIL ROUGHLY THE TWENTY TWENTY
ONE TWENTY TWO TWENTY TWENTY TWO
HORIZON.
BUT I THINK.
WE HAVE.
WHEN WE WERE FIRST GRANTED A
CAP AND TRADE DOLLARS AND EIGHT
EIGHT SIXTY TWO S. B. EIGHT
SIXTY TWO.
WELL THERE WAS A NOTION THAT IT
COULD BE USED TO PAY BACK LOANS.
AND.
WE WOULD WERE SEEKING FURTHER
YOU KNOW CLARITY ON BEING ABLE
TO FINANCE THOSE DOLLARS. UP SO
WE CAN BRING THE DOLLARS FORTY
METER CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION
NEEDS.
BUT I GUESS I GUESS THAT THE
CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS THAT.
AND AND ALL EVEN GRANT YOU LET'S
SAY WE COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT
FORMULA THAT'S NOT A PERCENTAGE
BUT IT'S A GUARANTEED. SEVEN
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS I'VE I
SPEED RAILS COULD TO GET THROUGH
THE CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM AND
WILL FIDDLE WITH THE IN. WITH
SO THAT GIVES YOU CERTAINTY FROM
YOUR FINANCIAL POINT OF VIEW
THAT THAT'S THE AMOUNT YOU CAN
GET YOU. CLEARLY MAY WANT MORE
MONEY BUT YOU COULD GET THAT IS
THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU GUYS TO THE.
TO EFFECTIVELY TREAT THAT WE ARE
BANKS IS IT SECURITIZATION OR
USE IT THAT WAY OR.
OR YOU ACTUALLY THINK YOU NEED
LEGISLATION BECAUSE I'M. I'M WE
CATHOLIC CATEGORIZING HOW YOU
GET THE MONEY NOT A PERCENTAGE
BUT OF A FLAT GUARANTEED AMOUNT.
POPE AS WE NOTED IN THE BUSINESS
PLAN AND AGAIN I I JUST WANT TO
BE A LITTLE BIT CAREFUL BECAUSE
THE YOU KNOW WE DO LIVE IN A
WORLD THAT'S A BIT CRAY BUT I
WOULD SAY. THAT.
WHO WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE
FINANCING OF CAPTAIN TRADER
RELEASE THREE ELEMENTS ONE IS TO
PROVIDE SOME FLOOR OF FUNDING
DOLLARS IT WOULD BE? A BAD MADE
CERTAIN THAT WE WOULD GET A
FLOOR THAT WOULD COME OUT OF
THIS THAT WE.
BUT UNDER WHICH WE WOULD NEVER
GO SO WHATEVER WE SET THAT AT.
OF THE IDEA THAT THOSE DOLLARS
WOULD NOT BE IMPAIRED MAYBE IT'S
A PRIORITY OF THE CAP AND TRADE
STREAMER SOMETHING LIKE THAT
THAT. THESE DOLLARS WILL BE
THERE.
AND AN EXTENSION OF OF THE CAP
AND TRADE PROGRAM AS WE ASSUMED
IN TWENTY
STEEN.
BUT THAT WOULD GO OUT TO TWENTY
FIFTY BOTH TO GIVE US A. PERIOD
OF PREPAYMENT BUT THAT IS
SUFFICIENT ABILITY TO BRING
SUFFICIENT DOLLARS TOWARD ME
CAPITAL NEEDS. BECAUSE OF THE
THREE THINGS THAT WE DESCRIBED
AS BEING IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVE
AND INVESTMENT GRADE
SECURITIZATION.
NET AND SO THOSE ELEMENTS ARE
IMPORTANT BUT YOU KNOW YOU GET
WHAT YOU GET I GUESS I WOULD SAY
IT'S IT WON'T BE A GO NO GO. ON
WHETHER YOU CAN FINANCE IT WOULD
IT WOULD BE WHAT RISK IS
ASSIGNED TO IT HOW MUCH IS THE
COST OF CAPITAL.
THAT WOULD THAT WOULD APPLY
BASED ON WHAT WE GET THOSE THREE
ELEMENTS OF THE THREE ELEMENTS
THAT WE DESCRIBED IN THE
BUSINESS PLAN.
IT HAS A FROM IT AND HELD ON
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE IMPORTANT
TO SEE FOR FINANCING PURPOSES.
I'D LIKE TO SCRUB THE PACHECO
PASS.
A PROJECT IS HIM IT SEEMS IT
IT'S THIRTEEN BILLION SIXTEEN
BILLION THERE SIR SOMEWHERE IN
IN THAT FLOW AND IF I'M. ABLE TO
USE.
THAT MY MORTGAGE MY HOUSE I
BOUGHT IT FOR YOU KNOW.
TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN
THOUSAND SKINNER COST ME FIVE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND TWICE
AS MUCH IF IT'S A FINANCE IT
BEEN JUST THAT. PITCH PERFECT GO
PASS BUT PROBABLY IN THE TUNE OF
THIRTY.
BILLION DOLLARS WHAT AT IF
EVERYTHING SAID THAT IF YOU WERE
ABLE TO BORROW ON AGAIN SOME
INSTRUMENTS TO BUILD IT SO YOU
GET YOUR FIRST PORTION DONE.
WELL THIRTY YEAR FINANCING
THAT'S A BILLION DOLLARS THAT
YOU WOULD NEED TO PAGES ON THAT
PORTION OF IT. SO.
IF CAP AND TRADE WERE SEVEN
HUNDRED MILLION.
WORST WORST ARREST COMING FROM.
PLEASE SEE MY THEY SEEMED THAT
SIMPLE MAP BUT I'M JUST TRYING
TO LOOK AT THAT THAT SEEMS TO BE
IT KEEP. KEACH HURDLE THAT WE'RE
AT RIGHT NOW TO GET PHYSICAL.
PACHECO PASS.
FUNDED AND BUILT.
YES.
AND I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY
MISTER CHAIRMAN IS THAT YOU KNOW
THE CAPITA RATE REVENUE THIS
DEDICATED THE PROJECT NOW.
IT DOES NOT MEET THE FULL COST
OF VALUE VALLEY AND WE ARE DONE
A FINE THAT FUNDING GAP AS
ESSENTIALLY THE COST OF BUILDING
THE TUNNELS. WE'RE PROPOSING IN
THE BUSINESS PLAN TO INVEST IN
TWO
AT THAT TIME.
I'D TO GET SOME OPERATIONAL
UTILITY FOR A CALIFORNIANS OF
PERHAPS HIGH SPEED ELECTRIFIED
SERVICE ON EACH SIDE OF THAT
TONE.
IN AROUND TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN.
THE TUNNEL IS THE UNFUNDED PART
KNOW WHETHER NOT THAT WOULD BE
FUNDED THROUGH CAP AND TRADE OR
SOMETHING ELSE.
IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW WE WE
HAVE TO DO WORK ON A COMEBACK TO
UPON.
.
AB BUT WE ARE SEEKING THE
FINANCING OF CAP AND TRADE FOR
THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE. WE
OTHERWISE NEED TO MAKE A LIKE
HOW ALL OF IT. NOW BECAUSE THEY
THE.
THE CAPITAL COSTS FOR
CONSTRUCTION
AGAIN WE'LL BE SEEING IN A
TWENTY ONE TWENTY TWO TWENTY
THREE TIME HORIZON. AND AND
WILLEM WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE SUFFICIENT A. OF CASH MEET
THOSE COSTS AT THAT TIME.
MY USING OF THE RIGHT YARDSTICK
ON.
THIRTEEN TO.
TO FIFTEEN SIXTEEN BILLION
DOLLARS FOR THE TUNNELING.
I THINK IRAQ ACTION YEAH I THINK
THE STRETCHES BADILLO AND FIVE
AT A HIGH AND THIRTEEN A ROUGHLY
SO.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THIS IS
ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'VE.
INTRODUCE RANGES INTO THIS
BUSINESS PLAN THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
INCLUDED IN THE PAST ONE OF THE
REASONS FOR THAT. IS THAT.
MUCH OF THE PROJECT MUCH OF THE
STATE THE OF PHASE ONE PROGRAM.
BUT IS STILL IN EARLY
DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE STILL IN THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS ON THE
TELLING ELEMENT OF THIS
BUT PROGRAM WERE SILLY
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS ON
MOST OF THE THE PROGRAM WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
AREA WERE ALREADY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
BECAUSE OF THAT SOME OF THE
SYSTEMS ARE NOT BECAUSE SOME OF
THESE ELEMENTS ARE NOT WHOLLY
REFINED.
AND SO THE CASA STILL NEED TO BE
REFINED AND WILL BE REPORTING
BACK TO YOU. AS WE GO FOR THE
PROJECT UPDATE REPORT IN MARCH
ON WHERE WE ARE AND AGAIN IN
TWENTY TWENTY WHERE WE ARE ON
THOSE COSTS. AS WE REFINE
DEVELOPMENT GOING FORWARD FOR
ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM.
YEAH I JUST ON THAT JACO.
.
YOU REALIZE THAT THERE WAS A
TUNNEL.
CUT THROUGH THEIR WHEN THE
CALIFORNIA WATER PROJECT THIS
BUILT. IN THE TUNNEL.
BOB TRANSPORTS WATER FROM THE
SAN LUIS RESERVOIR. INTO THE BAY
AREA.
THERE'S THIS IS A VERY BIG
TUNNEL.
WATER TUNNEL SO THEY DO HAVE.
BECAUSE SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THE
GEO TECHNICAL ISSUES AND.
CALIFORNIA WATER PROJECT IN
BUILDING A TUNNEL SO THERE'S.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH SHAUN.
A LOT OF KNOWN.
QUANTITY REGARDING THE TUNNEL
PROJECT YOU YOU SHOULD
INVESTIGATE. BUT MISTER CHAIRMAN
WIENER WHEN WE IT WE HAVE WE
HAVE STARTED PERFORMING
GEOTECHNICAL WORK IN THAT AREA
NOW RIGHT.
SO YOU DO KNOW ABOUT THAT THAT
THOUGH WATER PROJECT GO PROJECT
CONSTRUCTION I THINK THE PEOPLE
THE BILL THAT.
ARE STILL BUILDING STUFF THOUGH.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
OF.
I THINK SOONER GALGIANI AND
CENTER GAINES GAINES.
OR NIELSEN.
PER GALGIANI.
THANK YOU I'M IT TO MISTER
KELLY.
EACH YEAR AS THE AUTHOR OF THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL ENABLING LAID
LEGISLATION AB THREE ZERO THREE
FOREIGN TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT.
ARM I HAVE WRITTEN TO THE
AUTHORITY EVERY YEAR THAT THE
BUSINESS PLAN HAS COME OUT AND
I'VE ASKED FOR. ON MY LETTER TO
BE INCLUDED IN THE BUSINESS PLAN
NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO FOR
CONSIDERATION TO BE GIVEN.
FOR.
WAY I HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR
MANY YEARS AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT
WITH MY COLLEAGUES SENATOR
BALLOTS SENATOR WHITE CASKET
WILL RECALL THIS. AND THAT IS.
INSTEAD OF ONLY CONSIDERING THE
OPTION OF THE OPERATIONAL
SEGMENT ALSO CONSIDER EXTENDING
UP TO MERCED WHERE AMTRAK. RUNS
FROM SACRAMENTO TO MERCED TODAY
AN AMTRAK RUNS FROM OAKLAND TO
MERCED TODAY SAID THAT WE WOULD
HAVE THE CONNECTIVITY.
SECONDLY WE HAVE MADE A
COMMITMENT TO THE EIGHTIES.
SYSTEM THAT WE WILL DO THE
CONSTRUCTION FOR ACE FROM THE
SILICON VALLEY BAY AREA. ADD TO
EXTENDED DOWN TO MODESTO AND
MERCED WHERE IT CAN
SIVA BELIEVE AND CONNECT WITH
HIGH SPEED RAIL.
THAT IS SOMETHING WHERE WE CAN
ACHIEVE IMMEDIATE RESULTS AND
PARTS. PROVIDING IMMEDIATE
RIDERSHIP AN IMMEDIATE BENEFIT
WHILE WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE
OPERATIONAL SEGMENT.
THE OPERATIONAL SEGMENT WAS A
CONCEPT AN IDEA INSTITUTED BY
THE FORMER DIRECTOR ROLL OFF MAN
ARC. NO WHERE NO WHERE IN EIGHTY
THREE ZERO THREE FOUR DO WE
DISCUSS ANY REQUIREMENT FOR
OPERATIONAL SEGMENT.
TO BE COMPLETE BEFORE WE BEGAN
OFFERING SERVICE.
BACK WHEN I WAS IN THE ASSEMBLY
AND THE EXISTING HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY BOARD MEMBERS THAT I
WAS WORKING WITH AND WE HAD THE
CONCEPT AN IDEA. OF CONNECTING
HIGH SPEED RAIL WITH EXISTING
REGIONAL RAIL AND THEN ALLOWING
FOR PARTNERSHIP WHERE THAT
REGIONAL RAIL COULD. MANAGE THAT
TRIP AND COUPLED TOGETHER IT IT
COULD BE A SYSTEM YOU COULD GET
ON THE TRAIN AT THE STARTING
POINT AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. YOU COULD RIDE
UP TO THE NORTH AND TO MERCED.
I'D BE.
GET OFF GET BACK ONTO M. TRACKER
ACE WHICHEVER IT WOULD BE AN
EITHER CONTINUE YOUR TRAVELS TO
SACRAMENTO OR OVER UP THROUGH
THE STOCKTON AREA OVER TO SANTA
CLARA AND SAN JOSE WHERE. IT
CURRENTLY CONNECTS WITH THE
CALTRAIN OR GET OFF AT MERCED
AND GET ON AMTRAK AND HEAD OVER
TO OAKLAND. IT'S THE CONCEPT OF
A THREE LEGGED STOOL. ALSO
PRESIDENT OBAMA WHEN HE PROVIDED
THE DEATH PRIA FINDING
HE REQUIRED THAT WE HAVE
INDEPENDENT UTILITY OF WHATEVER
WE BUILD. AND THAT WAS WHY THE
AREA THAT WAS CHOSEN WAS
ACTUALLY CHOSEN BECAUSE THE RAIL
THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD
HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONNECT BACK
INTO THE AMTRAK SYSTEM.
THAT WAY IF EVER THERE WAS NO
OTHER FEDERAL DOLLARS TO FOLLOW
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A FUNDING
STREAM WE WOULD BE ABLE TO
CONNECT THEY'RE CONSTRUCTED HIGH
SPEED RAIL WITHIN EXISTING
SYSTEM. SO AGAIN I WILL ASK GOT
THE LETTER THAT I'M
TO DO AGAIN THIS YEAR BE
INCLUDED AND ACTUALLY GIVEN
SERIOUS.
SERIOUS THOUGHT THIS WILL BE THE
FIFTH TIME. THAT I'VE ASKED THAT
IT BE CONSIDERED AND GIVEN SPOT
AND I AND THAT WE ACTUALLY GIVE
IT WE SERIOUSLY LOOK AT.
AND STATE OF JUST
GIVING ME LIP SERVICE IT'S BEEN
VERY FRUSTRATING THAT.
MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN
THE PROJECT EARLY ON WHO HAD
THIS CONCEPT ON. THOSE IDEAS
WERE JUST SORT OF SET ASIDE NOT
CONSIDERED SERIOUSLY. AND AND
I'M.
FULLY IN FAVOR I WANT TO SEE THE
VALLEY TO VALLEY I WANNA SEE THE
WHOLE PROJECT IS THE AUTHOR
THAT'S MY BABY I WANT TO SEE
HAPPEN. BUT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR
IS TO GIVE CONCERTS
INCREMENTAL.
PIECES THAT CAN CONNECT TO
REGIONAL RAIL JUST AS THEY DO IN
OTHER COUNTRIES I USED TO GO TO
INTERNATIONAL HIGH SPEED RAIL.
SEMINARS AND ON. CONVENTIONS
AND OTHERS FROM CANNOT CHINA
JAPAN GERMANY FRANCE THEY USED
TO COME VISIT OUR OFFICES ALL
THE TIME.
FRANCE WANTED TO BE THE OPERATOR
FOR OUR SYSTEM WE WERE ENGAGED
IN MO USE WITH NINE OR TEN OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT WERE HELPING
ADVISED THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION
OF HIGH SPEED RAIL. AND AS THEY
SAID YOU NEVER BUILD A SYSTEM
THAT'S PERFECT HIGH SPEED RAIL
FROM BEGINNING TO END YOU BUILD
SOME STRETCHES YOU CONNECT THEM
WITH EXISTING. TRACK
TO BUILD A SYSTEM AND AS YOU GET
MORE MONEY AND MORE RIDERSHIP
YOU BUILD THE WHOLE SYSTEM OUT.
SO I WOULD AGAIN I'M ASKING I'M
PLEADING WITH YOU PLEASE TAKE
THIS SERIOUSLY AND PLEASE GIVE
THIS CONSIDERATION WE HAD MANY
CONVERSATIONS IN OUR CAUCUS. IT
MADE SENSE TO A LOT OF OUR
SENATORS WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING
WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO VOTE TO
ALLOW FOR CAP AND TRADE TO BE
SPENT ON HIGH SPEED RAIL. AND
THAT WAS ONE OF THE SELLING
POINTS IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE
VOTES.
FOR THE PROJECT TO BE FUNDED
WITH CAP AND TRADE.
SENATOR IF I COULD SAY TWO
THINGS IRST THAT THERE IS NO
QUESTION THAT YOU BEEN. THE
STRONGEST ADVOCATE FOR THIS
PROGRAM IN. A WHILE I WORKED A
PRETEND GINGERLY ON THIS WITH
YOU. IN YEARS PAST THE. A YOUR
SUPPORT IS BEEN INVALUABLE FOR
THIS PROGRAM SECONDLY AN
IMPORTANT I WANT TO SAY. THIS
BUSINESS PLAN.
AND MOSTLY BECAUSE WE OPERATE IN
A VERY CONSTRAINED FUNDING WORLD
WHICH I DON'T HAVE ALL THE
DOLLARS TO BUILD ALL OF THE
PROGRAM.
THEREFORE I HAVE TO MAKE
INVESTMENTS TO DO IT
INCREMENTALLY. AND AND THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN
THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN BUSINESS
PLAN.
NOW WHETHER THE THE POINT OF
CONNECTION IS BAKERSFIELD MADERA
OR BAKERSFIELD MERCED ME THAT IS
SOMETHING WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
ON WITH THE E. T. O. ARE REALLY
TRAIN OPERATOR.
TO TO FIND THOSE POINTS THE
BIGGEST CHALLENGES MERCED RIGHT
NOW IS A DOLLARS AND CENTS
QUESTION.
BUT IT'S A HIGH PRIORITY FOR US
IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO GET
DONE IS THE TUNNELS ARE DONE SO
THAT IT'S PART OF THE INITIAL
VALUE VALLEY SERVICE.
BUT I WOULD BE VERY CLEAR. I
DON'T HAVE ALL THE FUNDING TO
BUILD THE ENTIRE PROJECT THE
APPROACH IN THE PROGRAM.
IF AS HAS BEEN THE APPROACH WITH
THE AUTHORITIES TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENTS WITH THE DOLLARS WE
HAVE. THAT PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY
MOBILITY ENVIRONMENTAL AND
ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO
CALIFORNIANS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING. IS A
STRETCH TO BE BUILT A FINISH THE
CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL VALLEY AND
GET THAT INTO OPERATION ASSUMES
WE CAN'T WHETHER THAT IS THE
EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR
AMTRAK TO PROVE ITS SERVICE OR
PROVIDE A CONNECTED ELECTRIC
TRAIN SERVICE. BUT ON THAT
STRETCH TO MEET WITH THE AMTRAK
SYSTEM AND THEN TRAVEL NORTH TO
SACRAMENTO INTO THAT THE BAY
AREA AS AN INTERIM MATTER THAT
IS PRECISELY WHAT WE ARE.
PROPOSING IN THIS PLAN ON THE
WEST SIDE OF THE TUNNEL BUT WE
ARE PROPOSING TO EXPAND THE
ELECTRIFICATION OF THE CALTRAIN
PROJECT.
WHICH IS NOW BETWEEN SAN JOSE
AND SAN FRANCISCO BUT WE HAVE
SIX HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR
COMMITMENT BOND DOLLARS FOR AND
HUNDRED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
OF CAP AND TRADE DOLLARS
COMMITTED TO. A TO EXTEND THAT
FURTHER SOUTH TO GILROY. OF SO
THAT ON THE SILICON ON THE
SILICON VALLEY SIDE IN THE
PENINSULA. YOU WOULD HAVE A
FULLY ELECTRIC SYSTEM FROM
GILROY SAN FRANCISCO WHICH WOULD
MEAN A YOU WOULD INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF TRAINS THAT CAN GO
THROUGH THERE. YOU WOULD OFFER
FOR DALY HER FOR HOURLY OF SLOTS
FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL A HE WOULD
BE FULLY ELECTRIFIED AND YOU CAN
ELIMINATE THE USE OF DIESEL
TRAINS THAT WOULD STILL BE IN
USE IF WE DON'T EXTEND TO
GILROY.
UP FOR A PORTION OF THAT
STRETCH.
SO THE ENTIRE PLAN HERE
RECOGNIZING WE HAVE CONSTRAINED
FUNDING IS TO DO IT IN AN
INCREMENTAL WAY AND MAXIMIZE
CONNECTIVITY. AYE AND WHEN YOU
SEND YOUR LETTER ALL GIVE FULL
CONSIDERATION I'LL TALK TO YOU
ABOUT IT.
AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER ON THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK OUR GOALS ARE ARE
DIFFERENT.
THANK YOU BECAUSE EXTENDING UP
TO MERCED IS FIFTEEN OR TWENTY
MILES AND N THE TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT BUSINESS PLAN WAS ABOUT
THIRTY FOUR MILLION A MILE. THAT
WAS ANTICIPATED AGAIN NOT
SERVICE COULD START MUCH SOONER
THAN THE TWENTY.
TWENTY TWENTY TO TWENTY TWENTY
NINE FIGURES THAT THAT YOU'RE
GIVING US AND THE PUBLIC CAN
START RECEIVING THE ACTUAL
BENEFITS.
FROM THE SYSTEM EARLIER RATHER
THAN LATER WHILE WE CONTINUE TO
WORK ON ON GETTING US TOWARD
GILROY AND SAN JOSE I AM VERY
VERY HAPPY THAT CALTRAIN WAS
FUNDED.
BUT PART OF THE BENEFIT OF
HAVING CALTRAIN FUNDED IS THAT
IF WE WORK TO TAKE COMMUTERS WHO
DRIVE EVERY DAY ON I FIVE AND
HIGHWAY NINETY NINE INTO THE
SILICON
ALI. AND THE BAY AREA THEY COULD
START USING THIS THE SERVICE
THAT I'M SPEAKING OF THAT AGAIN
FROM THE BAKERSFIELD UP TO
MERCED. AND THEN CONNECTING
EITHER WITH AMTRAK OR ACE AND
SACRAMENTO OAKLAND AND.
SANTA CLARA AND SAN JOSE.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT ALL LOOK
FORWARD TO TO HEARING FROM YOU
BUT I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LIKE
THE DOCUMENT AND THE RESPONSE TO
BE PUBLIC.
BUT YOU THINK.
THE COMMITTEE WILL FACILITATE A
SERVICE REQUEST.
THANK YOU.
HER NIELSEN.
WELL MISTER KELLY I'M A LITTLE.
