NOW. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
THIS IS THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON LOW
SAND RAIL CORRIDOR RESILIENCY.
THE SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME
THE PUBLIC AND HAS PROVIDED
ACCESS TO BOTH IN PERSON AND
TELECONFERENCE PARTICIPATION FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS
WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
COMMENT VIA THE TELECONFERENCE
SERVICE. THE PARTICIPANT TOLL
FREE NUMBER IS 8772268. AND THE
ACCESS CODE IS 161. 8051. AND WE
WILL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT AT
THE END OF TODAY'S SUBCOMMITTEE
HEARING, SO THERE'S QUITE A LOT
OF TIME AVAILABLE TO CALL IN. UM
AND I'LL REPEAT THAT INFORMATION
AT THE END AS WELL. THIS
INFORMATION IS ALSO ONLINE AT
SENATE DOT CA.GOV. SO WE WILL BE
HEARING ALL OF THE PANELS AND
PRESENTATIONS ON THE AGENDA
FIRST PRIOR TO TAKING THE PUBLIC
COMMENT. REALLY EXCITED TO BE
HERE TODAY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY
WHO CAME IN PERSON AND WHO IS
WATCHING ONLINE. WE HAVE A LOT
TO COVER. AND UM I WANT TO JUST
REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT WHERE WE
ARE IN THE PROCESS HERE, SO WE
HELD OUR FIRST HEARING OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE IN MAY AND WE
DISCUSSED THE HIGH LEVEL GOALS,
WHICH INCLUDED RAISING THE
PROFILE OF THE COASTAL RAIL
CORRIDOR AND TAKING UP POLICY
DISCUSSIONS ON HOW BEST TO SET
THE RAIL CORRIDOR UP FOR
SUCCESS. SO ADDITIONALLY WE
HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE MOST
URGENT LONG TERM CLIMATE RELATED
GOOD MORNING CLIMATE RELATED
NEEDS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY,
SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND ORANGE
COUNTY, AND WE ALSO IMPORTANTLY
HEARD ABOUT HOW THE RAIL
CORRIDOR THAT ISN'T OPERATING
AFFECTS REAL PEOPLE AFFECTS THE
PASSENGERS. SO TODAY, WE'RE
GOING TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE
WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED IN SAN
CLEMENTE A MONTH AGO AFTER BEING
SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS
AND DISCUSS THE BENEFITS THAT
THE COASTAL RAIL CORRIDOR OFFERS
AND FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION OF
THE BENEFITS AS A WHOLE, WE'LL
HEAR FROM ACADEMIA AND STATE
EXPERTS ON WHAT IS THREATENING
THE RAIL LINE, AND WE'LL END OUR
HEARING WITH THE DISCUSSION ON
WHAT INVESTMENTS LOOK LIKE FROM
THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL
SOURCES. SO BEFORE I JUMP INTO
ALL OF THIS TEST IMPORTANT
TESTIMONY. I WANT TO JUST
MENTION A FEW OTHER THINGS. SO
LAST MONTH AT THE BEGINNING OF
OUR SUMMER RECESS, I TOOK THE
FIRST WEEK OF RECESS TO FLY TO
WASHINGTON, D. C TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES AND
PARTNERS KNEW ABOUT THE WORK OF
THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND TO CONTINUE
ADVOCATING FOR OUR COASTAL RAIL
CORRIDOR TO BE A PRIORITY AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL. WE HAD MEETINGS
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, NEARLY THE
ENTIRE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. U S
SENATOR ALEX PADILLA AND I
ACTUALLY MET WITH HIM ON A
WALKING MEETING. AND WE WERE WE
WERE WALKING AND SITTING IN THE
TRAIN THAT TRAVELS FROM HIS
OFFICE TO THE FLOOR OF THE U. S
SENATE, WHICH WAS VERY FUN TO BE
TALKING ABOUT TRAINS IN A TRAIN.