DISTURBED BY THE END.
SENATOR GALGIANI IN TERMS OF.
THE AUTHORITIES RESPONSIVENESS
TO HER.
OF THE RECORD NOT GOOD.
HOW COULD SHE FEEL ANY BETTER OR
THIS COMMITTEE TODAY?
YOU'VE GOT PROMISES HAVE BEEN
HOLLOW IN THE PAST.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT
NOW.
I'M SITTING HERE.
THAT'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT OKAY MAY
I DON'T MAKE PROMISES THAT I
CAN'T KEEP. A TORI WILL
CONSIDERATE AND THE ISSUE WILL
BE A DOLLAR AND CENTS ISSUE THAT
WILL NEED TO DISCUSS.
NUMBER SAID AS A HIGH PRIORITY
FOR US AS PART OF THE VALLEY TO
VALLEY SERVICE
WHAT THE INITIAL SEGMENT LOOKS
LIKE WITH THE GOES ALL THE WAY
TO MERCED OR SHORT TO MADERA. WE
NEED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT
WAS OF THERE'S A. THERE'S A
ECONOMIC ANNA AND I COSTS
IMPACTED THAT.
THAT I WOULD HAVE A CANDIDATE
FOR CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT.
A BUT.
I WANT TO REPEAT.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RIGHT
INCREMENTAL INVESTMENTS T
MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS EARLY INTO
A CONNECT WITH OTHER SERVICES IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PER.
ARTICULATING THE PROGRAM AND I
AM SAYING HERE PUBLICLY IN FRONT
OF GOD AND EVERYBODY
THAT I WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH
CENTER GALGIANI ON THIS REQUEST.
AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE ISSUE
THOROUGHLY.
BUT HOW HOW CAN.
CITIZENS OF CALIFORNIA.
THE TAXPAYERS FIND ANY
CONFIDENCE.
THE SKYROCKETING COST OF THIS
IT'S LIKE OPERATIONS BEAST IT'S
THIRTY BILLION NINETY BILLION.
SIXTY BILLION THE NINETY
BILLION.
WILL THERE EVER BE AN END. AND I
I POINT OUT SEVERAL TIMES AND
COMMITTEES OVER THE LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET COMMITTEE I'VE INQUIRED
HOW WILL YOU PAY FOR THIS.
AND THE RESPONSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
WILL RIDERSHIP WILL PAY THE
OPERATING EXPENSES.
WOW.
I BY NO COMFORT IN THAT NOW
WE'RE GOING TO SECURE TIES IT
TOGETHER WITH CAP AND TRADE
REVENUES RIGHT.
BUT BORROWER.
MEANS
SENATOR THAT THE CHALLENGE OF
FINDING IS IN PART BECAUSE WE'VE
NEVER HAD FULL FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT I MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
FOR EXAMPLE BETWEEN HOW OTHER
COUNTRIES. FUN HIGH SPEED RAIL
HOW WE HAVE IS THAT MAKE FULL
FUNDING COMMITMENTS TO THE
ENTIRE SYSTEM.
THAT HAS NEVER BEEN OUR
EXPERIENCE HERE IN CALIFORNIA
AND IT STILL IS NOT.
SO THE CHALLENGE IS YOU TAKE THE
MONEY YOU HAVE AND YOU APPLY IT
TO PROVIDE AS MANY BENEFITS AS
WE CAN AS WE BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
WITH THE DOLLARS WE HAVE. THAT'S
PRECISELY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING
IN THIS PROGRAM.
THE FINANCING OF CAPTAIN TRADE A
PROPOSAL THAT WAS FIRST RAISED
IN TWENTY SIXTEEN WE ARE
MAINTAINING BECAUSE WE THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BRING THE
DOLLARS FORWARD. TO MEET OUR
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR
THE WORK WE WANT TO DO. THAT
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT AND
IT'S THE ONLY FUNDING SOURCE I
CAN POINT TO.
I HAVE THAT AND I HAVE PROP WHEN
A BOND DOLLARS HAVE ALREADY
SPENT TWO POINT FIVE BILLION IN
FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND SO. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO
MOVE THE PROGRAM FOR A YEAR
RIGHT I DON'T HAVE FULL FULL
FUNDING FOR PHASE ONE. I DO NOT
HAVE THAT TODAY WHAT MY PROPOSAL
IS NOT PROPOSAL HAS BEEN IS TO.
FIND AND BUILD INCREMENTALLY WHO
TRY TO GET THE SYSTEM UP AND
RUNNING AS SOON AS WE CAN
PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR
CALIFORNIANS LET THEM EXPERIENCE
THIS. SYSTEM AND EXPAND FROM
THERE IT'S NOT UNLIKE HOW WE
BUILD OTHER TRANSIT SYSTEMS A IN
CALIFORNIA.
I'D GROWN UP IT OVER THE
WEEKEND WHERE I TALKED ABOUT HOW
PART HAS EXPANDED. PARTS SERVICE
TODAY DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT DOES
TODAY IN NINETEEN SEVENTY TWO.
PAY BILL PEOPLE EXPECT
EXPERIENCED IT AND THEY
EXPANDED.
WITH NEW FUNDING AND WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING
BECAUSE I'M IN A CONSTRAINED
FUNDING ENVIRONMENT.
BUT ONE COULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S
NOT A PRIORITY. OF THE LIST OF
THE PEOPLE CALIFORNIA'S
REFLECTED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
WELL ARE YOU KNOW.
I WOULD SAY.
MISTER NELSON GOOD BUT THE
PEOPLEOF CALIFORNIA VOTED TO
MOVE FORWARD ON THIS PROJECT.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN A
PARTNER WITH US A TO HELP FUND
THE PRIME
WHO'S WE GO FOR.
MY OBLIGATION SINCE I'VE BEEN IN
THIS JOB AND GOING FORWARD IS TO
BE A GOOD STEWARD OF THIS
PROJECT IN TAXPAYER FUNDS.
BOB DEDICATED TO DOING THAT I
WANT TO DELIVER ONLY WHAT I
CAN'T DELIVER.
AND TRY TO EXPAND.
ARE AVAILABILITY OF OF A NEW
FUNDING TO EXPAND THE PROJECT
AND I DO BELIEVE.
I CAN ONLY GET THAT IF I SHOW
PERFORMANCE AND WE SHOW
PERFORMANCE AND WE DELIVER AND
IF WE DO THAT THAT WE CAN BE
SUCCESSFUL IN EXPANDING THE
SYSTEM GOING FOR. ANOTHER
PLATOON CANNELLA ATTITUDE BUT
THIS BRINGS TO MIND.
AND I WANT TO PURSUE THIS
MYSELF.
HOPEFULLY WITH OTHER. HELP.
I THINK THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO
THE VOTERS AGAIN.
DISH HAS CONTROL XCELERATED
EXPANDED IN TERMS OF THE COST.
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR THE
PEOPLE.
TO EXAMINE THIS AGAIN WITH THE
VOTE IS THERE ANY PLAN TO TAKE
THIS BACK TO THE VOTERS AGAIN.
TOP.
I'D I DON'T HAVE A A PLAN. TODO
THAT.
AND IT'LL BE UP TO OTHERS TO.
DO YOU KNOW TO MAKE THAT SO. I
THINK.
YEAH ONE THING.
MISTER NELSON R. NELSON THAT I'M
BETTER KNOWN VISITOR NELSON THAT
I AM.
.
THAT AYE WE ARE YOU KNOW BY
TRYING TO REFLECT IN THIS PLAN
IS THAT.
.
AGAIN WE WE DON'T WE'VE THIS
PROJECT HAS NEVER. UP PAD OF
FULL FUNDING A AND A ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING
DIFFERENTLY IN THIS PLAN.
WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN HAS
BEEN
PRIOR PLAN.
IS I I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN
GREAT BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE PROJECT HOW FAR THEY ARE
IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
A TO COME HERE AND SAY IT ALL
YOU I CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW
MUCH IT'S GONNA COST ON A DOLLAR
BASIS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE
WE'VE DONE OF FULL COST TO
COMPLETE WE DEVELOPED A BASELINE
COSTS AND WE PUT THAT IN THE
PLAN.
RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE EARLY AND
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WE'VE
INCLUDED A LOW AND HIGH AND THE
LOW LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE COST
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TWENTY
SIXTEEN.
MAR JOB NOW IS TO MANAGE THIS
PROGRAM TO COME IN. OF BELOW THE
BASELINE AND THAT'S WHO WERE
DEDICATED TO DOING.
BUT I WHO WHAT WHEN I WILL
BRING TO THIS FOR ALL OF YOU IN
OUR PUBLIC DIALOGUE. IS A FULL A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE
RANGES ARE AND WHAT THE RISKS
ARE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
MANAGE IS TO STAY BELOW. A OUR
BASELINE HAND AND I'M COMMITTED
TO DO THAT AND I'LL JUST
CONCLUDE THE MISCALCULATION
EIGHT THAT AND. THERE THERE'S
SOME COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE CAN MAKE
DETERMINATIONS AND.
CURRENT LEGISLATURE CAN'T OBLIGE
FUTURE LEGISLATURE'S.
I WOULD JUST SUBMIT THAT I THINK
YOU SEE AND THEN EVIDENCE OVER
THE YEARS. AND INCLUDING FOR
THIS HEARING TODAY.
THOSE WERE THE MOST AVID
SUPPORTERS AND EVEN SOME OF THE
GREATEST DETRACTORS THE. WEEKLY
SHARE CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE THIS
THING'S GOING.
THANK YOU THANK YOU SENATOR.
.
SURE WINNER HAS SOME QUESTIONS
CENTER TERRIBLY.
I'M. YEAH ABOUT THE THIRD.
COMMENT UP FOLLOWED BY A
QUESTION.
BUT I ACTUALLY DON'T THINK IT
SHOULD GO BACK TO THE VOTERS I
THINK WE SHOULD TELL US.
BUILD A DAM SYSTEM EXCUSE MY
LANGUAGE. AND.
ALRIGHT.
AND AND AND JUST DO OUR JOB I
MEAN THIS PROJECT.
HAS BEEN IN PROCESS FOR AWHILE
AND IT ON SO THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IS SO CHALLENGING
WITH I MEAN I'D LOVE CALIFORNIA
I'M SO PROUD TO BE A CALIFORNIA
ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S
CHALLENGING ABOUT THIS STATE.
IT'S SOMETIMES WE MAKE A
DECISION AND THEN IT'S LIKE.
PEOPLE ARE WHAT WE HAVE TO MAKE
THAT DECISION AGAIN.
AND AT SOME POINT THE DECISION
IS MADE AND THE DECISION WITH
LONG AGO MADE ON THIS PROJECT
THAT WE'RE DOING IT. AND YOU
JUST GOTTA DO AND SUCH A
MILITANT ABOUT TO THE VOTERS
LET'S KEEP ARGUING AND DEBATING
ABOUT IT WE NEED TO DISCUSS BILL
THAT. IS A STEP BACK.
I THINK UP HONESTLY IT GOT TO
GET FROM CAL FROM SAN
FRANCISCO TO LOS ANGELES. IT
TAKES TWICE AS LONG ONE TRAIN AS
DRIVING.
TWICE AS LONG ELEVEN HOURS TAKE
A TRAIN. IF YOU MATTERED
SEMESTER RUSH HOUR IT'S LIKE
FIVE OR SIX OUT SIX HOURS
DRIVING THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS.
I AND IT UNDERMINES OUR CLIMATE
GOALS.
IT BY IT IT UNDERMINES OUR
KAHANE ME WE CAN'T KEEP
EXPANDING OUR FREEWAYS AND THAT
WOULD BE UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSIVE
WERE RUNNING OUT OF. SPACE AT
OUR AIRPORTS WE CAN'T WE'RE
GONNA START CROWDING OUT
INTEREST THE CALIFORNIA FLIGHTS
FOR LONG HAUL FLIGHTS GOING ON
THE SPACE AND SO WE NEED.
TO DO THIS AND YOU KNOW IN TERMS
OF THE COST.
YES THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT AND
IT COSTS MORE THAN WE HAD
ANTICIPATED SUITED THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE SUITED BARS SO TO
THE INTERSTATE FREEWAY SINCE
INSERTED EVERY MAJOR TO.
I OBJECT EVER
MY FAVORITE OUR COVER OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO CHRONICLE WHICH I
DUTIFULLY POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA
ONCE A YEAR. BECAUSE IT SUMS IT
UP I DON'T KNOW OF ANYONE CAN
SEE IT YOU CAN LOOK AT MY
FACEBOOK PAGE. IF THE NINETEENTH
JANUARY NINETEEN SIXTY SIX COVER
OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
AND THE TITLE IS SCANDALOUS
TRANSIT MASS HAVE WE BEEN
FOOLED.
BAY AREAS ONE BILLION DOLLAR
RAPID TRANSIT FANTASY BECAUSE
BAR WAS COSTING A BUNCH OF
MONEY.
AND SO THE CHRONICLE WAS
ADVOCATING THAT WE KILL THE
PROJECT CAN YOU IMAGINE FOR
THOSE IN THE BAY AREA WHEN IT
WOULD BE LIKE IF WE AND TO NOT
HAVE PART. OF WHAT IT WOULD BE
LIKE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE GOLDEN
GATE BRIDGE WHERE WE LIKE IT
WOULD HAVE LA METRO OR THE
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
WE JUST NEED THE BILL DOES. AND
I THINK THAT UNFORTUNATELY
INNOCENT I DONT GET TO MY
QUESTION ABOUT THE SECRETARY. OF
WHAT WE HAVE. WE'VE THERE'S JUST
BEEN THIS PUBLIC MITT THIS
INFORMATION WAR. RAIDS AGAINST
HIGH SPEED RAIL PAINTING A YOU
KNOW IF I HAVE TO LISTEN MORE
PERSON SENDS A TRAIN TO KNOW
WHERE AS IF LOS ANGELES WAS NO
WHERE. I'M GONNA PULL MY HAIR
OUT.
IT'S A TRAIN TO KNOW WHERE IT'S
A BOONDOGGLE. AND YEAH ARE GOOD.
IT'LL COME
SELECT.
.
BUT HOW DO WE YOU KNOW HOW DO WE
MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS
WHAT THIS IS A BALLOT AND WAIT
IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE IF WE
DON'T HAVE THE TRAIN. CLICK
PHILLY BECKETT'S LOST IN THE
PUBLIC WHICH IS HERE IT'S
ESCALATING COSTS.
IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING
BECAUSE THE FIRST SEGMENT WAS
BUILT IN CENTRAL VALLEY AND CAN
HAVE LOWER RIDERSHIP ON SALE
LATER THE BAY AREA.
IT'S IT'S JUST WASTE A HOW DO
WE GET. TO THE PUBLIC WE FOCUS
ON THE BIG PICTURE. NAM AND I
CLICKED LIKE SOMETIMES IT'S JUST
BE MISINFORMATION OPPOSITION
CAMPAIGN AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH
OF A RESPONSE TO IT'S A HELL HOW
CAN WE GET ACCURATE. BIG PICTURE
INFORMATION OUT MISTER
SECRETARY.
OH WELL AS A COUPLE THINGS I
MEAN ONE.
THERE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
DATA POINTS THAT OF FOLKS.
ABOUT FOR EXAMPLE ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY THIS IS CREATING.
IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN ABOUT A THIRD OF THE
JOBS IN THE FRESNO COUNTY WERE
TIED TO THIS PROJECT.
WE HAVE.
FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN SMALL
BUSINESSES WORKING ON THIS
PROJECT CAN YOU SEEN COUNTLESS
SMALL BUSINESSES IN CALIFORNIA
EXPAND OPERATIONS.
BECAUSE WE ARE IN CONSTRUCTION
DOLLARS WE'VE INVESTED TO DATE
HAVE AN ECONOMIC IMPACT EFFECT.
OF THE NEXUS OF SIX BILLION
DOLLARS JUST ON THE MONIES WE WE
SPENT TODAY. OF THEIR SEVENTEEN
HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO CRAFT WORKERS
OUT THERE EVERY DAY WORKING ON
THE PROJECT. BECAUSE OF THE
ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF OUR HUGE.
I IN LARGE PART TOOK THIS JOB.
AND SENATOR BECAUSE OF THE
TRANSFORMATIVE NATURE OF THIS
PROJECT
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON
TRANSPORTATION POLICY FOR TWENTY
FIVE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA. I'VE
NEVER SEEN A SINGLE PROJECT THAT
WOULD HAVE SUCH THE IMPACT THIS
ONE WOULD HAVE ON MOBILITY FOR
CALIFORNIANS.
I BELIEVE CUTTING DRIVE TIMES BY
AT LEAST HALF
A BETWEEN DESTINATION POINTS IS
SOMETHING MOST CALIFORNIANS WANT
TO ACHIEVE.
I THINK THE ECONOMIC AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF DOING
THIS THROUGH CLEAN FAST RAIL.
ARE ALL THE THINGS WE WORK HARD
TO ACHIEVE IN THE TRANSPORTATION
SECTOR.
PARTICULARLY IN THE ERA OF
CLIMATE CHANGE
SO I TOOK THIS JOB BECAUSE I
BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT THIS PROJECT
IS NEAT IN CALIFORNIA AND WOULD
BENEFIT CALIFORNIANS FOR
GENERATIONS.
THAT SAID THIS PROJECT HAS HAD
CHALLENGES WITH FUNDING
PRIMARILY WITH FUNDING AND
THERE.
AND AND IN PARK WE GOT OUT EARLY
ON CONSTRUCTION IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY SO WE COULD SPEND. OF
FEDERAL DOLLARS MADE AVAILABLE
AND WE'VE LEARNED SOME LESSONS
FROM THAT AND THOSE ARE LESSONS
THAT WE WILL NOT REPEAT ON
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING HER.
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS GOING
FORWARD.
SO.
.
BUT AND WE KNOW WE PUT OUT OF
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR TRAVEL
TIMES BETWEEN DESTINATION POINTS
AND.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR
CALIFORNIA'S GOING FORWARD AND I
HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN WHERE WE'VE
LAID OUT? EVEN INCREMENTAL BASIS
THE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE.
FROM YOU KNOW GILROY
SANFRANCISCO TO START AND IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY IN THE
EXPAND THAT. IS WE GO FURTHER
AND I. WOULD JUST SAY AYE I
CONCUR WITH WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT
THE. HEAD THE SHAME THAT I FEEL
ABOUT A. YOU KNOW BRAILLE
BETWEEN THE BAY AREA NOW A
TODAY'S ELEVEN OR TWELVE HUR
EXERCISE.
YEAH WE WE PROPOSE TO DO IT IN
THREE HOURS OR LESS.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE
PRIMARY BENEFITS ARE I WILL SAY
THE TENER GALGIANI MENTIONED THE
IMPORTANCE OF. CONNECTIVITY AND
THAT'S OF A BIG PART OF THIS OF
PEOPLE ARRIVE IN CITIES A
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND
REALLY.
THE CENTRAL VALLEY IS IS MOSTLY
DISCONNECTED FROM THE REST OF
THE STATE IN TERMS OF.
THE EASY TRANSPORTATION HUBS.
BOB CONNECTING THE COAST WITH
THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
BUT I THINK AS THEY ARRIVE IN
THE CITY'S THROUGH THIS YOU ALSO
GET EXPANDED USE AND RIDERSHIP
OF LOCAL.
SERVICES WHICH I THINK WE WOULD
EXPAND.
SO.
THOSE ARE ALL THE REASONS IT'S
IMPORTANT WE WORK HARD TO. A PUT
OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE
BENEFITS OF THIS PROJECT I'LL
SAY ONE OF THE THINGS IN THAT
YOU KNOW TO BE CANDID.
I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE TO. DELIVER
HA HA I DO THINK ARE THE SOME OF
THE MISS YOU KNOW MISTAKES OR
MISSTEPS OF THE EARLY
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.
BUT WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THOSE
AND WE HAVE TO NOW DELIVER THAT
CONSTRUCTION SEGMENT IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY BUT TO MEET OUR
FEDERAL GRANT AGREEMENT AND I TH
I DO BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT
SMALL.
THE ADVANCES ARE HOW YOU GAIN
MOMENTUM.
AND AND WHEN WE GAIN MOMENTUM I
THINK WILL BE EASIER FOR FOLKS
TO COME AROUND AND SEE HEY THEY
REALLY ARE DELIVERING WE'RE
SEEING STRUCTURES THERE'S
OPERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THIS IS BECOMING A REAL ANA
THAT'S PRIMARILY.
MY PATH TO GET THERE IS TO
START WITH THE SMALL STUFF
DELIVER WHAT WE HAVE TO DELIVER
NOW. AND COME BACK IN NYC EXPAND
THE SYSTEM.
HOME OTHER SENATORS SENATOR
ALAN.
SO I'M.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE EXTENT TO
WHICH.
THE LACK COMMENDED THE PERCEIVED
LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FROM THE
PRIMARY.
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.
IS IMPACTING YOUR WORK.
I M..
HESITATE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK
THERE'S.
THAT UNIFORM.
AND I MEGA SAME I'M JUST LOOK
POP I THINK PART OF THAT THE
CONTINUAL CHALLENGE OF THIS IS
IS BANNED.
PERCEPTIONS AS TO WHETHER THE
PROJECT IS ACTUALLY IN HAPPEN OR
NOT.
AND IF YOU KNOW IT IT DONE.
YEAH AT AND AYE THINK THAT'S
THAT'S PART OF WHAT.
THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO ARE
TERRORISTS OUT BEN ALWAYS BEEN
OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT.
THE PEOPLE WHO'VE ALWAYS BEEN
SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AND THEN
I THINK YOU GET A LOT OF PEOPLE.
FOLKS I HEAR FROM I'M A LOT MY
DISTRICT TO SAY WELL YOU KNOW
FOR GONNA. FOR GONNA MAKE ALL
THIS INVESTMENT WE WANT TO HAVE
SOMETHING COME OUT OF THIS BUT
IF IF IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW ARE WE SPENDING BAD
MONEY AFTER ABOUT WE ARE PUTTING
YOUR MONEY A GOOD MONEY AFTER
AFTER SOMETHING THAT JUST
ULTIMATELY NOT COME TO FRUITION
I THINK THAT'S THE.
THAT'S THAT THE THE LA I'D I%
SUPPOSE IT IT'S BEEN CLEAR TO
EVERYBODY THAT IT'S SUCH A BIG
PARTY FOR THIS GOVERNOR.
I THINK COME IN THE STILL OPEN
QUESTION IS WITH THE.
IF IN FACT THIS GOVERNOR'S ONLY
AROUND TILL THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND DONE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN
TERMS OF WHAT WHAT CAN I GO BACK
AND TELL MY CONSTITUENTS.
WELL OUT.
SENATOR THE BE THE BEST I CAN
SAY IS THAT WHILE IT'S BEEN A
PRIORITY FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION
IT'S IT'S A PRIORITY BECAUSE WE
THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO
FOR CALIFORNIA TODAY AND INTO
THE FUTURE.
THE PROPOSAL THAT WE PLAYED OUT
IN THE DRAFT PLAN. WOULD HAVE US
CONSTRUCT AND HAVE
INFRASTRUCTURE PETTY TWO HUNDRED
TWENTY FIVE MILES OF HIGH SPEED
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH IS A
NEARLY HALF OF THE PHASE ONE.
SYSTEM BUT WE STILL HAVE A
CHALLENGE TO COMPLETE THE BALLOT
VALLEY IN FROM THE TO CONNECT AT
THE TUNNEL TO CONNECT EACH SIDE.
OF BUT WE WITH REVENUES WE HAVE
IN AND.
CAN A DELIVERS NON TUNER TWENTY
FOUR MILES OF THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL SYSTEM AND PROVIDE SOME
INCREMENTAL BENEFIT. WE DO NEED
TO CLOSE THE GAP WITH THE TUNNEL
AND ULTIMATELY EXPAND SELF WHICH
WE INTEND TO DO.
.
ALL OF US HAVE A PART IN A
WHETHER A TRIP IT ALL HAPPENED
SINCE SOME OF THAT DOES INVOLVE
OF THE IDENTIFICATION. OF NEW
FUNDING AND PART OF THAT IS OH
WE WILL WE HAVE HAD TODAY. A A
FEDERAL PARTNER.
TO DATE AND I WOULD SAY THE
GOING FORTH REALISTICALLY WILL
NEED A FEDERAL PARTNER. A TO
DELIVER THIS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ARE LARGE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IS THAT
TYPICALLY AT LEAST A FIFTY
PERCENT FUNDING PRTNER YOU
COMMENT ON THAT A BIT I MEAN
JUST GIVEN ALL THE. MADNESS
RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF OUR
RELATIONSHIP WELL WITHOUT
GETTING.
TOO DEEPLY INTO THE MADNESS I
WOULD SAY THAT.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT.
LOOK WE.
WHEN THE BONDS WERE PASSED
THERE'S A DIRECTION IN THE BOND
BILL FOR US TO GO OUT AND FIND
ADDITIONAL FUNDING PARTNERS BOTH
FEDERAL LOCAL STATE AND PRIVATE.
AND.
NINE BILLION WAS APPROVED IN
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT AND WE NOW
ARE UP TO ABOUT TWENTY TWO
BILLION WITH ALL THE FUNDS WE
HAVE. IN HAND.
A AND SO.
PARA THAT REFLECTS OF THREE AND
A HALF BILLION THAT IS FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP.
WE SPEND FEDERAL DOLLARS FIRST
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND THOSE
NUMBERS THAT I ARTICULATED
EARLIER ON ECONOMIC BENEFITS IN
CENTRAL VALLEY WERE LARGELY
BECAUSE WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO PUT FEDERAL DOLLARS IN.
FIRST WE ARE NOW SPENDING STATE
FUNDS TO MATCH THOSE.
BUT AS WE GO FORWARD EXPAND THE
SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO WANT TO
FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP.
AND.
I CAN JUST SAY THAT UP IN A
SNAPSHOT IN TIME MAKE IT LOOK
GLOOMY OR WHATEVER BUT THINGS
CHANGE AND. SO WE WILL BE IN A
PLACE BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE
CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THIS
PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE
CASE THAT CALIFORNIA'S DOING.
ITS SHARE FOR THE PROJECT AND
WILL NEED TO CONTINUE FEDERAL
PARTNERSHIP GOING FORWARD.
GREAT GUM.
CHIEF OPERATING. OFFICER HAD
JUST YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO
ADD.
DOCTOR ARE BRIEFING.
YES SIR LET ME GO BACK TO THE
SENATE WIENER.
BONTA GRASPING HOLD THE VISION
THAT IS THE ESSENCE.
A SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP.
PRESIDENT REAGAN.
I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW IS THAT
THE VISION OF THIS PROGRAM IS
VERY CHEAP VERBAL.
IT IS A NECESSITY TOO NOT JUST
BASICALLY THE DEFINITION OF
MOBILITY IN THE TRADITIONAL
CONTENT.
BUT TO EXPAND THAT DEFINITION TO
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
I THINK TO PICK STEP.
THANK YOU CAUSES CALIFORNIA TO
BECOME THE LEADER.
AND ADVANCED IT INOFFENSIVE
SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION. FROM
ROADS.
AND HIGHWAYS.
AND TRADITIONAL TRAINS
TO A NEW DIMENSION. THAT WILL
LEAD UNITED STATES.
AND THEM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM
FRESNO MISTER.
.
OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONSEIL
HERE SIR THANK YOU.
PUBLIC COUNSEL MAKES ACTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE FRESNO REGIONAL
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD. AND
WE ACTED AS A FISCAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ON A NUMBER
OF GRANTS LE INVOLVING OUR SEVEN
THE.
SISTER VALLEY WORKFORCE BOARDS
IN THE FOUR BUILDING TRADES
COUNCILS THAT ARE FOUND.
IN THE EIGHT COUNTY AREA
STARTING WITH SAN JOAQUIN IN THE
NORTH AND GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO KERN THE SOUTH.
.
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY
BECAUSE I CAN TALK ABOUT
IMMEDIATE POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR
VALLEY COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S
THE JOBS THAT ARE BEING CREATED.
BY THE FUNDS THAT YOU ARE
SUPPLYING TO CONSTRUCT A SYSTEM
IMPORTANT JOBS FOR OUR
RESIDENTS.
NEEDED JOBS IN AREAS THAT DON'T
HAVE THE SAME. A NUMBER OF
INDUSTRIAL SECTORS THAT ARE
FOUND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE.
.
OUR MULTI CRAFT PRE
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING SERVICES
A PIPELINE.
INTO CALIFORNIA'S REGISTERED
APPRENTICESHIP IN THE BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES.
OUR COURSE WILL BE SUPER
COMPRISED OF A COMMON CURRICULUM
ACROSS ALL THOSE TRAITS.
AND TRUST GIVEN OVERVIEW TODAY
TO PARTICIPATING TRAITS HAVE
INCLUDED THE ELECTRICIANS*
WORKERS
CEMENT MASONS IRON WORKERS
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS.
OPERATING ENGINEERS LABORERS AND
CARPENTERS.
WITH FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE
STATE THROUGH GOVERNOR BROWN.
THROUGH THE STATE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT BOARD AND THEN
FUNDING FROM UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. WE HAVE FOR
THE LAST SEVEN YEARS NOW. BEEN
OFFERING THE SPREE
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TO
VALLEY RESIDENTS
TO PREPARE THEM TO APPLY FOR THE
APPRENTICESHIP SLOTS. THAT ARE
BEING CREATED BY THIS PROJECT.
.
I SHOULD SAY TO THAT.
TOM.
IN ADDITION TO FINING PEOPLE
THEY EMPLOY THE INITIAL
EMPLOYMENT AS APPRENTICES WE'VE
BEEN DOING THIS SO LONG RIGHT
NOW THAT THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST GROUP THAT WE TRAIN TO
SPREE APPRENTICES ARE COMING OUT
HIS JOURNEYMEN.
BUT THAT'S THAT'S THE ULTIMATE
PROOF IN THE PUDDING.
THAT WE START OFF SOMEBODY'S A
PRE APPRENTICE GETTING THEM USE
THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES THEY
APPLY TO BECOME AN APPRENTICE.
AND THOSE PEOPLE NOW HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE APPRENTICESHIP
PROCESS ARE COMING OUT. IS
JOURNEYMEN THIS FIRST YEAR.
IN THE ELECTRICIANS.
PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS AND
THE SHEET METAL.
A SHEET METAL WORKERS.
.
TO DATE WE'VE TRAINED ALMOST
FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE.
WE HAVE.
APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY PERCENT TO
PLACEMENT RATE IN UNSUBSIDIZED
EMPLOYMENT THAT'S PRIVATE
EMPLOYMENT TO COVER BESTOP BANG
FOR.
AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN MORE I
SHOULD SAY TO WITH FUNDING FROM
THE STATE WE HAVE COHORTS
STARTING NEXT MONTH.
AND THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF
THIS CALENDAR YEAR TO TRY TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. OF THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT FOR US
FOR THE LONG TERM GOALS THESE
GENTLEMEN HAVE DESCRIBED.
BUT MORE MUNDANE CLOSE THE
GROUND FOR US IN THE VALLEY IS
TO ACTUALLY OFFER JOBS TO OUR
RESIDENTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPLYING THE
FUNDING AND LETTING THESE PEOPLE
WORK.
I HAVE NOTHING MORE FOR NO OTHER
QUESTIONS ARE THE FIRST PANEL.
IF WORLD QUE.
ALRIGHT THANK YOU WILL GO THE
NEXT THINK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS THANK YOU.
NOT CALM OF.
BOB.
.
THE PEER REVIEW GROUP.
LEGISLATIVE AND A LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S SO WE HAVE LIEU
THOMPSON LOSE HERE.
SHARE THE PEER REVIEW GROUP AND.
HE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
AND THEN.
NUMBER AND HANK HERE THINK OF
PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S WILL GIVE.
THEM.
.
TO THE FLOOR AND SALUTE GOOD TO
SEE YOU.
OKAY LOU.
IT ON THE FLOOR.
YOU HAVE TO CATCH A TRAIN RIDE.
I FIFTY FIVE FIFTY FIVE LANGUAGE
WHO WAS A FAST ONES I THINK I
HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
GO AHEAD OF. YA
IN FACT I THINK THIS LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S FIRST TIME I'VE HAD
THE PLEASURE OF TESTIFYING
BEFORE TO CHAIRMAN AT SAME TIME
AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M. I GUESS
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BUT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU
TODAY MEMBERS SENATORS AND.
THE COMMITTEE.
AS YOU MAY KNOW THE PEER REVIEW
GROUP WAS CREATED AND.
PROPOSITION ONE A.
ENTERED OUR JOB IS TO OUR ONE
OF OUR STATUTORY
RESPONSIBILITIES IS TO PROVIDE
COMMENTS ON THE BUSINESS PLANS
OF THE.
AUTHORITIES SO I AM HERE TODAY
TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR COMMENTS
ON THE LATEST VERSION THE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN.
WE SENT A LETTER ON THIS ON THE.
LAST FRIDAY ON THE THIRTIETH
UNDER ONE TO SUMMARIZE THAT
LETTER TODAY ARE. PROVIDED GOOD
IT HAS TWO PIECES THE FIRST
PIECES THE POLICY TO SECOND
PIECES SOME DETAILED COMMENTS.
I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE
POLICY ISSUES BECAUSE I THINK
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.
WE BELIEVE THAT THE.
HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT HAS
REACHED A VERY CRITICAL STAGE.
WE'RE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE ABOUT
THE PROJECT FUTURE SCOPE AND
FUNDING QUITE SIMPLY.
AS A RESULT OF COST INCREASES IN
CHANGES IN FUNDING SOURCES THE
AUTHORITY CAN NO LONGER COMPLETE
A LINK FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY
EITHER.
TO THE LA BASIN OR TO SEND JOSE.
OF AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE US
AS IT STANDS TODAY.
THERE IS LITTLE PROSPECT FOR A
SYSTEM THAT WOULD GENERATE
ENOUGH CASH FLOW. TO CONTRIBUTE
TO FUTURE INVESTMENT.
THIS BILL LIMIT DOES NOT COME AS
A SURPRISE IT HAPPENS NEARLY
EVERY TIME.
TRANSLATE.
A MEGA PROJECT FROM A GRAND
VISION AND TO OF A WORKING
SYSTEM ENTERED ISN'T NECESSARILY
A REFLECTION ON YOU THE
CONFIDENCE FOR THE HONESTY OF
THE PEOPLE AT THE AUTHORITY WHO
ARE TRYING TO BUILD IT.
IN FACT I TESTIFIED BEFORE THIS
COMMITTEE ON OF THE THIRTEENTH
OF NOVEMBER TWENTY THIRTEEN
ABOUT. MEGA PROJECTS AND THE
KIND OF PROBLEMS THAT YOU WOULD
GET INTO.
THE CRITICAL QUESTION NOW IS NOT
KNOWN. HOW DID WE GET HERE BUT
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
THE DRAFT PLAN DOESN'T REALLY
PROVIDE CHOICES FUNDS SO WE
DECIDED TO LAY OUT SOME FOR YOU
ALTHOUGH WE DON'T PRETEND IT
PLEASES THE ONLY CHOICES ARE
EVEN THE BEST ONES THAT SOMEONE
COULD SUGGEST.
THE FIRST CHOICES THAT WE COULD
JUST STOP AND I HAVE READ SOME
ARTICLES SAYING WE SHOULD JUST
STOP PAY OFF WHAT WE HAVE TO PAY
OFTEN CUT OUR LOSSES. AND GO DO
SOMETHING ELSE WITH OUR MONEY.
THE SECOND OPTION IS IT WE TO
COMPLETE THE WORK IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO.
ACHIEVE WHATEVER WE CAN GET OUT
OF IT A. COMPLETE THE
CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS ON THE
TWO BOOKENDS AND OTHERWISE STOP
AND GO ON.
THE THIRD OPTION WHICH IN EFFECT
IS REFLECTED IN THIS BUSINESS
PLAN WHICH IS TO FINISH UP THE
CENTRAL VALLEY.
TO BAKERSFIELD. OF COMPLETE THE
WORK ON ON THE.
ELECTRIFICATION OF CALTRAIN AND
THE EXTENSION OF CALTRAIN TO OF
GILROY.
AND A NUMBER OF REALLY VALUABLE
PROJECTS ON THE SOUTH IN THE SO
CALLED SELF AND BOOKENDS THIS
WELL.
THE FOURTH OPTION WOULD BE TO
RECOMMIT TO THE FULL FACE ONE
SYSTEM THAT THINK ABOUT IT THE
BE SURE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO
DO. AND THEN RE COMMIT TO IT
BUT.
THIS SHOULD BE BASED UPON A
CREDIBLE LONG TERM PLAN TO
FINANCE THE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE
POSSIBILITY THAT CSUS
COSTS MIGHT WELCOME AND AT THE
HIGH END OF THE RANGE.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT YOU
SHOULD BE PREPARED FTA
TO DO IT.
WE DON'T VIEW THE FIRST OPTION
SIMPLY STOPPING AS MAKING MUCH
SENSE WE WOULDN'T WE WOULD END
UP WITH FIVE STRANDED INVESTMENT
NO PARTICULAR USE AND WE
PROBABLY WOULD HAVE
PAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE SECOND OPTION.
WOULD WORK BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE
AN AWFUL LOT OF VALUE TO THE
STATE.
THE THIRD OPTION AS IN THE DRAFT
PLAN PROBABLY MAKES THE BEST OF
THE CURRENT SITUATION ESPECIALLY
IN BRINGING NEAR TERM BENEFITS
TO MILLIONS OF CURRENT
PASSENGERS ON THE BOOKENDS.
BUT IT LEAVES THE STATE SHORT OF
A SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO
CONTRIBUTE TO FINANCING TO THE
REST OF THE SYSTEM WHICH WAS A
KEY ELEMENT OF THE TOTAL
FINANCING.
THE FOURTH OPTION COMPLETING
PHASE A AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY
PLANNED.
WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
PROPOSITION ONE A BUT IT CAN'T
BE DONE WITH EXISTING FUNDING OR
PROVISIONS.
SIMPLY PUT.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS FAIR OR
CREDIBLE ANY LONGER TO ASK
MANAGEMENT TO DELIVER A LONG
TERM PROJECT OF THIS SIZE AND
COMPLEXITY. WITH SOURCES OF
FUNDING BETTER INADEQUATE AND
TOTAL AND UNRELIABLE AND.
GIVEN YEAR.
IF THE PROJECT IS TO GO AHEAD
BEYOND ESSENTIALLY DISSECTED
OPTION THE STATE WILL NEED TO
DEVELOP A SOURCE OF FUNDING THAT
IS UP TO THE
TASK.
THIS IS NOT A NEW ISSUE THERE
HAS BEEN A GAP SINCE THE VERY
BEGINNING.
AND THE TWENTY SIXTEEN BUSINESS
PLAN THAT WAS A CLEAR GAP.
TO COMPLETE THE SYSTEM EVEN
AFTER ALL OF THE ASSUMPTIONS
ABOUT PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
AND OTHER SOURCES AND THAT GAP
REMAINS.
WHAT IS NEW IS THE POTENTIAL
SIZE OF THE GAP BAND A CLEARER
UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED TO
MAKE THE FUNDING?
STABLE AND PREDICTABLE SO THEIR
TWO ASPECTS OF THIS FUNDING
PROBLEMS.
THERE ARE OBVIOUS WAYS TO FILL
THE GAP.
INCREASED THE CAP AND TRADE
RECEIPTS GOING TO THE PROJECT
CAN GUARANTEE THE AUTHORITY
SHARE OR INCOME FROM THAT THAT
WOULD MAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.
WE DID HAVE A TAX ON FUELS WE
CAN HAVE A SALES TAX WAS
PROPOSED IN THE TWO THOUSAND
BUSINESS PLAN ALL OF THESE ARE
POSSIBILITIES.
BUT WHAT THEY'RE LIKE AND THAT
WILL HAVE TO BE EXPLORED THERE
ARE OTHER SOURCES THAT MIGHT
EMERGE LIKE FUTURE GRANT
PROGRAMS FEDERAL LOANS. OR AS
SENATOR BELL WAS LIVES IT
SUGGESTED LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT
WHICH COULD PROVIDE REAL VALUE.
CLOSE TO THE PROJECT IN THE
STATE.
BUT THEN AGAIN THEY MIGHT NOT.
AMBER.
WITH DEALING WITH THE NEED FOR
IMPROVED APPROACH THE FUNDING
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE STATE'S
RULE IS LIKELY TO GROW.
WE RECOMMEND.
PITTING NEEDS ELSEWHERE IN
TRANSPORTATION AND ELSEWHERE IN
THE OVERALL BUDGET.
THIS IS THE TASK OF THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITIES
AFFECTED WILL BE WELL SUITED TO
CARRY OUT FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
I WONDER MARK ESPECIALLY.
SENATOR GALGIANI ON YOUR ISSUE
ABOUT RETHINKING EXACTLY HOW THE
PROJECT IS PHASING ITSELF THE TO
GET MAXIMUM VALUE.
AND THE ISSUE OF CONNECTIVITY
BECAUSE CONNECTIVITY IT'S
ACTUALLY WHAT WILL MAKE THE
SYSTEM WORK.
AND YET CONNECTIVITY CANNOT COME
FROM THE PROJECT IT HAS TO COME
FROM THE OTHER END REALLY IT HAS
TO COME FROM THE STATE AND FROM
THE LOCALITIES AND THEIR
PROGRAMS.
IT DID TO CONNECT TO HIGH SPEED
RAIL AND TO MAKE THE OVERALL
SYSTEM MARKET ISN'T SOMETHING
THAT CAN COME FROM HIGH SPEED
RAIL ALONE.
WE DO HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR SPECIFIC CHANGES IN THE
FINAL PLAN.
INCLUDING A REPORT ON INPUTS
FROM THE EARLY OPERATOR AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
BOB WE THINK THEY SHOULD PROVIDE
A BETTER EXPLANATION OF WHAT
THEIR BUSINESS MODEL LISTEN LET
ME COMMENT ON THIS.
THIS IS NOT A CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT IT SEEMS LIKE A
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LIKE NOW
BUT IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT WE'RE
DOING IS BUILDING A SYSTEM THAT
WILL SERVE CUSTOMERS.
AND YET WHAT WE DON'T HAVE YET
IS A CLEAR PICTURE OF HOW IT'S
IT'S GONNA OPERATE IN PRACTICE
WHO'S GONNA RUN WHAT WHO'S GONNA
CHARGE TO WHAT WAS GOING TO
REGULATE WHO. A LOT OF THE
THINGS THAT REALLY WILL BE
NECESSARY TO MAKE THE SYSTEM
OPERATE STILL AREN'T BEING
DESCRIBED WHEN THEY AREN'T ON
THE TABLE.
WE NEED TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON
DEVELOPING DETAILED AGREEMENTS
WITH BOOK AND OPERATORS AND THE
FREIGHT RAILROADS.
OF THIS MAY SEEM SIMPLE HOW THEY
WILL INTERACT WITH CALTRAIN AND
WITH THEM METRO LINK AND IT IS.
BY NO MEANS SIMPLE THERE A LOT
OF VERY COMPLICATED QUESTIONS
THAT ARE BEING. THAT NEED TO BE
CLARIFIED IN TO FIND NOW BEFORE
WE FIND OUT HOWSERIOUS THEY
REALLY ARE.
THEY NEED TO DEVELOP A LONG
RANGE PROGRAM FOR ADDRESSING
GRADE CROSSINGS I REALLY WANT TO
STRESS THE SUCCESS TO COME FROM
THE STATE AND FROM FROM CALTRAIN
AND FROM THE LOCAL OPERATORS IN
THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AS WELL.
BUT IF YOU PUT MORE AND MORE
HIGH SPEED TRAINS ON TRACKS THAT
ARE ALREADY CARRYING A LOT OF
PASSENGER TRAFFIC AND THEY ARE
HAVING A LOT OF. TRUCK TRAFFIC
AND AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC IT'S IT'S
A RECIPE FOR A PROBLEM.
AND IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED NOW
AND SOLVED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME BUT DIVERT NEEDS TO BE A
PROGRAM IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH
THAT.
UP WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE
EMPHASIS THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ON
SHOWING PROJECTIONS AS RANGERS
RATHER THAN POINT ESTIMATES THIS
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE.
WHEN YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
THAT'S WHEN YOU FIND OUT WHAT
WHAT WHAT IS THE WORST THAT
COULD HAPPEN WHAT IS THE BEST
THAT COULD HAPPEN RATHER THAN
WHAT IS THAT.
THE CENTRAL ESTIMATES AND I
THINK WE NEED TO KNOW ALL OF
THOSE.
AND FINALLY WE THINK ALTHOUGH
WHAT WE AGREED THAT THAT URBAN
AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS A
POTENTIAL OUTPUT OF THIS PROJECT
WE NEED A LOT BETTER INFORMATION
TO SAY WELL WHAT IS IT HOW WILL
IT REALLY WORK AND.
BUT WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN MIND.
WELL WE HOPE THESE CAN BE
DRESSED IN THE FINAL PLAN WE
BELIEVE THE LEGISLATURE'S
IMMEDIATE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE
FUNDING AND THE POLICY ISSUES
THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THIS
EXERCISE.
THANK YOU I WILL TRY TO ANSWER
NAY QUESTION THANK YOU.
.
FOR THE OF SERVICE LIEU OF THE.
TERROR GROUP OF THE FOR THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA APPRECIATE
YOUR WORK.
OF WILL TURN OVER TO.
.
THE FISCAL.
PAULSON ALISON OPEN UP FOR
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE IF
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE.
OKAY ILIO GOV THE FOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON SENATORS TIME HE
CAME WITH BE ELLIOT TO MY
LEFT-IS ROSS BROWNER OFFICES CAP
AND
TRADE EXPERT HERE TO. ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS.
IN THAT REGARD.
AS YOU KNOW STATE LAW REQUIRES
THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY TO PREPARE A BUSINESS
PLAN EVERY EVENING YEAR. THAT
CONTAIN CERTAIN INFORMATION OUT
THE PLANNED PROJECT OUR OFFICE
TYPICALLY REVIEWS THAT PLAN
OFFERS COMMENTS IN THE FORUM
SUCH AS THIS ONE.
TODAY I AM GOING TO PROVIDE SOME
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE
PLAN TYPES BETRAYAL SYSTEM THERE
ARE A LOT OF COMPONENTS THIS
COMPLEX ESTIMATES WORTH SETTING
THE STAGE I THINK.
THAT I DESCRIBED MAJOR CHANGES
PROPOSED IN THE DRAFT TWENTY
EIGHTEEN BUSINESS PLAN AND
IDENTIFY SOME ISSUES FOR
LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION.
THERE SHOULD BE A HAND OUT BEING
PASSED AROUND. UP YET.
TO REMARKS FROM THE HANDLE YOU
CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
I'M PICKING UP ON PEACH TO HAVE
PROPOSITION ONE A. IN TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT BUT NOT ONLY
PASSED THAT NOT ONLY AUTHORIZED
BOND AUTHORITY TO HELP FUND PART
OF THE SYSTEM BUT ALSO SPECIFIED
CERTAIN SIX
THE CRITERIA.
INCLUDING A MINIMUM OPERATING
SPEEDS THROUGH THE TRAIN SETS
AND THEN ON TRAVEL TIMES WANTS
TO CIVIC ROUTES.
THE OVERALL PROJECT VISION IS
DIVIDED INTO TWO PHASES WE TALK
ABOUT FEES ONE THIS AFTERNOON
THAT'S CERTAINLY THE MOST
PROXIMATE ONE FEES ONE WILL
CONNECT SAN FRANCISCO TO ANAHEIM
THE LOS ANGELES. FEES TO
PROPOSES TO CONNECT THE SYSTEM
TO SACRAMENTO IN THE NORTH AND
SAN DIEGO IN THE SOUTH.
IN TWENTY SIXTEEN YOU THIRTY
ESTIMATED THAT FEE IS ONE OF THE
SYSTEM WOULD BE COMPLETED IN
TWENTY TWENTY NINE. AT A COST OF
APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FOUR BILLION
DOLLARS.
NO CONCERT SCHEDULE ESTIMATES
ARE AVAILABLE FOR FEES TO AT
THIS TIME.
ON PAGE THREE ALL DISCUSS THE
PROJECT DELIVERY PLAN FOR PHASE
ONE.
THIS ONE IS DIVIDED INTO
SEGMENTS.
INCLUDING THE INITIAL OPERATING
SEGMENT THIS IS WHERE THE FIRST
PROPOSED HIGH SPEED RAIL
OPERATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE AND
CONNECTS THE SILICON VALLEY TO
THE CENTRAL VALLEY. AND IS
COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE
VALLEY TO VALLEY WHEN.
AND TWENTY SIXTEEN THE AUTHORITY
ESTIMATED THAT THE IOS WOULD
COST ABOUT TWENTY ONE BILLION
DOLLARS. INITIALLY OPERATE
BETWEEN SAN JOSE INDETERMINATES
NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD STARTING
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE IOS BEGAN
WITH THE ICS THE INITIAL
CONSTRUCTION SEGMENT AND TWENTY
FIFTEEN THIS IS A ONE HUNDRED
NINETEEN MILE CONSTRUCTION
SEGMENT. GOING FOR MADERA ABOUT
TWENTY FIVE MILES NORTH FRESNO.
TO SHE AFTER ABOUT TWENTY MILES
NORTH OF BAKERSFIELD IN TWENTY
SIXTEEN THE AUTHORITY ESTIMATED
COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF THE I
CS AT A COST OF SEVEN POINT
THREE BILLION DOLLARS.
TO DATE CAPITOL FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT IS CUMPRIMENTO WE FROM
THREE SOURCES THE FIRST OF THOSE
IS PROPOSITION ONE A BONDS OF
COURSE.
PROPOSITION ONE A AUTHORIZES
SEAT TO SELL TEN BILLION DOLLARS
IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND TO
SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEM.
AT THIS TIME THE STATUS SOLD
ABOUT TWO POINT THREE BILLION
DOLLARS OF THAT BOND AUTHORITY.
THE AUTHORITY HAS RECEIVED A
TOTAL OF THREE AND A HALF
BILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDS
TO DATE.
INCLUDING TWO POINT SIX BILLION
DOLLARS IN AMERICAN RECOVERY AND
REINVESTMENT ACT FUNDS THOSE
WERE FULLY EXPENDED BY THEIR
DEADLINE SEPTEMBER TWENTY
SEVENTEEN.
THE STATE HAS RECEIVED FURTHER
NINE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE MILLION
DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OFTEN REFERRED TO AS
THE FY TEN.
THIS IS NOT YET BEEN ACCESSED.
THIRD CAP INTRODUCTION REVENUES
BUT BY THE THIRD LEG OF OF THIS
FUNDING SCHOOL. LEGISLATURE
ADOPTED LEGISLATION TO
CONTINUOUSLY APPROPRIATE FUNDING
BEGINNING IN TWENTY FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN FROM CAP ENTRY PROCEEDS
TO THE PROJECT IN OUT OF TWENTY
FIVE PER.
AT THE ANNUAL AUCTION PROCEEDS
AT THIS TIME A TOTAL OF ROUGHLY
ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS
IN CAP AND TRADE FUNDING HAS
BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
PROJECT. AND AS OF DECEMBER
TWENTY SEVENTEEN. THE THIRTIETH
SPENT FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE
MILLION DOLLARS OF THOSE FUNDS.
PAGE FIVE.
I BEGIN REVIEWING THE THAT
MAJOR TEACHERS TO DROP TWENTY
EIGHTEEN BUSINESS PLAN. THAT
THERE'S A MAP SHOWING HIS
COMPONENT PARTS OF THE PROJECT
AS WELL THE BOTTOM OF PAGE FIVE.
HAS THE AUTHORITY NOTED THE
PROJECT SCOPE IS CHANGED
SOMEWHAT THE I WAS NOW EXTENDS
FROM SAN FRANCISCO DOWN SPEAKERS
FIELD CONNECTING TO LARGER
POPULATION CENTERS THAN WAS
PROPOSED IN THE TWENTY SIXTEEN
PLAN.
AND THERE IS NO DELAY IN THE
OPERATION OF THE I WAS FOUR
YEARS LATER THAN PREVIOUSLY
ASSUMED IN TWENTY TWENTY NINE.
THE AUTHORITY ALSO PROPOSES TO
OPERATE EARLY INTERIM SERVICES A
COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION SEGMENTS
AS SOON AS TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN
IS TO BE EARLY SERVICES ON THE
ICE YES THAT'S THAT HUNDRED
NINETY.
CONNECTING MADERA DISH AFTER AS
WELL AS THE SAN FRANCISCO TO
GILROY RECORD OR.
THE PLAN SUGGESTED THE COMPLETE
SEGMENTS COULD HOST ENHANCE
CALTRAIN HATTRICK SERVICES WERE
POTENTIALLY ABBREVIATED HIGH
SPEED RAIL OPERATIONS.
BUDGET CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE
BEEN REVISED UPWARD AS WE'VE
HEARD ABOUT THIRTEEN BILLION
DOLLARS HELPING TOTAL FOR THE
WHOLE FACE ONE. THREE NEW
CENTRAL COST ESTIMATE OF SEVENTY
SEVEN POINT THREE BILLION
DOLLARS.
ALRIGHTY FACTORS ARE AND.
HAD YOU CAN EXPLAIN THIS
INCREASE THE INCLUDING GREATER
COMMUNITY ESTIMATES COST
ESCALATION TO SCHEDULE DELAYS
AND INCREASED COSTS FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF THE I CS.
THERE'S A TABLE IN THE BONTA
PAGE SIX IT SUMMARIZES THE
RELEVANT KAPPA COST ESTIMATES
BETWEEN THE TWENTY SIXTEEN
TWENTY EIGHTEEN BUSINESS PLANS.
A PROJECT FUNDING PLAN. NAMELY
IDENTIFIES FOR FUNDING FOR THE
INITIAL CONSTRUCTION SEGMENT
COMPRISE THE PROPOSITION ONE A
BONDS. FEDERAL GRANTS AND CAP
AND TRADE REVENUES.
AS YOU PRODUCED IT ASSUMES A
FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE CAP AND
TRADE PROGRAM TO TWENTY FIFTY.
AND IN THE SECURITIZATION OF
REVENUES FROM THAT EXTENSION TO
FIND.
THE I. O. S. THAT'S THE VALLEY
TO VALLEY ONE.
AND IT JUST SEEMS THAT
ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL BECOME
AVAILABLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
FEES ONE SO THE BALANCE OF
CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE ONE FROM
BAKERSFIELD SOUTH TO ANAHEIM THE
LOS ANGELES. IS ESTIMATED TO
COST FORTY SEVEN POINT EIGHT
BILLION DOLLARS.
THE DRAFT PLAN ASSUMES THAT
FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE TO
SUPPORT THOSE COSTS BUT DOES NOT
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFY FUNDING
SOURCES AND AMOUNTS.
IT DOES DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL
OPTIONS INCLUDING A COMBINATION
OF FEDERAL SOURCES AND PERHAPS
BORROWING AGAINST A NET
OPERATING REVENUES OF THE VALUE
VALLEY PLANS REVENUE OPERATIONS.
ON PAGE EIGHT.
ALL DISCUSS ISSUES FOR
LEGISLATIVE CONSIDERATION THE
FIRST ONE BEING THAT THE ACTUAL
PROJECT COSTS COULD BE EVEN
HIGHER. A AS MR GOING NOTED THAT
THE THREE HELP PRESENTS BETTER
COST RANGES FOR PAT FOR THE
PROJECT IN THIS IS AN
IMPROVEMENT. IN THIS DRAFT
BUSINESS PLAN WHILE THE PLAN
PROVIDES A BASE COSTS JUST UNDER
SEVENTY SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS
FOR COMPLETING FEES ONE IT
INDICATES OF THE ACTUAL COST
COULD RANGE FROM A LOW OF SIXTY
THREE TO AS MUCH AS NINETY EIGHT
POINT ONE. BILLION.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT
UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING FUNDING
TO COMPLETE THE IA US.
AS HE DISCUSS A LARGE PORTION
THE FUNDING IDENTIFIED WOULD
COME FROM BORROWING AGAINST
FUTURE CAP AND TRADE AUCTION
REVENUES THROUGH TWENTY FIFTY.
POSTS WITHOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTION
TO EXTEND THE CAP ENTRY PROGRAM.
THE TOTAL CABINETRY FUNDS THE
AUTHORITY PLANS TO USE TO
COMPLETE THE DAILY VALUE ONE
WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE AVAILABLE.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LEVEL OF
AUCTION REVENUES ASSUME IN THE
DRAFT PLAN DOES NOT MATERIALIZE
TO THE PROJECT COSTS ARE MUCH
HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED.
THE STATE WOULD NEED TO IDENTIFY
OTHER FUNDS WERE SAID TO HELP
FINANCE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BALLOT ABOUT
THE WIND THE GENERAL FUND TO BE
ONE OF THE SOURCES.
THIRD THERE'S NO COMPLETE FUNNY
PLANNED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
FEES ONE AS I ALLUDED TO A
MOMENT AGO.
WELL THE DRAFT PLAN DISCUSSES
THE POSSIBILITY OF SECURE TIES
IN THE NET OPERATING REVENUES AT
THE I WAS THERE ARE SEVERAL
POTENTIAL CHALLENGES OF THIS
APPROACH.
THE FIRST IS THAT IT'S UNCLEAR
THAT THE INITIAL SYSTEM WILL
ACTUALLY GENERATE AN OPERATING
SURPLUS.
SECOND THE AUTHORITY TO SPEAK TO
SECURE TIGHTENING THAT CASH FLOW
WOULD MAKE ADDITIONAL FUNDING
AVAILABLE NEW SOONER THAN TWENTY
THIRTY TWO.
EVEN THOUGH FUNDS WOULD LIKELY
BE NEEDED EARLIER TO COMPLETE
PHASE ONE BY TWENTY THIRTY THREE
AS ASSUMED.
THIRD THE PLAN ESTIMATES THAT
THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT TO BE
GENERATED WITH FALL
SUBSTANTIALLY SHORT. OF THE
LEVEL NEEDED TO COMPLETE PHASE
ONE IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY
IDENTIFY HOW THE SHORTFALL.
WOULD BE MET.
AS I MENTIONED THAT BOUNCE A
CONSTRUCTION FOR PHASE ONE
CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR THAT OR
FORTY SEVEN POINT EIGHT BILLION
DOLLARS.
AND THE PLAN INDICATES THAT
SECURE TESTING NET OPERATING
REVENUES FROM THE AYE WES
MAY GENERATE ELEVEN OR TWELVE
BILLION DOLLARS IN FINANCING
PROCEEDS LEAVING A FAIRLY LARGE
FINANCING GAP.
SO FINALLY THEY ARE OUR FOURTH
ISSUE FLIPSIDE CONSIDERATION IS
THAT A FULL FUNDING PLAN IS IS
NEEDED IN VIEW OF THE ABOUT
CHALLENGES AS WELL AS THE
POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER PROJECT
COST INCREASES.
CRUCIAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THAT
FEDERAL PROJECT TEDDY COMPLETE
AND VIABLE FUNDING PLAN TO
COMPLETE THE VALUE VALLEY WINE.
AND THE REMAINDER FEES ONE AND
AT THIS TIME NO SUCH FUNDING
PLAN EXISTS.
BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I REQUIRES A COUPLE QUESTIONS
BOB.
MAYBE.
FOR THE PANEL HERE.
.
IF YOU HAD OUT OF THEM.
UNCONSTRAINED.
FINANCIAL PLAN Y. UNCONSTRAINED
FISCAL PLAN. HOW FAST CAN A HIGH
SPEED RAIL PROJECT GO BE BUILT?
THE WORK.
IF YOU HAVE THE BILL IN PHASES
YOU WERE YOU KNOW WERE WERE WERE
BUILT IN LITTLE PIECES HERE AND
THERE YOU KNOW THE PIECES.
SO IF I WAS AYE CONSTRAINED FROM
A FISCAL STANDPOINT IF WE.
SAY WE.
DEVELOPED DE UM CLEAR CUT
FINANCING PLAN.
HOW FAST CAN THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
PROJECT THE BILL? I THINK MR
CALLIES NUMBERS ARE ABOUT RIGHT
TEN TO FIFTEEN YEARS THAT'S AND
WHAT IT ENTAILS. MAYBE IT
SHOULDN'T BUT IT DOES.
THAT'S.
IN TERMS OF LIKE A TYRONE HILL
THIS TIME NOT A QUESTION OF
MONEY IT'S A QUESTION OF. DESIGN
PLANNING YEAH YEAH THE PLANNING
PROCESS YOU KNOW GRINDING AND I
DIDN'T HAVE A FISCAL
CONSTRAINTS.
YOU'RE A WIDOW TO THE THAT'S A
QUESTION I US THOUGH.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS WELL AND
AND I'M KIND OF GETTING OUT WHAT
I'M TRYING TO GET OUT HIS SONG.
LOOK INTO THE PROJECT FROM.
PROJECT DELIVERY STANDPOINT.
I THINK YOU.
START WITH. WHAT IS THE
UNCONSTRAINED?
TIMELINE TO BUILD IT.
AND.
WHAT IS THE CASA THAT
UNCONSTRAINED TIMELINE YOU KNOW?
YOU WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING AND
THEN YOU START.
LOOKING AT WHAT IT COSTS TO DO
IT IN INCREMENTAL WAY AND WHY
YOU YOU KNOW YOU'RE MAKING
CHOICES.
MAKING CHOICES TO MAKE THE
PROJECT AND INCREMENTAL PROJECT.
AND THE COSTS THEREFORE ARE
MORE EXPENSIVE.
THE PROJECTS I'VE BEEN INVOLVED
IN.
MULTIBILLION DOLLAR PROUD
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BUT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ALWAYS
COST MORE IF YOU BUILD THEM IN
INCREMENTS PURSES.
TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
ACROBATS AND TRYING TO
COMPLETED.
WITH LESSEN CURRENT SO I ASSUME
THAT. THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
PROJECT BE NO DIFFERENT THERE
WITH. IT WOULD BE.
.
AIM.
IF WE HAD A CLEAR LINE OF
REVENUE.
.
TO FINANCE THE PROJECT.
THE CONSTRAINT WOULD BE.
LESS AND THEREFORE YOU BUILD A
BUILDING MUCH.
MUCH EASIER AND FASTER.
USING A GOOD CONSTRUCTION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
WELL SENATOR MIND ANSWER EARLIER
WAS THAT DARED TO FUNDING
PROBLEMS. THERE IS TO SIZE AND
THEN THERE IS THE VOLATILITY.
ARE AND YOU HAVE TO RESOLVE BOTH
OF THEM. OF BECAUSE OTHERWISE I
REALIZE THOSE THOSE ARE ROVER OR
BUT THOSE COULD BE MEDIATED
MIDDLE AGED
BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT
DIFFERENT THE PLANNED FROM YEAR
TO YEAR AND TO DESIGN THEIR
RIGHT CONSTRUCTION PACKAGES IN
THE MANAGE IT PROPERLY IF YOU
DON'T KNOW.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW YEAR TO YEAR
AS WELL AS TO TOTAL THEN YOU
HAVE A PROBLEM.
YEAH I KNOW BUT I I I'M A I'M
ASSUMING THAT.
DO HAVE SOME FINANCING EXPERTS
THAT ARE GIVING US ADVICE ABOUT.
FINANCING THE PROJECT AND WHAT
OUR OPTIONS ARE.
AND I EXPECTED THOUGH.
THE RED THE LEGISLATURE SHOULD
RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION SO WE
CAN UNDERSTAND.
HOW WE CAN AID IN A POLICY WAY
ENOUGH AND?
IN A LOOSELY WAY TO. EXPEDITE.
AND CREATE THE THE FINANCING.
OF FOR A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO
BE FINISHED ON TIME AND ON
BUDGET. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S
THAT'S MY. MY GOAL IS TO LOOK AT
THAT IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER ALL
THESE OPTIONS.
OF MY GOAL IS TO.
FIGURE OUT WHAT.
THE ESSENTIALLY THE.
FASTEST SERUM CONSTRUCTION
TIMELINE WE COULD POSSIBLY
ACHIEVE AND.
THE MOST STABLE HOW HONEST MOST
STABLE. METHOD OF FINANCING
WHICH I CONSIDER TO BE.
BOTTOM.
PUBLIC FINANCING FINANCING WITH.
.
MAYBE A COMBINATION REVENUES
THAT HOLD UP A ARM.
A A LONG TERM FINANCING SO WE
AVOID INCREMENTAL.
INCREMENTAL CONSTRUCTION COST.
YOU ATTACK YOU TACK THE
INCREMENTAL CONSTRUCTION.
THOUGHT IN IF YOU ATTACK THAT
YOU CAN. REDUCE YOUR COSTS IN
YOUR TIMELINE.
HAVE TO ATTACK THAT PARTICULAR
ISSUE.
SO OF. GO AHEAD IF COLLEGE.
I MEAN PET SENATOR ALL JUST ADD
THAT THERE'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLEARANCE WORK
STILL TO BE DONE ON ON THE
PROJECT UNTIL THAT'S COMPLETE.
RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. CAN
REALLY BEGIN IN EARNEST AND THEN
WE CAN GET CONTRACTORS ON ON
OTHERS ON THE GROUNDS OF THAT'S
ANOTHER SORT OF THE WAY. THOSE
YET BUT WE WE WE WROTE THOSE
LAWS RIGHT.
SO. THAT'S A PERFECT LOOK THE
POINT OUT.
SO NO.
BUT.
.
OKAY SO OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE
ALLEY ó FROM OTHER MEMBERS
THAT ARE HERE.
US CENTER BY DECKED CENTER A
GALGIANI SURVIVED A FEW OF THE
FLOOR ACCUSER.
WHAT WOULD IT WHAT WOULD WHAT
WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO SECURITIZED?
THE CAP AND TRADE INTO THE
FUTURE AND WHAT WHAT WAS THE
PROCESS OF WHO IT WOULD HAVE TO
HAPPEN.
YEAH PUT THE FORTY I THINK.
NOTES WHAT WOULD BE NOT.
EXTENSION OF THE CAP AND TRADE
PROGRAM SOME KIND OF MINIMUM
GUARANTEE OF THOSE REVENUES SO
THAT. THE AUTHORITY WOULD NOT
RUN THE RISK OF FALLING BELOW
WHATEVER THRESHOLD IS THE
NECESSARY TO SECURITIZED WAS
FINE.
NOT SOME KIND OF NON IMPAIRMENT
GUARANTEE THAT WOULD ASSURE
INVESTORS THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE
GOING DISAPPEAR SOMETIME IN THE
FUTURE ARBITRARILY FOR EXAMPLE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT OUR
OFFICE HAS. IDENTIFIED THAT MUCH
MORE MUCH LET'S BE NECESSARY TO
SATISFY THE INVESTMENT
COMMUNITY.
IF HE DOESN'T.
THAT'S WHAT DOES IT IT WOULD BE.
WE NEED MORE INCOME OR IN OTHER.
OFFICES FUTURE OFFICE FUTURE
OFFICE HOLDERS I MEAN.
SENATE ASSEMBLY THE STATE.
I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD BE A.
COMMITTING FUTURE FUNDS AT ALL
THOUGH IT'S NOT ALL THAT
DIFFERENT FOR EXAMPLE FROM
ISSUING BONDS AND INSERT
COMMITTING THOSE FUNDS INTO THE
FUTURE AS WELL IF BY MAYBE CAP
AND TRADE.
REVENUES GO DOWN ARMENIAN
SOMEBODY'S GOTTA FILL THAT HOLE
RIGHT.
CERTAINLY IN AND THEN THAT'S WHY
THAT MINIMUM GUARANTEE IS
IMPORTANT AND THAT WOULD LIKE WE
NEED TO REQUIRE SOME KIND OF
BACKSTOPS PERHAPS FROM THE
GENERAL FUND TO. ASSURE THE
DOESN'T NEED AT THOSE FUNDS WILL
BE THERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT
HAPPENS TO YOU CAPTURED REVENUES
GOING INTO THE FUTURE.
I'D LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION FOR
BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY.
YOU HAVE SERVICE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS.
WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE YOUR
CLIENT? BUT.
WELL I THINK WHEN YOU DO A
FINANCING YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BACKS UP AT NECESSARY WITH THE
JOURNAL FILE JUST POINT OUT
THERE'S OTHER REVENUES THAT YOU
CAN USE.
FROM THE PROJECT THE.
PROJECT GO.
THE REVENUE THE REVENUES SADDAM.
FROM THE PROJECT OR FROM.
SAFELY ANALYZE OTHER FORMS OF.
FINANCING.
.
THAT CAN BE USED TO OF TO
BACKSTOP LE.
CAP AND TRADE VOLATILITY.
THERE'S OTHER WAYS OF PRODUCING.
A REVENUE STREAM THAT.
THAT GUARANTEES THE REVENUE
STREAM FOR THE BOND HOLDERS.
DOESN'T DOESN'T USE A GENERAL
FUND BUT THAT'S NOT VERY
SOPHISTICATED.
BUT THERE'S OTHER WAYS OF
LOOKING AT FINANCING THAT.
PROVIDE BACKSTOPS.
OKAY.
SURROUNDED QUESTION OF.
WELL I I DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL
GALGIANI HOW THE QUESTIONS.
YEAH. AND CHAIR THOMPSON I'M
JUST WONDERING AS A AS PART OF
YOUR DUTY WITH THAT PUREVIEW
COMMITTEE. DO MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE LOOK AT WAYS TO REDUCE
THE COST OF THE SYSTEM. AND AND
BY THAT I MEAN A COMPARATIVE.
WHEN I WAS IN THE ASSEMBLY IN
TWO THOUSAND NINE AND TEN SNCF
THE RAIL COMPANY FROM FRANCE WAS
TRYING TO. NEGOTIATE WITH
CALIFORNIA TO BECOME THE
OPERATOR TO PARTNER WITH THE
STATE AND THE BUILD OUT OF THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL SYSTEM AND THEY
WOULD HAVE LOOKED FOR WAYS TO.
REDUCE THE COSTS AND BY THAT I
MEAN THINGS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE
INSTEAD OF BUILDING THE OF ALL
OF THE GRADE SEPARATIONS. ALONG
THE SAN JOSE TO SAN FRANCISCO
ALIGNMENT.
ONLY BUILDING THOSE THAT WOULD
BE NECESSARY INITIALLY AND
RUNNING AT A SLOWER SPEED
INITIALLY AND TELL THERE WAS
MORE MONEY WHERE YOU COULD BUILD
OUT ALL OF THE GRADE
SEPARATIONS.
AND THEN SPEED UP THE SYSTEM TO
MEET THE FRA REQUIREMENTS
ANOTHER WAY WAS TO INSTEAD OF
INSISTING UPON GOING ALL THE WAY
TO THE TRANSLATE TERMINAL.
AND THE INITIAL PHASE. WHAT
WOULD IT COST IF WE SUBTRACTED
THE TWO TO THREE BILLION THAT
WOULD TAKE TO GET? A TO BUILD
FROM FROM FOR THINKING TO THE
TRANSBAY TERMINAL WHAT IF WE
ONLY BUILT INITIALLY DID FOR
THINKING GOT UP OPERATION UP AND
RUNNING AND THEN ONCE THERE WAS
REVENUE COMING IN AND WE TAKE
THE THE PROP.
FROM THAT REVENUE
AND FINISH THE BILL THAT ALL THE
WAITED THE TRANSBAY TERMINAL. IS
THE PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE LOOK
AT THINGS LIKE THAT AS WAYS TO
HELP THE STATE AND HELP THE
AUTHORITY.
LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS FOR
STARTING SERVICE.
SOONER.
AT A LOWER COST WHILE
MAINTAINING THE ABILITY TO
CONTINUE THE FULL BUILD OUT AT
THE FULL COST.
ALONE SENATOR WE'VE NOW ISSUED
FIFTEEN LETTERS TO THE
LEGISLATURE ON BUSINESS PLANS OR
OTHER MATTERS AND A CONSTANT
THEME IN OUR LETTERS HAS BEEN
THE NEED. TO GET THE EARLY
OPERATOR ON BOARD AND GET THAT
ADVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEY NEED TO TAKE WAS A
GOOD FRIEND OF MINE SO I I'VE
I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH
HIM.
OF ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON
THE TWENTY EIGHTEEN DRAFT IS
THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE EVERY
EFFORT TO GET INPUT FROM THE
EARLY OPERATOR THAT IS NOW ON
BOARD.
IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE
TWENTY EIGHTEEN BUSINESS PLAN I
UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE.
CONCERNED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO
THAT BECAUSE THE EARLY OPERATORS
ONLY RECENTLY ON BOARD. BUT I DO
THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE ASKED
TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO GET THAT
INPUT AS SOON AS THEY CAN AND
FEED IT INTO THEIR PLANS.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY HAVE NOT HAD
SO FAR IS AN ACTUAL PASSENGER
TRAIN OPERATORS SAYING WE DON'T
NEED THIS OR WE WOULD WE THINK
YOU SHOULD DO THIS THE OTHER
WAY.
AND WE THINK THE PLAN AND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING WILL BENEFIT A LOT
FROM HAVING THAT INPUT.
OKAY
AND THIS QUESTIONS FOR THE LA EL
AND SO EARLY ON THE BUSINESS
PLANS TALKED ABOUT THE COST FOR
THE SYSTEM A YEAR OF
STRUCK. COSTS.
.
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT TWO THOUSAND
TEN.
HOUSING PRICES WE'VE SEEN
WHAT'S HAPPENED THEN SO WE WOULD
ANTICIPATE THAT ALL OF OUR
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS WOULD GO
OUT WHAT'S WHAT'S DIFFICULT
ABOUT READING A REPORT LIKE
THIS.
IS UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH IS
ACTUALLY COST OVERRUNS OF THE
SYSTEM VERSES WETS AT A COST
OVERRUN BECAUSE THE YEAR OF
CONSTRUCTION COST HAS BEEN
DELAYED BY. TEN YEARS FROM THE
INITIAL PLANNING AND I'M NOT
SURE I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO
ADDRESS THAT BUT I THINK THAT
THAT ONE THING THAT WOULD HELP
THIS COMMITTEE. AND LOOKING AT
THIS SYSTEM IS INSTEAD OF JUST
HAMMERING ON THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY OVER AND OVER AND OVER
ABOUT COST OVERRUNS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMPARATIVE
ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH OTHER
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AROUND
WHAT DID IT COST US IN TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT OR TWO THOUSAND
AND TEN. TO BUILD ONE LANE OF
HIGHWAY. AND WHAT DOES IT COST
US TEN YEARS LATER TO BUILD ONE
LANE OF HIGHWAY WE KNOW WE KNOW
THIS BECAUSE HAVE CHANGED.
DRAMATICALLY BUT THERE'S THIS
RUSH TO JUDGMENT THAT THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL PROJECT IS SOMEHOW
FAILING BECAUSE COSTS HAVE GONE
UP WHEN WE HAVE NO IDEA. ABOUT
WHAT'S RELEVENT AND OUR OTHER
INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS WE WE HAVE
ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT I DO
KNOW IS THAT IN TWO THOUSAND SIX
WHEN THIS BODY PASSED PROP ONE
BE. FOR THE TWENTY BILLION
DOLLAR TRANSPORTATION BOND THAT
WAS ON THE BALLOT BEFORE THE
VOTERS WAS.
A BILLION DOLLAR WAS WAS
INCLUDED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND
WIDENING OF HIGHWAY NINETY NINE.
THAT CONSTRUCTION DIDN'T START
UNTIL AROUND TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE AND IT WAS
JUST BARELY FINISHED A COUPLE OF
YEARS AGO.
THERE IS MAJOR VARIATIONS AND
THOSE COSTS
FROM THE TIME THAT THE BOND
MEASURE PASSED WHEN AND THE.
SEAMAN CONCRETE COSTS WERE MUCH
HIGHER THE COST WAS HIGHER
ECONOMY SLUMPED THE COSTS WENT
DOWN WE ACTUALLY HAD EXTRA MONEY
TO DO MORE. A WITHOUT FINDING
THAN WE THOUGHT INITIALLY NOW
WHO ARE TRY TRY TRY TO DO THAT
AGAIN TODAY WE WOULDN'T HAVE
THAT EXTRA MONEY BECAUSE
OBVIOUSLY. THE COSTS HAVE GONE
WAY BACK UP AGAIN BUT I THINK
THAT WHAT THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS
TO UNDERSTAND THE LEGISLATURE IS
A WHOLE IS.
HOW ARE HOW ARE WE COMPARING
HIGH SPEED RAIL WITH OUR OTHER
TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY FUNDING
PROJECTS AND ANOTHER THING THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AS AS
MISTER THOMPSON SAID THAT WE
NEED TO LOOK AT GRADE
SEPARATIONS? THERE ARE MORE THAN
EIGHT HUNDRED GRADE SEPARATIONS
ALONG THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
ALIGNMENT THAT RIGHT THERE IS A
TREMENDOUS COST.
OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GRADE
SEPARATION IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
YEAR MAY BE LOOKING AT TWENTY
FIVE FORTY MILLION DOLLARS BUT
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING
DOWN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. OR
ALONG AND THE CALTRAIN ALIGNMENT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOUR HUNDRED
MILLION OR MORE EASILY AND I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO
LOOK AT THOSE COSTS.
AND SEPARATE THAT OUT TO YOU
BECAUSE FROM THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
PROJECT WERE NOT ONLY GETTING
THE BENEFIT OF HIGH SPEED RAIL
LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING
THE BENEFIT. OF THESE THE OF THE
GRADE SEPARATIONS UNDERPASSES
AND OVERPASSES THAT THE
COMMUNITIES WILL USE WHETHER
THEY HAVE HIGH SPEED RAIL OR
NOT.
AND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE HIGH SPEED
RAIL I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO KNOW
WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO BUILD
EACH OF THOSE GRADE SEPARATIONS
THAT ARE ALONG THE ALIGNMENT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD TELL
A STORY THAT THAT WE NEED TO
KNOW THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO
THE PROJECT. AND JUST START OUR
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN
GENERAL.
THOSE ARE CERTAINLY IMPORTANT
ISSUES.
AND OF COURSE SUPPORT COMPARED
DOLLARS AND IT IS A CONSTANT
TERMS WHAT IS NO FOR FOR THE
SAKE OF CLARITY IN THAT WERE ON
THE SAME PAGE THAT THE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN TRAP BUSINESS PLAN
CONTINUES THE PRACTICE OF
REPORTING NUMBERS IN. YOUR
EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES THAT AS
YOU POINTED OUT.
OKAY THANK YOU.
UNDER.
A OTHER.
OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH PANEL
PRITCHETT.
WE'RE GOING TO THE LAST PANEL
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT. LAST PANEL IS LOCAL
AGENCIES WE HEAR FROM OUR.
THE.
CALTRAIN.
METROLINK AND.
.
THE LA METRO.
SO WE HAVE JIM CORNETTE KIMBERLY
YOU AND.
CHEN OWNS OKAY WELCOME.
WILSON YOU KNOW THEY'RE THERE.
AND.
WHOSE FIRST JOB.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU A CONTEMPLATIVE LOOK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH AREA MY NAME IS JIM HARD
AND I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE CALTRAIN COMMUTER RAIL.
SERVICE APPRECIATE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU HERE
TODAY. AYE AND TO DISCUSS THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL BUSINESS PLAN
FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE.
CALTRAIN APPLAUDS THE.
HIGH SKILLED ROOM WELL
AUTHORITY ON THE RELEASE OF THE
DRAFT TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
BUSINESS PLAN.
THANKS IN PART TO A COMMITTED
PARTNERSHIP IN A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT FROM THE AUTHORITY
CALTRAIN HAS BEEN ABLE TO
PROCEED WITH EFFORTS TO
ELECTRIFY THE CALTRAIN CORRIDOR.
BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN
JOSE.
AND AS SECURITY INVESTMENT
NEEDED TO REPLACE SEVENTY FIVE
PERCENT OF THE SYSTEMS DIESEL
FLEET.
WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTRIC
TRAINS.
I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE
ARE PROJECT GROUNDBREAKING IN
JULY HAVE TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR MONTHS IN THE FIRST POLLS
HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ALONG THE
CORRIDOR.
WE'RE ALSO PLEASED WITH THE
PROGRESS OF THE HIGH PERFORMANCE
ELECTRIC TRAINS THAT WILL BE
MANUFACTURED IN SALT LAKE.
AND SERVANT RIDERS ON OUR
QUARTER BY AND IN TWENTY TWENTY
TWO.
THE DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN PROPOSES
NEW STRATEGIES THAT WOULD EXPAND
ELECTRIFICATION OF THE CALTRAIN
QUARTER SOUTH OF SAN JOSE TO
GILROY.
ENSURING THAT ALL COMMUNITIES
CURRENTLY SERVED BY CALTRAIN
WILL BENEFIT FROM THE ADVANTAGES
OFFERED BY ELECTRIC TRAINS.
INCLUDING INCREASED SERVICE.
FREQUENCY REDUCE TRAVEL TIMES
ENHANCED RELIABILITY AND
IMPROVED AIR QUALITY.
THIS NEW APPROACH WHICH IS PART
OF THE PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE SILICON VALLEY TO CENTRAL
VALLEY LINE. IS A CONTINUATION
AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE
AUTHORITIES LONG STANDING
COMMITMENT TO EVENTUALLY CONNECT
THE STATE.
WITH HIGH SPEED RAIL SERVICE IN
A WAY THAT ALSO OFFERS IMMEDIATE
IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING RAIL
SERVICE.
INCLUDING CALTRAIN.
THE PROTOCOL SO FOCUSES ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF EARLY INTERIM
HIGH SPEED RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN
SAN FRANCISCO. AND GILROY AS
EARLY AS TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN.
THE ADDITION OF HIGH SPEED RAIL
SERVICE TO THE CALTRAIN QUARTER
HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR
MAXIMIZING THE BENEFITS OF
QUARTER ELECTRIFICATION.
AND PROVIDING COMMUNITIES ALONG
THE COR WITH NEW MOBILITY
OPTIONS THAT WILL BE A VALUABLE
PART OF OUR EFFORTS AS A REGION
TO ADDRESS. GROWING TRAFFIC
CONGESTION AND MAINTAIN OUR
ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS.
CALTRAIN IS CURRENTLY LEADING
EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A CALTRAIN
BUSINESS PLAN WHICH INCLUDES AN
IN DEPTH TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF
ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS
RELATED TO THE EXPANSION OF
SERVICES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.
INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF HIGH
SPEED RAIL.
CALTRAIN LOOKS FORWARD TO
CONTINUING INVOLVEMENT FROM THE
AUTHORITY AND OUR LOCAL AND
REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS TO
COMPLETE THE CALTRAIN BUSINESS
PLANET TO BETTER DEFINE
STRATEGIES.
FOR ENHANCE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
THE COMMUNITIES ON THE COURT OR.
AND THE EVENTUAL CONNECTION OF
OUR REGION TO THE REST OF THE
STATE.
CALTRAIN ALSO LOOKS FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE AUTHORITY AND
OUR PARTNERS IN SAN FRANCISCO TO
ENSURE THAT CALTRAIN HIGH SPEED
RAIL SERVICE OR EXTENDED TO
DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO'S.
TRANSBAY TRANSIT CENTER.
THE EXTENSION OF HIGH QUALITY
REAL SERVICE TO THE TRANSCRIPT
TRANSIT CENTER HOLDS DRAMATIC
POTENTIAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF
CALTRAIN SERVICE TO NEW MARKETS.
IT WIL HELP FACILITATE
CONGESTION RELIEF AND ENHANCE
MOBILITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
RECORD OR.
SIMILARLY WE ARE EXCITED TO BE
WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
AUTHORITY THE CITY OF SAN JOSE
IN THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
TO ENVISION A NEW DEFERRED ON
STATION IN SAN JOSE A PROJECT
THAT WILL CREATE NEW REGIONAL
AND STATE WHY CONNECTIVITY. AND
TRANSFORM THE SOUTHERN TERMINAL
OF OUR RAILROAD. IN THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
IF YOU.
KIMBERLY.
THANK YOU.
THE OTHER AREA. THANK YOU MISTER
CHAIRMAN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY
HERE. ARE ON CAL CALIFORNIA HIGH
SPEED RAIL AUTHORITIES TWENTY
EIGHTEEN CONTRAST BUSINESS PLAN.
THE HIGHEST SPEED RAIL PROJECT
IS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE FOR
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.
I'M KIMBERLY YOU DEPUTY CHIEF
OPERATING OFFICER OF THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
MAIL ALSO KNOWN AS METROLINK.
WARY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
OPERATING SIX.
TO SIX COUNTIES IN LOSS I IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE TRAVERSE
OVER FIVE HUNDRED MILES OF RAIL
NETWORK AND PROVIDE SERVICES TO
SIX
TWO STATIONS.
WE MOVE FORTY FOUR THOUSAND
PASSENGERS EACH DAY DURING THE
AVERAGE WORK WEEK AND
IMPORTANTLY ALMOST ONE ON ONE
BASIS. EVERY METROLINK WRITER
REPRESENTS A CAR OFF THE ROAD.
THEREFORE METROLINK IS A
CRITICAL INVESTMENT TO REDUCE
FREEWAY TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE AIR
QUALITY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST
COMMUTER RAIL OPERATOR WE
APPRECIATE THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITIES CONTINUED.
COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH REGIONAL
PARTNERS AND ESTABLISHING THAN
IT NATION'S FIRST HIGH SPEED
RAIL.
SYSTEM.
TWO YEARS AGO METROLINK
COMMENTED ON THE TWENTY SIXTEEN
BUSINESS FEDERATION OF THE
IMPORTANT
ROLE ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL
PLAY IN A FUTURE HIGH SPEED RAIL
SYSTEM.
WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE
UPDATED DRAFT ON PROVIDES
CLARITY AND COMMITMENT TO SIGN
CALIFORNIA STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS
METROLINK.
THE CONTINUED COORDINATION AND
COMMUNICATION WITH HIGH SPEED
RAIL OFFICIALS.
IS UP OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE
METROLINK IS COMMITTED TO
WORKING WITH THE AUTHORITY AS
WELL AS OUR LEGISLATIVE
LEADERSHIP AND STATE BY PARTNERS
TO PROMOTE MOBILITY. AND ITS
MANY FORMS INCLUDING COMMUTER
RAIL AND HIGH SPEEDS SYSTEMS.
AS RECOGNIZED IN THE CURRENT
BUSINESS PLAN THE NEED FOR
ALTERNATIVES TO OUR REGION'S
CONGESTED HIGHWAY IS CRITICAL.
LOS ANGELES COMMUTERS LOSE AN
AVERAGE OF HUNDRED TO.
HOURS TO CONGESTION EVERY YEAR.
THE REGION RECENTLY RANKED AS
HAVING THE WORST TRAFFIC NOT
ONLY IN THE NATION BUT ALSO AND
THE WORLD.
THE NEED FOR URGENT INVESTMENT
ISRAEL AND IMPACTS MILLIONS.
THE DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN
UNDERSCORES THE IMPORTANCE OF
PROVIDING RESOURCES
FOR OPERATORS LIKE METROLINK TO
MEET THE RECOMMENDATION AND THE
TWENTY EIGHTEEN STATE RAIL PLAN.
INCLUDING INCREASED SERVICE
LEVELS ON AND BI DIRECTIONAL
TRAVEL AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
OURS NEEDS ARE SIMILAR TO HIGH
SPEED RAIL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
TO PROVIDE INCREASED SERVICE
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
ALSO KNOWN AS OUR SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA OPTIMIZED BALE
EXPANSION PROGRAM.
TO WHICH WOULD PROVIDE BROAD
INVESTMENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION. AND
THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIGH
SPEED RAIL.
WE APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED
DIALOGUE ON DELIVERING EARLY
BENEFITS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
DO HIGHS SPEED RAIL INVESTMENTS
AND HAS SHOWN THROUGH HELPING OF
NEW LOCOMOTIVES FOR METROLINK
IMPROVEMENTS AT LA UNION STATION
AND ROSECRANS MARKHOR. BUT
SEPARATION METRO LINK REMAINS A
PRUDENT AND NECESSARY INVESTMENT
FOR BOOKEND AND CONNECTIVITY
INVESTMENT WITH INDEPENDENT
UTILITY.
WE APPRECIATE THAT SORTIES
INCLUSION OF CLEAR AND DIRECT
LANGUAGE IN THE CURRENT.
TWENTY EIGHTEEN BUSINESS PLAN
REGARDING THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE.
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE
AS PART OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
SYSTEM.
AS CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE
RECORDING PLANET QUARTERS WITH
HIGH SPEED COMMUTER RAIL AND
FREIGHT OPERATORS AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
TO OPTIMIZE THIS YEAR SYSTEM
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH CAN REALLY.
JANETTE NEXT IF YOU.
FROM.
MET ELEMENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MISTER CHAIRMAN
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
ON BEHALF MY NAME'S XIN AT
ELLEN'S SENIOR EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF MATCH HILL IN PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT AND REGIONAL RAIL. I
HOPE YOU HAVE ALL RECEIVED A
COPY OF OUR SUPPORT LETTER FOR
DEFEAT TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN OF HIGH
SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY. THAT WAS
PROVIDED BY OUR CEO PHIL
WASHINGTON.
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY
STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE CALIFORNIA
HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITIES
INVESTMENT OF THE PROPOSITION
ONE BOOK AND FINDS.
TO THE ROSECRANS MARQUARDT GREAT
SEPARATION PROJECT AND THE LINK
UNION STATION PROJECT.
I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON
MY NOT QUITE SURE OF THE TIME SO
I AM ORIGINAL BATTLE OF YOUR
TIME IF YOU WANT ME TO GIVE A
BRIEF PRESENTATION. THAT CAN
SPECIFICALLY SHOW. THE EARLY
INVESTMENTS OF THESE
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE EXISTING REGIONAL RAIL
SYSTEM THAT SERVES SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
WHILE ACCOMMODATING THE FUTURE
PLANS.
OF HIGH SPEED RAIL.
AND WHEN SHE SEWER.
ALRIGHT.
BUT THEN I THINK THIS IS
ACTUALLY A LINK U. S..
YES.
I'M GETTING GIVE YOUR
PRESENTATION OF BOTH PROJECTS
OKAY. SO THE CALIFORNIA HIGH
SPEED RAIL HAS EARLY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT
PROVIDES IMMEDIATE AND NEEDED
IMPROVEMENTS YOUR EXISTING
REGIONAL RAIL SERVICES.
WHILE ACCOMMODATING THE FUTURE
HIGH SPEED RAIL.
WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE
ROSECRANS MARQUARDT GREAT
SEPARATION WHICH IS ROUGHLY
SEVENTY SIX POINT SEVEN MILLION
DOLLARS THAT THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
BOARD AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED IN
JUNE OF TWO THOUSAND AND
SEVENTEEN.
AND THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
DRAFT BUSINESS PLANS INDICATE
THEIR INVESTMENT OF
APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED AND
TWENTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LINKING
IN STATION PROJECT.
THE LOS ANGELES UNION STATION IS
THE LARGEST MULTI MODAL TRANSIT
TERMINAL.
AND THE CENTER FOR PASSENGERS
TRAVELING ON THE LOCAL REGIONAL
AND FUTURE HIGH SPEED RAIL
SERVICE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
HERE IS I'M I'M GETTING GO OVER
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE TWO
PROJECTS AND HOW YOU CAN SEE.
THAT THESE EARLY AND
INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOMMODATES THE
FUTURE HIGH SPEED RAIL.
SENATE.
LOS ANGELES UNION STATION WAS
BUILT IN NINETEEN THIRTY NINE
AND IT IS A STAB ENDED TERMINAL.
IT WILL WHICH MEANS ALL TRAINS
ENTER AND EXIT FROM THE NORTH
SIDE OF UNION STATION.
THE NORTH SIDE IS WHERE YOU SEE
THE THREAT.
SO THEY TAKE A HALF ARE FIRST
COME FIRST SERVE ON HOW THE
LEAVE AND ENTER.
THE UNION STATION THEIR REUNION
STATION PROJECT WILL TRANSFORM
HAL THE LOS ANGELES UNION
STATION OPERATES.
IT WILL PROVIDE UP TO TEN NEW
RUN THROUGH TRACKS.
AS WELL AS THE LOOP TRACK OVER
THE U. S. MONO ONE FREEWAY.
IT PROVIDES APPROXIMATELY UP TTU
PLATFORMS AND FOUR TRACKS FOR
HIGH SPEED RAIL.
IN ADDITION TO THAT IT REALLY
TRANSFORMS UNION STATION UNION
STATION THROUGH A WORLD CLASS
TERMINAL STATION.
STILL THE KEY BENEFITS OF THE
GRASS IS RIGHT NOW IT PROVIDES
WITH THAT RUN THROUGH TRACK
SERVICE IT INCREASES THE
REGIONAL RAIL CAPACITY BY UP TO.
SEE THREE PERCENT
AGAIN WITH RUN THROUGH TRAINS
CAN EITHER ENTER FROM THE NORTH
END OF THE STATION. OR THE SOUTH
END OF THE STATION INSTEAD OF
VIOLENT AYE DOING THIRTY TWENTY
TO FORTY MINUTES BECAUSE OF
TAKING TURNS COMING IN AND OUT
OF WHERE THE SEVEN ATTRACT
TRAINS ACTUALLY ARE TODAY. IF
THEY CAN COME IN AND IDLE AS
LITTLE AS FIVE MINUTES.
DAHLE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR A ONE SEAT RIDE FROM SAN
LUIS OBISPO TO SAN DIEGO.
STILL HERE IS A KIND OF
GRAPHICAL VIEW WITHOUT THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL TRAINS HERE OF THE
REGIONAL RAIL SYSTEM THAT IS
SERVED BY BOTH MEN
CHIU LINK.
AN AMTRAK
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY TWO TRAINS THAT ANSWER
UNION STATION ON A WEEK DAY.
WOULD IT BE RUN THROUGH TRACKS
YOU WE CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO TWO
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TRAINS.
WITH ALSO THE PASSAGE OF MEASURE
M. IN SAID IN A LOS ANGELES
COUNTY AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH
A REAL RENT.
FOR THE NEXT TWENTY FIVE YEARS.
WHAT'S IT WITH THE UNION STATION
TODAY SERVES APPROXIMATELY A
HUNDRED THOUSAND PASSENGERS WE
ASSUME WE PRINT SHACK THAT WE
WILL BE SERVING UP. TO OVER TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND PASSENGERS A
DAY.
HERE IS A SNAPSHOT OF UNION
STATION AND THE NUMBER OF
PLATFORMS WE HAVE AT UNION
STATION.
SO.
HIGH SPEED RAIL WOULD BE UP TO
YOU TWO PLATFORMS AND FOUR
TRACKS ON THERE COLORED AND RAG.
WE ALSO FIRST JUST SOME
BACKGROUND INFORMATION WE GAVE
YOU SOME. OF THE DAILY BOARDINGS
THAT ARE IN THE MATCH A LINK AND
AMTRAK SERVICE AT UNION STATION
AND OVERALL SYSTEM WIDE.
AS PART OF OUR TIER CP
APPLICATION WE SUBMITTED.
A RUN THROUGH OPERATION FOR
UNION STATION. IT'S A MORE
PHASED APPROACH
FOR THE LINK UNION STATION
PROJECTS.
WELL AS AS WE MENTIONED WE ARE
TRANSFORMING UNION STATION TO BE
MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT WITH PASSENGER AND
MANY KNEES AND THESE ARE JUST
THE DIET A GRAPHICAL VIEW. OF
THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
THAT CAN OCCUR AT UNION STATION.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY A BRIEF
VIDEO. SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT
WE ARE PLANNING.
I HAD.
IT OF THE SORT IF I TRIED
DEVELOP.
BRING.
INTERPRETED.
TERMINAL.
NNOVA.
SAGE.
ACROSS THE LOS ANGELES REGION
CURRENTLY WITH A POPULATION OF
OVER TWENTY BILLION THE NTIA
STATION IS CENTRAL TO THE
TRANSPORTATION CRITICIZED.
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YOU'RE UP.
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LOOK.
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SEE.
THE LONG TERM THE.
STATION
WELL TRANSPORTED INTO A WORLD
CLASS TRANSIT AND MOBILITY
.
THE HORSES.
OKAY.
BOB PERHAPS WE COULD ASK.
YOU FINISH WE CAN HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS I I. I WANT TALK ABOUT
FINANCING AND THE CONNECTIVITY
ISSUE.
.
THE NEW THE NEW PLAN STRESSES
THE CONNECTIVITY. BETWEEN LOCAL
TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL.
DOES THAT GENERATE.
MORE INCOME.
AND REVENUE PASSENGERS
FOR BOTH AGENCIES OR HOW HOW
DOES THAT. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
THAT.
THAT SORT OF SYNERGY A COULD
GENEROUSLY.
THAT TAKES PLACE WHEN YOU
CONNECT ALL THE DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS TOGETHER IN A TERMINAL
OR.
IN THE WAY WE DO IT HERE.
SHIRT WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR
RIDERSHIP ESPECIALLY FOR
METROLINK ARE FAIR RATIO IS
FORTY SOMEONE OVER FORTY FOUR
PERCENT SO. OUR PASSENGERS.
.
HATE MAJORITY A LOT OF THE OF
THE OPERATING COSTS
WHEN WE DID OUR ANALYTICS AND
LOOKING AT THE RIDERSHIP ON WITH
A POTENTIAL LEAVE WITH UNION
STATION.
LINK YOU ES AS WELL AS SOME OF
THEIR.
PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED IN OUR TI RCP GRANT.
WE'VE NOTED THAT IT WOULD
INCREASE ACQUIRED WHO IT WOULD
BE FOUR TIMES MORE THAN THE
CRIME RIDERSHIP.
AND REVENUE SO THAT'S WHAT WE
HAVE SO FAR.
SO WE WOULD GENERATE TO.
THAT MUCH MORE RIDERSHIP
BECAUSE YOU CAN.
MOVE YOUR TRAINS FASTER.
IN AND OUT OF THE STATION OWNERS
THAT IS THAT THE MAIN REASON OR
YES.
ONE THING ABOUT METROLINK OUR
SYSTEM IS THAT.
IT'S A SINGLE TRACK TERRITORY
OVER SIXTY PERCENT OF OUR SYSTEM
IS.
ALONG THE SAN BERNADINE ONLINE
IT'S TOOK TWO THIRDS OF THAT IS
A SINGLE TRACK.
SO IF THERE'S A MECHANICAL ISSUE
THAT TRAIN IS DEAD. THERE'S
THEIR CASCADING.
EFFECTS
TO THE REST OF THIS US SCHEDULE
SO WE HAVE DOUBLE TRACK. OF
PROJECTS SAID.
LIKE I MENTION IS IN PART OF
THE GRANT AND WE ARE SUCCESSFUL.
A WE COULD MOVE MORE PEOPLE WILL
BEEN PROVIDING MORE RELIABLE
COMPETITIVE SERVICE.
YOU CAN HAVE MORE TRAINS
HUMBOLDT ABOUT.
.
THE OTHER AGENCIES TO METRO AND
NOT CALTRAIN.
SO.
WHEN THAT WHEN THE VALLEY TO
SAN FRANCISCO IS FULLY CONNECTED
DIDN'T IT.
IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THAT
WILL HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON
OUR RIDERSHIP ARE FAREBOX
RECOVERY CURRENTLY.
IS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF
OUR REVENUE STREAM WE.
GENERATE.
FROM OUR FAREBOX OVER SEVENTY
PERCENT OF THE FUNDS NECESSARY
FOR OUR OPERATING AND
MAINTAINING OUR SYSTEM.
AND SO THE MORE FOLKS WE HAVE IN
THE SEATS THE BETTER IT IS FOR
US.
BOB AND I THINK.
ALSO THEM ONCE IT GETS TO THAT
DOWNTOWN A TERMINAL IN SAN
FRANCISCO IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT
WILL ALSO INCREASE THE THE
RIDERSHIP BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE WHO WILL.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE CALTRAIN
TO GET TO THE DOWNTOWN EXTENSION
SO?
DOT IN IN THE FURTHER PLANNING.
AS WERE WORKING WITH THE SAN
FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO THE
AUTHORITY.
AND THE STATE A AS TO THE
DOWNTOWN.
TERMINAL.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
WHETHER THAT SHOULD NOT BE A.
BE A DEAD END TERMINAL SO TO
SPEAK BUT.
TO.
DECIDED. IN THE IN ITS FINAL
FORM SUCH THAT.
COULD PUNCH THROUGH AND
EVENTUALLY CONNECT TO A. A TO
GOING UNDER THE BAY.
THOSE THAT ARE CROSSING YES.
OUT OF UNDERNEATH YEAH.
YEAH ON METRO.
CHAIRS CONNECTIVITY IS KEY.
AND SO THAT'S REASON WHY THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY REALLY
WANTED TO BE AN LOS ANGELES
UNION STATION. WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT SAYS FOR THE LAST
FIVE YEARS OR LONGER THEY WERE
LOOKING AT ALTERNATE NEW
STATIONS ACROSS FROM UNION
STATION.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE VITAL ESSENCE
OF CONNECTING TO EXISTING
TRANSIT SYSTEM AND IN LOS
ANGELES UNION STATION WE BOTH
HAVE OUR HEAVY RAIL. ARE REDLINE
IN A PURPLE LINE SUBWAYS WE HAVE
OUR LIGHT RAIL.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OVER TWO
HUNDRED REGIONAL LOCAL AND INTER
CITY BUS.
SERVICES AS WELL SO IT WAS KEY
pBELIEVE. THINGS THEIR REALITY
IS
GOING THROUGH VALLEY TO VALLEY
THROUGH A CENTRAL VALLEY TO COME
INTO UNION STATION. IT ALSO
PROVIDES AN ENHANCED VERSION OF
TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THAT COMPLIMENTS BOTH
THE INTERCITY RAIL OF AMTRAK
THAT USUALLY TAKES E. ELEVEN
HOURS THAT WE WERE MAKE IT WAS
MENTIONED EARLIER. ALONG THE
COAST
IT'S TIME ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH
THE CENTRAL VALLEY SO WE BELIEVE
THAT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY TO KIDNAPPED AND
ENHANCE OUR OUR CHANCE IT.
ON OUR RAIL TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
.
I WAS INTERESTED IN.
.
THE AREA BETWEEN THE LA METRO
STATION AND.
ANAHEIM. THAT'S SO IF THIS
PROJECTS COMPLETED HOW LONG.
AND WE HAD THE.
THE PROJECT GOING TO ANAHEIM HOW
WOULD IT KILL THE ANAHEIM.
JUST GO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE
BIT. IN TERMS OF WHAT WOULD BE
DONE IN THAT IN THAT AREA AS
WELL.
MAYBE SO WE CAN ANSWER THAT
QUESTION.
I AM UP DEMAND LOOK HOW LINK U.
S. WOULD PROVIDE OUR HIGH HOW
HIGH SPEED RAIL WITH PROFOUND
HOW WOULD FIT IN WITH THE.
SERVICE SO CONNECTED TO THE IN
ANAHEIM BY I THINK THAT THEY
CALIFORNIA STATE.
REAL PLAN TALKS ABOUT HALL
SCHEDULING IT SO IT'S
COORDINATING.
THAT INNER CITY AS WELL AS HIGH
SPEED RAIL COMMUTER RAIL.
SERVICES SO THAT TO WE'VE
PROVIDE MORE FREQUENT SERVICES
SO FOR METROLINK IT WOULD BE
PROVIDING FIFTEEN THIRTY. MINUTE
AS WELL AS OUR LEAD BY
DIRECTIONAL SERVICE FOR OUR
COMMUTERS SO.
AD THEN I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE
HIGH SPEED RAIL.
SCHEDULE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK
LIKE BUT I I WOULD ASSUME THAT
IT WILL BE A COMPLIMENT.
SO THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY
IS WORKING WITH THE REGIONAL
PARTNERS OF BOTH THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL BEING A
STAFF. TO WORK TOGETHER AND
LEVERAGE OTHER STATE FUNDING FOR
AS PART OF THE LIKE FOURTH
MAINLINE TRACK FROM LOS ANGELES
UNION STATION TO ANAHEIM. ALL UP
AS PART OF A SHARED TRACK
APPROACH TO THAT WE CAN REALIZE
AND I AND THE IMPROVEMENTS OF
THIS OF SOME OF THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL SOONER.
ERIC.
.
OTHER QUESTIONS OF SENATOR OUR
COURSES GOOD QUESTIONS FOR.
THIS IS EXCITING FOR HIM MUCH
WHY I'M. GLAD TO SEE THE VIDEO
AND CERTAINLY AND THE NEW WAVE
REIMAGINING.
HEATING STATION.
FANTASTIC ISSUE ACTUALLY LOOK
LIKE THAT ONE DAY.
AND I JUST WANNA I'D LOVE TO
ASK.
ABOUT IN THE REASONS FOR HAN THE
PHASING AT THAT OUT THE SCHEDULE
YOU HAVE IT I I YOU KNOW I KNOW
YOU IS IT YOUR PROMISED.
BIG CHUNK OF FUNDS BACK IN
TWENTY FOURTEEN.
I AS PART OF THE INITIAL
BOOKENDS DEAL THAT WAS STRUCK
WITH A AND A NUMBER OF SENATORS.
AND I WANT TO GET A SENSE OF.
OF HOW THAT RELATES TO THE
FREEZING PLAN THAT YOU HAVE AND
THE SPEED WITH WHICH WE CAN GET
THESE PROJECTS ONLINE.
WITH THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN
DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN ACTUALLY
REALLY FULLY.
COMMENTS THE FINDING OF THE PROP
ONE NAY FUNDS TO THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA BASICALLY THESE TWO
PROJECTS BUT THE LINK UNION
STATION AND THE ROSE PENCE
MARQUARDT RATES THAT.
THURSDAY EARNED A JUMP IN TO GET
OUR FOR BEING LATE I WAS
WATCHING ON TV THE WHOLE TIME SO
YOU CAN.
BUT I WAS IN OTHER MEETINGS.
.
BUT THAT SO.
THE IT'S IT'S ALL ONE A FUNDED
THOUGH RUN THROUGH SO NOTHING'S
ACTUALLY COMING USED YOU MENTION
THE THE APPLICATION.
BUT YOU PUT IN. THE WE IN ORDER
IS OF THIS UP BECAUSE OF THE
LINKING ITS ASIAN PROJECT IS
ROUGHLY ABOUT TWO BILLION
DOLLARS.
STILL WE HAD WE FEASTED INTO.
PART A AND PART B.. AND PART BE
IS PARTIES TO BUILD THE ENTIRE
BY DEATH RUN THROUGH TRACK.
STRUCTURE THAT ACCOMMODATES BOTH
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL SH SO.
FOR NOW WHILE THEY'RE NOT IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HE MET CHIU
LINK SERVICE AN AMTRAK SERVICE
WILL BE UTILIZING THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND UNTIL THE.
COME INTO CUT SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IT'S ALREADY BUILT
OUT.
THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT IS TO
ACTUALLY.
REBUILD UNION STATION ITSELF
AND AS BUT OBVIOUSLY FAR MORE
THAN JUST A TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IT
INCLUDES REDEVELOPING UNION
STATION I THINK OUR CEO PHIL
WOULD LIKE TO DO WHAT HE DID IN
DENVER IF YOU. ARE FAMILIAR WITH
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE DENVER
UNION STATION HERE IN LOS
ANGELES UNION STATION.
SHARON BUOYANT YEAH I MAKERS SAY
I JUST WOULD LOVE TO GET A
BETTER SENSE OF.
THE CENTER WHICH WERE REALLY AND
UTILIZING WHAT I'M EXCITED TO
HEAR.
THIS THIS HAS BEEN OF ENORMOUS
BOTTLENECK PROBLEM IT USES FOR
LONG TIME BUT I GUESS
PARTICULARLY AREA METROLINK.
WHERE THERE SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH
OPPORTUNITY AND YET AND JUST
IT'S UNDER UTILIZED AND WE WE
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TRAINS?
ARE. YOU KNOW WHO. ARE MY OUR
COLLEAGUE CENTER WINNERS UKIAH
CORRECTLY.
HAMMERING US ALL ON ON THE WAY
THAT WE GROW THE WAY WE BUILT
AND IN YET AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN
SO STRUCK BY HOW UNDER UTILIZED
METROLINK IS AS A AS A GROWTH
STRATEGY FOR THE REGION.
HIM THE TRAIN GOES RIGHT BY TO
ONTARIO AIRPORT FOR EXAMPLE
WE'VE NEVER FIGURED OUT A WAY TO
LINK THE AIRPORT IN DOWNTOWN LA
A MATCH IS ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE A
NO.
STEPPED UP TO DO.
I'M.
DID.
THREE QUARTERS OF THEIR THE. THE
QUEUE POTENTIALS ARE THERE AND
WE ARE WE.
AND WHAT ONE OF THINGS AS WE
MOVE FORWARD WITH MY SPEED RAIL
ON ALL THE UNCERTAINTIES WE
TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS IT THE
VERY LEAST WE CAN TELL OUR
CONSTITUENTS BACK HOME
ESPECIALLY.
GIVEN HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING
FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO FUND
THIS PROJECT AND YET WE NOW TURN
OUR BACKS ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
AND.
DECIDED TO DO A VALUE VALUE
STRATEGY I UNDERSTAND THE
REASONS FOR THAT. BUT AT THE
VERY AT LEAST. THE SORTS A BOOK
AND PROJECTS THAT CAN HELP TO
REALLY MAKE.
NATURAL LIKE A MORE
VIABLE-OPTION FOR THE REGION
UNION
STATION MORE VIABLE OPTION FOR
THE REGION. WHILE ALSO BUILDING
THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ACTUALLY
MAKE ICE BILL WILL.
WORK.
I KNOW TOASTED PROVIDE
CONNECTIVITY FOR THE REGION TO
THE TO THE SYSTEM. IS JUST GONNA
BE SO IMPORTANT AND I I JUST
WANT TO GET A BETTER SENSE FROM
USED TO RESOLVE. CHAIR A. HOME.
THE.
THE. PAGE OF REPRESENTATION IN
A.
THE THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL.
TRAINS IT WOULD GO ON EACH AND I
SAW THAT I MEAN I MEAN THAT
CERTAINLY. THAT'S THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT AND I EARNERS AND THIS
IS JUST THIS THIS DEMONSTRATES.
YEAH BUT IT'S A WITH A WITH HIS
HEART FOR WHATEVER TWENTY FORTY.
AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE
COMMUTER TRAINS COMING THROUGH
THE STATION.
I'M THE THREE PERCENT INCREASE
IT'S A GREAT INCREASE.
AND YET YOU KNOW BY.
THE REGION IS STRAINING AT THE
SEAMS IN TERMS OF HOW WE GET
AROUND AND AND I I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE THEY'RE. STILL DOING
RIGHT BY THE TAXPAYERS IN
CALIFORNIA WHO'VE INVESTED A LOT
INTO THIS.
I SYSTEM IN AND DONE. WOULD LIKE
TO SEE SIMPSON TANGIBLE
IMPROVEMENTS SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER TO THEIR TRANSPORTATION
INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT.
MY DID NOT INCLUDE IN MY
TESTIMONY COM MORE SPECIFICALLY
IS METROLINX SCORE PROGRAM.
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
OPTIMIZED WILL.
EXPANSION AND PART OF THAT
PROGRAM INCLUDES.
WEAVED IT WE WERE ADVISED TO
PROVIDE A VERY AGGRESSIVE
PROGRAM OF FOR THE TI RCP
FUNDING ON WE SUBMITTED JANUARY
OF THIS YEAR AND WE'RE HOPING
THAT.
WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN
GETTING SOME OF THE FUNDING ON
THAT WOULD IDENTIFY DOUBLE
TRACKING.
SOME FLEET IMPROVEMENTS.
AS WELL AS LINK U. S. AS PART
OF THAT.
IT'S IT THAT THAT WAS A BAD
PROGRAM ITSELF OUR THAT THE
GRANT THAT WE SUBMITTED. WAS.
A DEVELOPED NOT ONLY BY
METROLINK BUT WE WORKED CLOSELY
WITH HIGH SPEED RAIL.
LOW SAN AS WELL AS.
BNSF.
SORTED BY TOUCH OVER THAT'S DUTY
R. ICP THAT'S THE THAT'S IN THE
CONTINUES APPROPRIATION A CAP
AND TRADE DOLLARS.
AND GOT AND.
SP ONE AND SP ONE BUT NOT HIGH
SPEED RAIL DOLLARS.
NO THAT'S THAT TIER CP IN THE
DIVISION TO THE ISP REAL MONEY
AND THOSE.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT DO IF YOU IF
YOU ACTUALLY OBTAINED THAT GRANT
TO I MEAN. HOW MUCH QUICKER CAN
WE MOVE UP THAT TWENTY FORTY
TIME WANTED TO GET?
THAT WAS SORTED TRIPS IN PLACE
AND WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO SEE
SAY IN THE NEXT DECADE.
IF IN THE BEST CASE SCENARIO SO.
I COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
WOULD MEAN FOR METROLINK.
EIGHT IN TERMS OF SERVICE.
WE WOULD BE ABLE TO.
.
PROVIDE AT LEAST HALF AN HOUR AN
HOUR BI DIRECTIONAL ON SERVICE
HONOR SAYS.
NAM RIGHT NOW WE DON'T FROM
PROVIDE THAT.
AT THIS TIME.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO FULLY REALIZE
OUR SCHOOL OR PROGRAM.
THAT LOOKS SET TO INVESTMENT AND
UP UNTIL TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT.
DAHLE ALSO TO.
EIGHT.
INCLUDE FIFTEEN MINUTES.
SERVICE.
OF FOR OUR SYSTEM AND IT WOULD
ALSO INCLUDE EXPRESS SERVICES AS
WELL.
EXACTLY HOW THIS COURSE IS THE
MARCH WAIT WITH THE.
THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS A
THAT IT'S BASICALLY TO CREATE A
MORE EFFICIENT FLOW OF TRAINS TO
THE OF THE SCORE SYSTEM ACTUALLY
INCLUDES.
IT'S MORE OF A CAPITAL.
PROGRAM FOR US.
AND VIA DILATATION DOLLARS AYE
WE DEEM TO MAINTAIN OUR OUR
SYSTEM.
SINCE WE ARE A JOINT POWERS
AUTHORITY WE DON'T HAVE A
DEDICATED STREAM OF FUNDING WE
RELY ON OUR MEMBER AGENCIES.
TO PROVIDE AN SUPPORT OUR.
BUDGET ANNUALLY AND IF WE ARE
ABLE AND SO WHEN WE DEVELOP THE
SCORE PROGRAM.
HE WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S A
WAY FOR US TO INCREASE CAPACITY.
AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
WHAT'S THAT WHAT'S CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE WHICH ARE S. B.
FUNDING AND OTHER FUNDING. TO
SERVE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INANDA
SP ONE ACTUALLY PROVIDED TO OWN.
A SEGREGATED CATEGORY.
OF FOR OPERATING ASSISTANCE OF
FOR. CALTRAIN AND METROLINK.
METRO HAS THE STA FORMULA FUNDS.
FROM SP ONE SO THEY GET NOT ONLY
THE GRANTS FOR.
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT A TWO
CRP PROGRAM BUT ALSO THE. USDA.
FUNDS WHICH GOES INTO THEIR
OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S SEPARATE
FROM THE SEVEN OR SO DEATH GIVEN
A TRANSIT OKAY BUT IT GIVES OF
THE MONEY TO.
FUND.
YOU KNOW I THINK I THINK THE
POINT IS YOU'RE SAYING
ESSENTIALLY. THE MORE THE MORE
TRAINS YOU RUN.
AND THE MORE. THOUGH THE HIGHER
FOR BOX THREE SHOWS YOU WANT TO
CALL IT THAT.
THAT MAKES YOUR OPERATING.
COLLEGE IT MORE EFFICIENT
ABSOLUTELY IN TERMS OF.
PIANO TO FINANCE ANY ADDITIONAL
CAPITAL MURDER.
CAPITAL PROJECTS BECAUSE IT CAN
THE COULD FILL THOSE SEATS IN
OTHER WORDS RIGHT BY HAVING MORE
TRAINING ABSOLUTELY AND THAT
PEOPLE BECOME MORE INTERESTED IN
USING TRAINS AS AN OPTION.
THAT KIND OF CREATES THAT.
.
VIABILITY OF THE TRANSIT SYSTEM
BY DOING THAT.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT HE CAME
UP WE GOT SO EXCITED ABOUT A
CUENTA EN KNOW IS A CHAIRMAN I
JUST WANTED TO TO ADD THE YOU
KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
PARTNERSHIP JUST TO. YOU KNOW
EDUCATE.
AND THE COMMITTEE LITTLE BIT THE
THE THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE
PROVIDING FROM HIGH SPEED RAIL.
A TO OUR BOOK AND PARTNERS ARE
REQUIRED UNDER THE LAW TO BE
MATCHED.
OF THE IF THEY CAN ONLY PROVIDE
UP TO HALF OF THE FUNDING FOR
THE PROJECTS UNDER THE LAW SO.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE OUR
COMMITMENT IN THIS FUNDING PLAN
IS FOR HER TWENTY THREE MILLION.
TO THAT PROJECT AND THAT WE WORK
CLOSELY WITH IT TRANSPORTATION
AGENCY CAL STICKER. ON A
PROVIDING OTHER SOURCES OF
REVENUE IN THAT MATCH COULD BE
OTHER STATE LOCAL OR FEDERAL
FUNDS.
AND SO WE ARE MATCH WHERE
AFFECT ON THE RECORD NOW IN
SUPPORT OF THAT.
SCORE APPLICATION THAT'S NOW
PENDING IN IT AND CAL SLIPS WAS
GOING TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE
GETTING MATCHES FROM THE LOCALS
IN OUT FROM METRO MET.
WELL AS WAS MENTIONED THE
PROJECT ITSELF IS IT IS A
ROUGHLY TWO BILLION DOLLAR
PROJECT. THEIR.
PULLING IN VERY. BRIGHT VERY GO
SO IF WE WERE TO LACKEY DID GET
THE LINKING ITS STATION AWARDED
THROUGH THE SCORE PROGRAM. AND
HIGH SPEED RAIL OF THE BOARD.
WAS ABLE TO AWARD LINKING ITS
ASIAN OF FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY
THREE MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOR THE
LINKING AT STATION WILL BE
COMPLETED NO LATER THAN JANUARY
OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SO WE
CAN ACTUALLY START THE
ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OUR
COMMITMENT UNDER THE TIER CP CAP
AND TRADE APPLICATION. IS THAT
IT WILL BE BUILT DIVIDE THAT
SCHECK SURE LET ME JUST GO BACK
IN.
LET YOU KNOW WHICH.
FEES THAT WOULD WILL BE BUILT BY
TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
WE CAN GET WE GET COPIES OF THIS
RIGHT FOR ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY
WILL GIVE YOU COPIES OF THIS
PRESENTATION.
OKAY ANY OTHER QUESTION.
WE HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY
PERSONAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH PROTRUDING.
BERRYHILL. OF WILL HAVE.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY PUBLIC COMMENT
ON THE.
FOR OUR COMMITTEE AND NON GO
RIGHT AHEAD SIR YOU HAVE THE
FLOOR YES EACH EACH MEMBER CAN
SPEAK UP TO MELLOW OUT THERE WE
GO. THANK YOU LISTEN I'M SAYING
FIRST EACH MEMBER CAN SPEAK UP
TOTWO MINUTES YES THANK YOU
OCCUPY NAME IS TED HARD I WILL
BE SPEAKING TO YOU. AS A VOTER.
I WOULD SUGGEST AND TAKE YOU
BACK TO TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
WHEN ALL OF THIS WAS PUT
TOGETHER THE VOTER IN ESSENCE
MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH A HIGH
SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY.
THAT THEY WOULD PUT UP TEN
BILLION DOLLARS
FOR. FORTY FIVE BILLION TOTAL
COSTS INCLUDING SAN DIEGO INLAND
VALLEY. SACRAMENTO THE WHOLE
SHAMIR WAS GOING TO COST FORTY
FIVE BILLION DOLLARS FAST
FORWARD TEN YEARS USING THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL TO OWN. NUMBERS
THAT NUMBER NOW IS A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS IT'S
THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS PER
PERSON FOR EVERY PERSON IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. A FAMILY OF
FOUR WILL NOW PAY FIFTEEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
TO BE ABLE TO BUY A TICKET TO
RIDE ON THE TRAIN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT I HAVE A
REAL OBJECTION AS FAR AS THE
PROP ONE EIGHTY FUNDING.
BEING USED FOR THERE IS NO
CONFIRMATION.
OF FUNDING FOR THE BALLOTS OF
THIS MONEY THANK YOU SIR.
JIM LIGHTS ON BEHALF OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT
DISTRICT PART IS VERY SUPPORTIVE
OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL TWENTY
EIGHTEEN DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN AND
WE. CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE AUTHORITY OVER
THE LONG RUN
TO CREATE THE CONNECTIVITY THAT
THE STATE NEEDS SO BADLY WITH
REGIONAL.
TRANSIT AND RAIL PROPERTIES
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME'S MIKE
WESTON I REPRESENT. DISTRICT
COUNCIL SIXTEEN PAINTERS AND
ALLIED TRADES
I'M THE LEADER THE STATE
BUILDING TRADES DID A GREAT JOB
OF EXPRESSING HOW MUCH HE'S JOBS
MEAN. TO OUR MEMBERS BUT IT'S
ALSO A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE
IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR PEOPLE
TRAVELING FROM THE VALUE FROM
THE SACRAMENTO AREA. INTO SAN
FRANCISCO OR OTHER AREAS WHERE
THEIR WORK MIGHT BE.
LOCATED TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AT
ONE THIRTY AND TWO O'CLOCK IN
THE MORNING. IN ORDER TO AVOID
ALL THE TRAFFIC.
AND THEN THEY GET INTO THEIR
THEY STAY IN THEIR CARS AND
SLEEP FOR AN EXTRA TWO HOURS SO
THAT THEY CAN GET UP AND GO TO
WORK. AND IT BECOMES A QUALITY
OF LIFE ISSUE BECAUSE THAT IN
REVERSE THEY LEAVE FORMERLY THEY
GET HOMELY AND THEY. THEY MISS
ALL THAT QUALITY FAMILY TIME SO
IT'S IT'S MORE THAN JUST ABOUT
THE JOBS AT THE QUALITY OF LIFE
ISSUE AND THAT ISSUE TRANSFORMS.
FROM ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES SO
WITH THAT DISTRICT COUNCIL
SIXTEEN PAINTERS AND ALLIED
TRADES ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE
DRAFT BUSINESS PLAN AN
INTEGRATED RAIL SYSTEM. MEANS
THE WORLD TO OF THE BUILDING
TRADES AND I'M SURE OTHER
INDUSTRIES IN CALIFORNIA THANK
YOU.
GOOD EVENING NAMES BRENNAN HE
SINGS AS I AM SHAKING HIM BUT I
AM IRATE STUDENT AND ACTUALLY TO
MEMBERS I HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE
IDEA COSTS IN ABOUT AN HOUR HELP
THE IMMEDIATE.
BUT I'M HERE TO TALK IN SUPPORT
OF THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AND
SOMETHING THAT I REALLY REALLY
WANT TO STRESS IS THAT IT'S
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS IN MY MIND
OR EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE PRICE
OF THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE LONG
TERM PAYOFF IS SO MUCH GREATER.
ELEVEN FRESNO CALIFORNIA WORK
FOR PRESIDENT UNIFIED AND MANY
OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT THAT'S THE
FOURTH LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT
IN CALIFORNIA.
AB ABOUT AN EIGHTY SEVEN PERCENT
POVERTY RATE WE'RE DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN AS A DISTRICT
TO RAISE THE KIDS THAT ARE IN
KINDERGARTEN RIGHT NOW TO BE
PREPARED FOR THE INDUSTRY THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO IN
FIFTEEN YEARS. YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO IF WE DON'T
GET CONNECTION FROM THE BAY AREA
TO FRESNO.
IS THERE GOING TO LEAVE FRESNO
CONTINUE THE POVERTY RATE
BECAUSE OUR ECONOMY WON'T BE
DIVERSIFIED AND THERE'S PEOPLE
HERE THAT CAN ATTEST TO THAT IS
BEEN STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE AS A
CITY IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
FOR ME. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY
THAT WE HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN
THE FUTURE GENERATIONS IN AWHILE
THING ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE
PEOPLE'S COULD.
BUDGET
A LOT OF THAT OPPOSITION OF THIS
PROJECT HAS COME FROM THE MEDIA
WHICH IS A BUSINESS THAT IS
TELLING US SOMETHING THERE
SELLING AS A BAD NEWS BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE WE LIKE TO
CRITICIZE. WE LIKE TO HEAR BAD
NEWS IT TAKES MORE INTELLIGENCE
AND MORE THOUGHT TO THINK ABOUT
OPPOSING THOUGHTS.
AND SO A LOT OF THIS NEGATIVE
SUPPORTER AND I CAN TELL YOU
BECAUSE I'VE SPOKEN TO FAMILY
MEMBERS AND OTHER SYSTEMS. COME
FROM A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT
THE PROJECTS ACTUALLY DOING WHAT
IT WILL ACTUALLY ENTAIL. I DON'T
THINK ANY COSTS WOULD BE TOO
HIGH HONESTLY AND WHERE ARTISTS
OF OUR BEHIND AS A COUNTRY.
WHERE ONE OF THE RICHEST
COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD SAYS JUST
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT NOT DOING AS
WE NEED TO BE CREATIVE AND
FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT DONE?
THERE.
GOOD AFTERNOON ARE.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME IS
JOHN TWEED AND I'M SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF DISA COUNCIL SIXTEEN.
PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES THIS
PROJECT IS A MUST FOR US THERE
ARE MANY.
AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT AYE
IN THE CITIES OF THE WILL BE
ALONG THE RAIL LINE THEIR GREAT
CONSTRUCTION JOBS TWO THIRDS OF
THE MEMBERS. OF OUR. COUNCIL
LIVE IN SACRAMENTO AND THE
VALLEY IN A COMMUTING TO THE BAY
AREA THIS WILL BRING MANY OF
THEM ALL THANK YOU.
I AM BRIAN TRITCH STUDENT VOTER
AND.
BELIEVER THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN
STILL DO GREAT THINGS.
.
A LOT HAS BEEN SAID THAT I DON'T
NEED TO RE HASH I GUESS I'D LIKE
TO DISPEL THE NOTION. THAT THERE
HAS BEEN SUCCESS IN FOMENTING
OPPOSITION TO HIGH SPEED RAIL IN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY AS STUDENT OF
CLOVIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
AND.
.
YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING I
WANT TO SEE HAPPEN YON I AGREE
WITH THE STATEMENT MADE BEFORE
THAT WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN
MYOPIC FOCUS ON. RAW ECONOMIC
COSTS
AND.
SHORT TERM IMMEDIATE RESULTS.
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PLACE A
DOLLAR VALUE ON THESE TYPE OF UP
PROJECTS HUMAN EXPERIENCES
QUALITY OF LIFE YOU KNOW I WAS
TALKING TO.
SOMEONE EARLIER ABOUT GOING
THROUGH OUR STATE PARKS AND
SEEING YOU KNOW NINETEEN THIRTY
THREE WP A ON A BRIDGE WHEN I
ROB WALK ACROSS A RIVER IN
YOSEMITE.
A GREAT THINGS THAT MAKE US A
GOOD SOCIETY
YOU NOW. AND.
.
I'D LIKE TO SEE I THINK WE CAN
BE BETTER THAN PEOPLE THAT.
LOOK AT A POCKETBOOK AND THAT'S
THE END OF IT FOR OUR DECISIONS
SO.
Y'ALL MAKE IT HAPPEN I BELIEVE
IN YOU.
I SAW BRIDGE SHOW LAST WEEK AND
IT WAS A STATE HIGHWAY BRIDGE
BUILT IN NINETEEN OH TO.
AND CARS WERE RUNNING ACROSS IT
EVERY DAY IT WAS A STONE BRIDGE.
SO HAVE SOME PRETTY OLD BRIDGES
OUT THERE GO AHEAD SIR.
GOOD EVENING SENATORS MY NAME IS
ROLAND THEM LEBRON.
I HAVE NO AFFILIATION AND I'M
ALSO. NOT IN A HURRY TO DRIVE
HOME TO SAN JOSE BECAUSE OF THE
TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW.
LET'S SUPPOSE.
I'D LIKE TO I'M REALLY THANK
SENATE DE JIM ABOUT FOR HIM HE'S
FOCUS OF FUNDING.
BUT THE REASON I'M ADDRESSING
YOU. IS BECAUSE WHILE I AGREE
THAT FUNDING IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE.
THE PRIMARY ISSUE WE HAVE GOT
THESE HIGH SPEED RAIL IN
CALIFORNIA.
IT'S NOT FUNDING.
IS ACTUALLY.
THE ABILITY OF THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL AUTHORITY DESIGNED A COST
EFFECTIVE ALIGNMENT.
BETWEEN LA AND SAN FRANCISCO.
NOW SENATOR GALGIANI. THEY'D ASK
A VERY.
INTERESTING QUESTION FROM THE.
MISTER THOMPSON OF THE PEER
REVIEW GROUP.
WHETHER THEY HAD THE ABILITY OUR
BEEF IN FACT THEY HAD PROVIDED
THAT CAT OF INPUT TO THE
AUTHORITY OF THIS WE GOT TO
ALIGNMENT AND OPTIMIZATION.
AND THE FACT IS THAT CURRENTLY
DAYS NO RELEVANT SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE WAS IN TO PEER REVIEW
GROUP.
AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY ADDING
INSULT TO INJURY IS THAT THE
AUTHORITIES CONSULTANT.
ESPECIALLY OUR EFFECT ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY BLOCKING THE EARLY
TRAIN OPERATOR FROM REVISITING
THE ALIGNMENTS AND I CAN POINT
YOU TO VIDEO WHAT'S A BOARD
MEETING. SO ENCLOSING.
AB I LIKE TO OFFER A COUPLE OF
SOLUTIONS THE.
FIRST OF ALL I THINK YOU SHOULD
HIT THE POST BUTTON ON ALL
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY. PENDING ERUPT
PARA P. REVIEW OF THE ALIGNMENT
SECOND.
I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD CONTINUE
DIEM WHAT AC IS DOING RIGHT NOW
AN INCREASE DE AMTRAK ENSIGN
WORKING BOWLS A CAPACITY
INCREASE THE SPEED TO HUNT
TWENTY FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
NOT A TRIGGERING ALL THE WAY TO
GILROY WE NEED TO CARRY ON ALL
THE WAY DOWN TO HOLLISTER WORK
WITH LEON. I'M SAN BENITO RATE
WORLD IS A PRIVATE COMPANY.
AND THEN WHEN YOU DO THAT WE CAN
START WORKING ON A REAL HIGH
SPEED ALIGNMENT BETWEEN
HOLLISTER AND MENTAL THAT'S
UNION PACIFIC LINE.
BUYER I'M KNOW SHAPE US NOT
PACHECO BRIEFLY DO THIS WE'RE
GONNA SAVE TEN MILES OF TUNNELS.
AT THESE FIVE BILLION DOLLARS
BEGUN THE CAT KEPT TEN MINUTES
INKING TRAVEL TIME AND WE ARE
ALSO GOING TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE
FOR FREIGHT TO SHARE BUT THOMAS
WITH HIGH SPEED RAIL THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING
MAYBE I'M BILLION EAGER AND
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF FRESNO
COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION. ICE INTO ALL A
LETTER.
HAY AND THE WAY YOU GOT THAT
LETTER WAS BECAUSE WHEN I WAS IN
WASHINGTON DC RECENTLY I WAS
GIVING A TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE IN CALIFORNIA. AND.
THERE WERE SOME FOLKS THERE
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
LISTENING TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT AND THEY WERE TALKING
ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW
THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY
ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECRETARY
ROSS WAS THERE. AND AFTERWARDS I
WAS CONTACTED BY THE OFFICE AND
ASKED IF I WOULD SEND A WHITE
PAPER ON WHAT HIGH SPEED RAIL
WOULD MEAN TO THE CENTER VALLEY
AND. HOPEFULLY YOU WERE ABLE TO
TO READ THAT SO I WON'T GO OVER
THAT AGAIN.
BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT TO
THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND CERTAINLY
TO FRESNO.
I.
BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR APPOINTS ME
TO A LOT OF THINGS MY AGE IS
ALWAYS IN THE NEWS SO I'LL TELL
YA. BUT THE SIXTY TWO YEARS THAT
I'VE BEEN ON THIS EARTH.
I'VE LIVED IN THE CENTER VALLEY
AND IN FRESNO AND THERE'S NEVER
BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO
CHANGE WHAT WE DO IN CALIFORNIA
MORE THAN THIS PROJECT.
HERE IN FRESNO WEEK YOU CAN GET
THERE FROM HERE I MEAN I I DON'T
HAVE ANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED.
BUT YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR CAR
AND DRIVE THERE.
AND TRACK A LOT OF TIME GETTING
ON THE BUS ANDHALF THE TIME I
YOU KNOW GET THERE IN TIME. SO
THIS WILL REALLY WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THAT CONNECTIVITY.
THIS IS REALLY THE ESSENCE OF
WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ROTH
GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THE
CENTRAL VALLEY OF WHICH THIRTY
FOUR MILLION PEOPLE AND GROWING
FASTEST GROWING AREA IN THE
ENTIRE STATE. CONNECTING THEM TO
THE BAY AREA CONNECTING THEM TO
THE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES WILL CHANGE THE WAY
WE DO BUSINESS WILL GET US OUT
OF THAT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT. GETS
OUT OF THAT HIGH POVERTY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND TOO IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE CENTRAL VALLEY. IT ONE
OF THE PLEASURES THAT I HAVE AS
THE CEO OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION I GET TO TRAVEL
AROUND THE WORLD AND TALK TO
PEOPLE ABOUT CALIFORNIA. TALK TO
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT
WHO WE ARE AND THAT WE STILL ARE
THAT LAND OF OPPORTUNITY WE
STILL ARE IN THAT PLACE WHERE WE
HAVE ENTREPRENEURS. THINKING
PASSED
TEN YEARS FROM NOW INTO TWENTY
YEARS FROM NOW AND PEOPLE WANT
TO DO BUSINESS WITH US THEY'RE
STILL EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND ONE
OF THOSE THINGS ARE EXCITED
ABOUT IS HIGH SPEED RAIL.
BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE IT.
I'VE BEEN TO SIX DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES AND ROAD TRAINS HIGH
SPEED TRAINS IN THOSE COUNTRIES
I'VE SEEN TWENTY SIX DIFFERENT
STATIONS
AND LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING
THERE AND WHAT'S CHANGED THEIR
ECONOMY. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT
US
BECAUSE THEY KNOW.
THAT WE ARE THAT PLACE IN THE
UNITED STATES THAT HAS STEPPED
OUT AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
THAT HERE SOLD WE UNDERSTAND WE
CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE
ECONOMICS THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH
THOSE ECONOMICS.
I WAS A BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY
DURING THE RECESSION I GET IT.
BUT THIS IS WORTH IT THIS IS
WORTH IT BECAUSE WE ARE
CALIFORNIA AND WE ARE THAT PLACE
LIVING BUT CHAO DISSOLVED AS YOU
COULD QUESTION YOU'RE A PRISONER
TESTIMONY VERY DEAL.
.
I THINK PART OF WHAT'S HARD FOR
IT WILL WE START WITH SOMETIMES
IS THAT WE HEAR OF THESE KIND OF
VOICES FROM THE VALLEY WOULD
LOOK AT IT AND IT'S GREAT. AND
YET.
.
YOU REPRESENTATIVES TO COME UP
HERE FROM THE VALLEY AND IT IS
OFTEN AS BEING THE.
THAT THE MOST VOCIFEROUS
OPPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT ENDS UP ACTUALLY FUNDING
LOT OF MONEY TO THE VALLEY.
FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE I
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT
DISCONNECT A LITTLE BIT.
I WE STRUGGLE WITH THAT IN THIS
DEBATE.
SO WHICH REPRESENTATIVES ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT BOOK I MEAN THE
FOLKS REPRESENT FRESNO.
.
YOU KNOW IT'D. BE ANY BY THE
HACKER MEAN DE.
YOU KNOW I'VE.
PATTERSON AREA ABOUT MATTERS I
NEEDED THAT THE DALAI ALL YOU
FOLKS I I GUESS I I JUST HEARD
A.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW
HOW.
REPRESENTATIVE YEAR VOICES
VERSES THERE IS A MATTER I A YOU
KNOW THIS THIS IS THIS IS AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE REASON WHY
WE'RE DOING THIS.
IS TO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TO THE VALLEY THAT'S AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE STORY.
WELL ALL ON THE LINES OF WHAT
YOU JUST DESCRIBED.
AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE A HARD
TIME.
YOU KNOW THE GOOD NEWS IT IS
QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF
RESOURCES GOING FROM OUR URBAN
AREAS.
ALONG THE COAST TO THE VALLEY
IT FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION AND YOU
KNOW WE ALL HOPE IT'S GONNA WORK
ULTIMATELY TO CONNECT ENTIRE
STATEMENT AT BUT THE PART OF
THE.
REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS IS
TO ENGAGE IN THE KIND OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UP LIFT
THAT YOU'VE JUST DESCRIBED WHICH
WE ON THOSE IMPORTANT AYE ANYONE
SPENDS TIME THE BALLOT KNOWS
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
I MEAN NO SO IF I CAN ANSWER IT
QUICKLY.
SO CERTAINLY I CAN'T SPEAK FOR
A.
SENATOR REID ACT OR AS MY
REPRESENTATIVES BUT I CAN'T
SPEAK FOR THE PEOPLE OF. THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WE DO SUPPORT
THIS PROJECT AND WE'VE ALWAYS
SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT AND WE
CAN SEE WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO
FOR US.
AND THE THE MAYOR'S.
THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE
TWO THOUSAND EIGHT.
ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT
IN FRESNO NAM THE OF COAX WHO
WERE ON THAT BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS CERTAINLY BILLS ARE
LOCAL FOLKS. I HAD A
CONVERSATION JUST LAST WEEK WITH
ASSEMBLYMAN PATTERSON ABOUT
BECAUSE I THINK WHEN THERE'S
EVER A PRO AND CON IT'S HE AND I
ARE THE ALWAYS THE ONES THEY'RE
TOGETHER. BUT WE RESPECT EACH
OTHER'S OPINIONS AND WHAT HE
TOLD ME WAS HE.
HE'S NOT AGAINST THE PROJECT AND
HE SEES WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO
FOR THE VALLEY HE JUST WANTS TO
MAKE SURE THAT HE'S BEING
FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE OF WHICH WE
ALL. ARE OUR SUPPORTIVE OF THAT
SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE AGAINST
THE PROJECT THEY JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING IT
RIGHT.
YES WE DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY AND
THE CENTRAL VALLEY WHO NO MATTER
WHAT WE DO THEY'RE NOT GONNA
WANT TO CHANGE THEIR VIEW ON.
WHAT WE DO WITH THAT THAT THE
HIGH SPEED TRAIN DOESN'T MAKE
ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT THAT OUTCOME
IS GOING TO BE? THEY DON'T WANT
TO CHANGE AND THAT'S FINE THAT'S
FINE BUT THAT'S NOT THE MAORITY
OF US WE'RE LOOKING AT TEN YEARS
FROM NOW TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW
WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO FOR THE
CENTRAL VALLEY WHAT THAT'S GOING
TO DO FOR MY. COMMUNITY AND
THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE
GOING TO PUT IN PLACE GOING
FORWARD. UP SO I HEAR YOU ON
SAYING IS I'M NOT SURE THAT'S
THAT'S BEEN REFLECTED IN YOUR
PRESENTATION BOTH HERE AND IN
WASHINGTON DC.
I WORE A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS
STARTED ON THIS.
I AGREE CENTER I I JUST WANT TO
SAY.
.
I SPY WENT DOWN TO SPEND A WHOLE
DAY WITH THE MAYOR.
AND FRESNO.
AND.
.
WE KINDA ARGUED ABOUT TO.
TO SUE WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM WAS
BETTER SENDS A STATE OR FRESNO
STATE BULLDOGS BUT IF THE.
YEAH I SEE THERE YOU GO.
BUT.
.
YOU KNOWS HOW TO USE ALL BUT
FRED FRESNO FRESNO.
AND BIG AND I WANT TO
BAKERSFIELD TO.
THEY HAVE SUCH.
GREAT POTENTIAL IN THE
CONNECTIONS.
THAT THEY WOULD BENEFIT IN WE
WOULD BENEFIT. IN THE BAY AREA
FROM.
THE FACT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE FOR.
CALIFORNIA.
MAJOR.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
FRESNO STATE HAS ONE OF THE BEST
ENGINEERING SCHOOLS IN THE
UNITED STATES OF IT I MEAN THE
HOW IT BAKERSFIELD AS A
COMPUTER.
SCIENCE PROGRAM THAT'S THIS IS
REALLY A STRONG COMPUTER SCIENCE
WE HAVE UC MERCED WE HAVE
STANISLAUS THE. THEY HAVE THEY
HAVE SOME GREEK.
YOU KNOW.
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.
THAT WILL GENERATE.
.
THE DEFINITE LE.
I THINK IN BE A NO BRAINER THERE
BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE GRADUATE
FROM THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOW
COMING TO SILICON VALLEY AND
WORKING IN. COMPANIES.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR
HOME THE.
START UPS.
PRESS NO REAL SILICON VALLEY AND
FRESNO I MEAN. YOU KNOW THEY'RE
THERE THERE'S PLENTY OF PEOPLE
DOWN THERE THAT ARE ABLE TO DO.
OFF HIGH TECH RIGHT THERE IN
THAT ALREADY EDUCATED.
THAT THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
THAT ARE.
AND ALTHOUGH THE COMMUNITY THE
PEOPLE LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY MY
RIGHT OF AND. IT'S LIKE IT'S
LIKE YOU GO THERE AND YOU SEE
THIS THOUGH. THE STRENGTH TO
HAVE IN TERMS OF.
THE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT THERE
IS AMAZING IT'S.
.
THEY HAVE SUCH GREAT.
UNIVERSITIES THERE.
IF I COULD ADD THE INTERNET
ALWAYS ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE
UNIVERSE IS A BASE.
FOR THE ECONOMY.
AND IN THOSE AREAS VERY
DEPARTMENT AT FRESNO STATE.
BUTSTUDENTS ARE LEAVING THEIR
OR THEY WERE. TO GO TO OTHER
PARTS OF THE STATE IN ORDER TO
WORKON PROJECTS WE NOW HAVE
THIS HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT AND
I JUST WENT SPOKE TO THE
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. TO TALK
TO THEM ABOUT YOU CAN STAY NOW
YOU CAN STAY IN FRESNO AND WORK
ON.
HISTORY BUT NONE OF YOUR
PREDECESSORS HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE
TO DO BEFORE AND AND BE A PART.
OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY AND STAY
RIGHT HERE AND DO THAT AND
THAT'S A HUGE DRAW FOR US.
THANK YOU OUR NECKS SORRY PUBLIC
COMMENT.
BILLION SORRY. THEIR OWN THANK
YOU BETTER.
SHARES THAT'S ALRIGHT YOU KNOW
HE'S.
MISTER CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
MEETINGS HENRY PEREIRA I SERVER
THE COUNTY BOARDS EVERY GOAT
COUNT PRESENTS FOR GOAL OF
YEARS.
A CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THEN THE
SCHOOL BOARD SO I UNDERSTAND
POLITICS AND HOW THEY WORK AND.
SENATOR ALLEN AYE I THINK YOUR
YOUR QUESTION WAS A GREAT
QUESTION BECAUSE I I'VE HEARD IT
MANY TIMES WERE. YOU NOT SOURCE
SO MUCH INVESTED BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE INTO
CENTRAL VALLEY TO BEGIN THIS
HISTORIC PROJECT CALIFORNIA.
BILL WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR LIVES
LEGISLATIVE CONTINGENT BOTH AT
THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. WHO
THING NOT TO SUPPORT ITS FLAG
LIKE IT'S A GREAT QUESTION?
YOU KNOW ALL I CAN SAY IS IS TWO
THINGS ONE IS IF YOU PUT IT IN A
POLITICAL CONTEXT.
IT'S JUST POLITICS.
RIGHT I MEAN A I THINK IT GOES
BACK TO THE WHO SIT IN THE WHITE
HOUSE UP PRIOR TO THIS.
THIS ADMINISTRATION AND AND SOME
PEOPLE JUST.
TOOK TOOK POSITIONS JUST BASE ON
WHO WAS SUPPORTING THE PROJECT
AND SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS. IN
THE POLITICAL WORLD RIGHT THERE
IS SOMETIMES LITTLE RHYME OR
REASON TO WHAT WE DO. AND IN
THAT CONTEXT.
BUT THE OTHER IS IS JUST SET IT
IN SPITE OF THAT WE DO HAVE
STRONG SUPPORT IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY NOW AND WHEN I SAID OF
THE SUPERVISOR UP. BY TEN ARE
ACCOUNTS OF GOVERNMENT WHICH
REPRESENTS THE COUNTY IN THE
FIFTEEN CITIES OF OUR AREA. AND
VERY EARLY ON IN THIS PROJECT.
.
WE SUPPORTED HIGH SPEED RAIL IN
IN A MEANINGFUL WAY I KNOW A LOT
ABOUT YOU WE COME TO ASK YOU FOR
MONEY BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS ASKING
WHAT IT WHERE AT WHERE'S YOUR
SKIN IN THE GAME.
AND AS A AS A COUNTY WE INVEST
THE TWENTY FIVE BILLION DOLLAR
COMMITMENT OUT OF OUR LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION FUND TOWARDS ITS
PROJECT.
AND WE HAVE IT AS PART OF THE
COMPETITION NOT JUST TO GARNER
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL MADE
FACILITY AND IN OUR AREA WHICH
WILL BRING ALL THE JOBS THAT
WILL BRING. BUT TO SHOW THAT WE
AS ALL THE MAYORS THE COUNTY WE
WERE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE
THAT THIS PROJECT HAPPENS THAT
COMMIT THE STILL STANDS.
SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING
TO SEE YOU KNOW FOLKS WHO ARE
NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT I
MEAN. WE CAN ALL GO THROUGH DOWN
THE HISTORY OF THIS WORLD AND
SHOW. GREAT THINGS THAT WERE
BUILT AND HOW MUCH OPPOSITION
WAS TO IT BUT TODAY EVERYBODY'S
HAPPY THAT IT HAPPENED.
UP I AM HERE TO SUPPORT YOUR
BUSINESS PLAN ARE YOU ON THE
RIGHT TRACK. WE KNOW THERE'S
BEEN SOME SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD
I THINK HIRING MISTER KELLY'S
BEEN ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST
DECISIONS. THAT ARE THAT IS MADE
IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE
PROJECT NOW AND HE WILL GET IT
DONE. ANY OF THE BOARD THAT HE
CAN WORK WITH THAT WILL GET IT
DONE WORKING WITH.
YOU.
.
AND NOT LIKE BLESSING ALL SAY IS
IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALWAYS
FOUND MADDENING AND BEEN IN
POLITICS AND I THINK YOU DO TO
US YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET THE THE
REAL COST OF WHAT IS GOING TO
DO.
WAS GONNA TAKE TO BUILD
SOMETHING AND I THINK A LOT OF
THAT'S BECAUSE. WE DON'T HAVE
THE ENGINEERS THE COST
ESTIMATORS EVERYBODY THAT'S
REALLY INVOLVED IN BUILDING
SOMETHING GIVEN YOU THE REAL.
NOT SYMBOLS OF WHAT IT'S GOING
TO COST SO. THE BEST EXAMPLE I
CAN GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW OTHER
THAN THIS ONE IS THERE SOMEONE
WHO WANTS TO BUILD A WALL ON OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER.
AND THAT NUMBER THAT FIRST
NUMBER WE HEARD WAS TWELVE
BILLION DOLLARS NO HOMELAND
SECURITY A YEAR LATER SAID IT
LOSS CAN BE TWENTY ONE BILLION
DOLLARS AND JUST RECENTLY.
OTHER WILL REPORT TO CONGRESS
SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE THIRTY
THIRTY THREE BILLION DOLLARS FOR
YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THE COST IS
THAT IS. BOTH ETHICALLY NOW OUT
OF CONTROL AND I WOULD ARGUE
THAT NO YOU STILL KNOW THAT THE
COST IS TO BEGIN WITH COULD YOU
KNOW TO BUILDING.
SO I THINK THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE
SOMETIMES WE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE COST COULD BE FROM DAY ONE
WE KNOW IT'S GOOD FOR US AS A
SOCIETY.
BUT.
BUT IN THIS CASE WE ARE WE ARE
WE UST HAVE TO GET IT DONE AND
YOU HOLD IN THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
ABOARD.
AND STAFF ACCOUNTABLE IS
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT US WHICH YOU
NEED TO DO DO YOU NEED TO HOLD
THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE. BUT BY
THE SAME TOKEN WITH THE RESOURCE
WE HAVE WE HAVE TO LET IT GET
THE JOB DONE AND I THINK YOU
HAVE THE RIGHT TEAM IN PLACE.
THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETING AND
LISTENING AND.
WE LOOK FOR AN ONGOING DIALOGUE
IN.
I APPRECIATE.
IN YOUR SON SEAT PAID IN THE
ASSEMBLY.
FOR TWO YEARS.
YEAH HILLARY AND I SAT NEXT TO
EACH OF.
AFTERNOON MY NAME'S JEFF
ROBERTSON MY REGIONAL DIRECTOR
FOR DISTRICT COUNCIL SIXTEEN
LOCAL UNION TO NINETY FOUR
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS
AND ALLIED TRADES.
AND I'M ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE FRESNO MADERA TO LARRY
KING'S BUILDING TRADES.
IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT HIGH SPEED
RAIL GETS COMPLETED.
.
IT'S CREATING.
MANY MANY JOBS AND NOT ONLY AND
PRESIDENT COUNTY BUT THE
SURROUNDING COUNTIES IT'S ON THE
GO THROUGH.
IN ADDITION TO THAT.
IT'S GOING TO CREATE MORE
BUSINESS.
AND ADDITIONAL JOBS ON THE
BUSINESS SO.
I'M A VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT MY
MEMBERS ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
IT.
AND.
.
I'M GONNA BE NO MAN SOMEDAY
SENATOR ALLEN I'M I'M OLD NOW.
BUT WHEN IT'S COMPLETED. I'M
GONNA BE PROBABLY TOOL THE DRIVE
MAD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO JUMP ON
THAT TRAINING TO DODGER STADIUM
IT'S OF IS RIVETING ANNA WHAT'S
MY DAD WAS BECAUSE AYE. YOU
COULD TAKE COULD. NOT ENTITLED
NINE IF YOU COULD TAKE IT TO THE
GIANTS DID IT'S WHAT AGREES THAT
YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU IT WOULD
GO TO THE GIANTS HAVE
ON TO GO SEE THE.
BUT IT.
GOOD EVENING I WAS A DETERMINING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS MY NAME STEVE
CASTRUM ALSO WITH THE PAINTERS
AND ALLIED TRADES.
ONE I THINK THIS COMMITTEE FOR.
THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND YOUR
YOUR INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT
AND ALSO YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR
STATE.
I'VE BEEN ON THE.
WORK SITES IN THE MADERA AREA I
WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU IF
YOU HAVE NOT TO.
GO DOWN AND CHECK IT OUT.
AND NOW. OUR.
GREAT.
THE BUILDING TRADES PEOPLE OF
THIS STATE.
WORK ON THEIR PHASES OF THE
PROJECT THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD AS
A LABOR REPRESENTATIVE TO.
SEE OUR STATE BASED CONTRACTORS
AND MEMBERS PERFORM THEIR SCOPES
OF WORK IS THIS THING.
MOVES ALONG.
SO I WOULD URGE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
THIS PROJECT AND THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
GOOD EVENING SHERMAN COMMITTEE.
BUT I'M STEVEN BOOKER LA
BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS ON THE
POLITICAL DIRECTOR. COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS LIAISON.
I'M ALSO TAXPAYER VOTER.
AND WHAT DOES A SHILL DEL STORM
VET.
I'M SUPPORTIVE A HIGH SPEED RAIL
AS YOU PROBABLY GUESSED.
I DON'T WANNA LA ECKEL SOLICITED
WINNER SAID EARLIER HE SAID
IMAGINE THE BAY AREA WITHOUT
BAR.
I WANNA HAVE THAT CONVERSATION
WHEN THEY WOULD COME OUT IN
CALIFORNIA WOULD ALL HIGH SPEED
RAIL.
EVERYONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THE
PRICE OF THE COST.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE.
CAN AFFORD NOT TO BUILD THIS
PROJECT.
BUT ALSO WAS STOP US FROM HAVE
AN ARGUMENT ABOUT WHO'S THE
BETTER FOOTBALL TEAM WOULD BE
ABLE GO DOWN FRESNO STATE AND
WATCH THEM. LOSE TO SAN JOSE
STATE.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WROTE RESERVE
THE BINNACLE OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AGAIN HIGH SPEED RAIL
REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
IT'LL GET CARS OFF OFF THE ROAD.
OF WHAT WAS GOING UP PROMENADE
WAS SERVICES GOT WHEN I WAS
GROWING UP I DO WATCHES
TELEVISION SHOW YOU GUYS PRO
FAMILIAR WITH IT. HOME SOMEONE
SAID CALIFORNIA'S THE PLACE THEY
OUGHT TO BE.
WELL AS YOU CAN SEE ARE
POPULATION IS INCREASINGLY IS
INCREASING DRASTICALLY. OF YEARS
GONE THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE WE
KEPT BUILDING MORE ROADS KEMBALI
MORE HIGHWAYS. HIGH SPEED RAIL
IS THE ANSWER.
TO MOVE MASS MOST PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA NORTH AND
SOUTH.
.
I WAS HIGHLY CRITICAL SUPPORT
HIGH SPEED RAIL THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
THANKS FOR THAT THE VERIFICATION
OF DAHLE STATE I I JUST WANT I
JUST WANT TO SAY TO CENTER
NIELSEN. WHO'S A BULLDOG.
HARDCORE BULLDOG.
IN GRADUATE THAT.
WE DON'T MEAN OFFENCE SENATOR.
YES SIR.
BUT AFTERNOON UP MY NAME'S BOB
JENNINGS ON THE NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR
THE STATE BUILDING TRADES I WAS
HERE EARLIER.
AND HAD TO GO BACK ORDER OFFICE
FOR A MEETING I CAME BACK TO MY
CAME THROUGH THE DOOR I HAD A
LOT TO SAY.
BUT BETWEEN SENATOR BELL.
LEANNE AND HENRY YOU GUYS ALL
PRETTY MUCH TOLD AND THE LOW.
LAST COUNT MANY ALL PRETTY MUCH
STOLE MY THUNDER.
SO WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY IS.
YOU KNOW.
.
THAT THIS JOB.
IT CREATES A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
UP. ABOVE THE CASES ANY OF YOU
DON'T KNOW THIS THE WEST SIDE.
OF FRESNO COUNTY OF THE
APPALACHIAN WEST WE GOT CITY'S
COMMUNITIES OUT THERE WITH FIFTY
PERCENT OR WE DID HAVE. WITH
FIFTY PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.
THIS THIS PROJECT.
RECRUIT FROM THOSE ZIP CODES.
APPRENTICES TO GO TO WORK OUT A
OUT ON THIS PROJECT.
AND TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW WHEN
THIS THING IS DONE.
THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO
OCCUR DOWNTOWN IS GOING TO
CONTINUE. THAT OPPORTUNITY IN
THAT SUCCESS.
AND TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW I
WANNA BE ABLE TO GET ON THAT
THING AND GO TO THE GIANTS GAME.
CARILLO. NOW SO.
AT ANY RATE I WOULD URGE YOU ALL
TO SUPPORT THIS IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO AS MY BOSS ROBBIE
HUNTER STATED EARLIER. THERE
WERE A LOT OF NAY SAYERS ABOUT
THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE ABOUT TVA
ABOUT THE HOOVER DAM AND I DOUBT
YOU COULD FIND ANYBODY TODAY.
THAT WOULD SAY THAT WAS A BAD
IDEA ANYONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WHAT IT'LL DO FOR THIS STATE
AND WILL DO FOR THE VALLEY AND
FOR BOTH ECONOMIC CENTERS THE.
FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND LA IS
THE.
IT'S A NO BRAINER THOUGH I AGAIN
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME AND YOUR SUPPORT.
BUT MISTER CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE
MEMBERS KEEP THAT ON BEHALF
ASSOCIATES FOR CALIFORNIA HIGH
SPEED TRAINS I'D LIKE TO ENDORSE
THE COMMENTS MADE BEFORE THE
JOBS.
YEAH THAT ARE BEING CREATED THE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS
CENTRAL VALLEY IS UNDENIABLE THE
TRANSFORMATIVE.
.
EFFORTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE TO
MOVE OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
INTO THE NEXT CENTURY WE'RE
GONNA BE EVIDENT AS WE CONTINUE
TO BUILD THE SYSTEM. AYE IT'S
GOING TO DELIVER THE
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT WE
HAVE ALL ENDORSED CAN REDUCE OUR
CARBON FOOTPRINT IT'S A PROGRAM
THAT NEEDS TO BE BUILT WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
YOU IN YOUR OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEES.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND IDENTIFY
FUNDING IN THE FUTURE LARGE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS ARE
RARELY FUNDED COMPLETELY. ARE
HARDLY ANY OF THEM AS A MATTER
FACT SO WE'RE BUILDING THIS
BLOCK BY BLOCK IS SECRETARY
KELLY EXCUSE ME CO KELLY. I
MENTIONED IN HIS OP ED WE LOOK
FOR TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOU
AS WE MOVE FORWARD BILL THIS
PROJECT.
GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
MY NAME IS CAROL CAM AND I'M
FROM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY
BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL. I'M
HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL PROJECT WE OBVIOUSLY
ALSO CARE ABOUT THE JOBS ARE
GOING TO BE CREATED. AND THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL BE
DEVELOPED TO BUILD A REAL MIDDLE
CLASS CAREERS FOR CONSTRUCTION
WORKERS BUT BEYOND THAT WE CARE
ALSO ABOUT THE FACT THAT WITHOUT
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT WILL
NEVER BE ABLE TO MEET. OUR
TRANSPORTATION GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS TARGETS WILL NEVER BE
ABLE TO ACTUALLY BUILD OUT THESE
REGIONAL URBAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS
THAT ARE GOING TO RELY ON THE
CONNECTIVITY THAT THE HIGH SPEED
RAIL DEVELOPS BETWEEN ALL THE
DIFFERENT URBAN CENTERS. AND
FRANKLY YOU KNOW WE BELIEVE THAT
THESE BILLS SYSTEMS ARE VERY
VERY CRUCIAL FOR US TO BE OF THE
BILL THE TYPE OF DENSITY THAT WE
NEED TO GET THE HOUSING AND ALL
THOSE THINGS THAT ARE OUR
COMMUNITIES. REQUIRE AND AND
HAVE MOBILITY TO DO INESTIMABLE
MANNER SO AND I'M ALSO GOING TO
SAY THAT I AM FROM SAN DIEGO AND
I KNOW THAT THIS IS FOR PHASE
ONE I WANT YOU TO. NOT FORGET US
AND MAKE SURE YOU FINISH THAT
OFF TOO AND.
GO AS TEX.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY NAME SNOW OVER
ELLA UNFILLED REPRESENTATIVE OF
MILLWRIGHTS LOCAL WINDOW TO.
I DO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT I'D
LIKE TO OUR.
PUTTING ON A COUPLE THINGS.
EARLIER TODAY.
THERE'S A BIG ISSUE OF
DISTRACTED DRIVING.
THIS PROJECT WOULD.
TAKE SOME OF THESE DISTRACTED
DRIVERS BUT AMONG THE RAIL.
WE HAVE A LOT LESS ACCIDENTS.
DOT TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO GET
WORSE ALL OVER THE STATE.
THE TRIP TO LA DOES TAKE LONGER
I HAVE DISABLED DAUGHTER.
WE USE TO GO VISIT FAMILY DOWN
IN LA AREA WE STOPPED DOING THAT
BECAUSE THE TRIP HAS GONE
LONGER.
THIS KIND OF PROJECT WOULD HELP
FOR OTHER. INDIVIDUALS IN THE
STATE BAD HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES WE
ARE REGARDING DISABILITIES.
.
IT JUST MAKING TRAVELING FOR ALL
OF US A LOT BETTER HERE IN THE
STATE. AND JUST TACKLE
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT EVERYONE
HAS SAID ABOUT. THAT CLEAN AIR.
TAKING VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD.
SHE'S CAN BE SAFER FOR THIS TYPE
STATE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SIR.
YES SIR.
I MY NAME'S QUESNOY OUR INFANT
TURLOCK CENTRAL VALLEY.
BULLDOG AND.
I I HAD A LOT OF THINGS I WANTED
TO SAY BUT.
ONE IS FROM WHAT I CAN FIND
WE'VE GOT ABOUT.
TWENTY PERCENT FUNDING FOR THIS
PROJECT SO FAR AFTER TEN YEARS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY
PRIVATE INVESTMENT YET.
AND SO. MY COMMENT WOULD BE
EARLIER TONIGHT THERE WAS A
LITTLE BANTERING UP FRONT ABOUT
ASKING.
ABOUT AHEAD.
A BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY ABOUT WHAT
THIS LOOKS LIKE.
AND I THINK THAT.
.
I FINISH WITH BOTH THING FROM
OUR NEWSPAPER HOME IT WAS.
BY THOUSAND YEARS FROM NOW
PEOPLE GO THROUGH FRESNO ONE
WONDER WHAT THE PILLARS ARE.
BUT THAT'S ARE STONE IN IS THAT
WE'VE LEFT FOR THE FUTURE SO WE
EITHER NEED TO FIND IT. AND SEAT
BECAUSE.
THE LEADER TODAY'S TOLD US THAT
WITHOUT DESIGNATED FUNDING
THOUGH WHAT IT WON'T WORK.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT EITHER
WORKS OR STOP IT BEFORE WE PUT
MORE MONEY.
THANK YOU SIR OTHER OTHERS
SPEAKERS I TAKE CALL.
WE RECEIVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT
A LOT OF INFORMATION. OF ON THIS
OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE HIGH
SPEED RAIL. I THINK EVERYBODY
FOR TENANTS SO THIS MEANS TERM