WE ALSO MET WITH SENATOR
FEINSTEIN STAFF, THE NORTHEAST
CORRIDOR COMMISSION, THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S TRANSCOM
AND MORE AND SENATOR PADILLA
EVEN BROUGHT UP THE LOW SAND
RAIL CORRIDOR IN A BUDGET
HEARING A WEEK LATER, TALKING
ABOUT THE CLIMATE THREATS THAT
ARE AFFECTING OUR WHOLE STATE.
SO OVERALL, I'D SAY THAT IN
WASHINGTON D C THAT THE PEOPLE
THAT WE WERE SPEAKING WITH WERE
RECEPTIVE AND POSITIVE, AND MANY
OF THEM KNOW THE VALUE OF THIS
COASTAL RAIL CORRIDOR AND HOW IT
SERVES AS A VITAL REGIONAL,
INTERREGIONAL STATE, NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL ASSET. THEY
ALSO KNOW THAT THIS RAIL LINE
CANNOT FULFILL ITS PURPOSE
WITHOUT ATTENTION AND INVESTMENT
AND ITS PURPOSE JUST AS A
REMINDER. WE KNOW THESE, BUT
I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT
IT IS A CRUCIAL TRANSPORTATION
LINK FOR THE MILITARY. IT'S AN
ECONOMIC ARTERY FOR THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA MEGA REGION AND A
LARGE SCALE MOBILITY OPTION FOR
PASSENGERS. THAT CREATES AND
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ALTERNATIVE
TO DRIVING. ONE OF THE BIGGEST
TAKEAWAYS IS THAT WE HAVE
SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES
AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ARE
STANDING BY TO HELP. US TAKE
THIS CORRIDOR TO THE NEXT LEVEL
. ONE OF THE BEST MEETINGS WE
HAD WAS WITH THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
OF THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
COMMISSION. THIS IS THE
CONVENING AGENCY OF ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS TO THE NORTHEAST
CORRIDOR, WHICH IS THE BUSIEST
AND MOST SUCCESSFUL RAIL LINE.
SO WE LEARNED ABOUT HOW THEY
WORK TOGETHER TO GET CONSENSUS
AMONG ALL RAIL OWNERS AND
OPERATORS, HOW THEY PRIORITIZE
NEEDS AND SEEK FEDERAL AND STATE
INVESTMENTS. THEY'VE BEEN
EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND SO FOR
US, IT'S A MODEL OF WHAT IS
POSSIBLE. ANOTHER UPDATE IS THAT
JUST LAST WEDNESDAY THERE WAS
ANOTHER SMALLISH BLUFF FAILURE
IN DELMAR THAT SHUT DOWN THE
TRAIN SERVICE, AND LUCKILY, IT
WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RAIL
LINE WAS SAFER TRAIN TRAFFIC
SHORTLY THEREAFTER. BUT THIS
TYPE OF INSTABILITY REAFFIRMS
THAT WE MUST LOOK TOWARDS OUR
LONG TERM RELOCATIONS OF
SECTIONS OF THE TRACK IF WE WANT
A RAIL LINE THAT EXISTS FOR
GENERATIONS INTO THE FUTURE.
THIS RAIL CORRIDOR HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM INTO A
HIGH PERFORMING CORRIDOR. WE
JUST HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND
BE UNIFIED IN OUR DESIRE FOR
THAT TO HAPPEN. SO TODAY'S
HEARING IS TITLED TRACKS TO
TOMORROW, MAXIMIZING THE
POTENTIAL AND SAFEGUARDING THE
FUTURE OF THE LOW SAND CORRIDOR
BECAUSE IT SERVES AS AN
INCREDIBLE ASSET, BUT NEEDS OUR
SUPPORT TO SAFEGUARD IT FOR THE
FUTURE AND TO MAXIMIZE ITS
POTENTIAL. WE HAVE 20 MILLION
PEOPLE THAT LIVE ADJACENT TO
THIS RAIL LINE AND SO MUCH
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN OBVIOUS
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE NEXT
FEW HEARINGS WILL BE TALKING
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO
LEGISLATIVELY TO MAKE THIS
CORRIDOR MORE SUCCESSFUL, AND
WE'LL BE ASKING IF WE'RE SET UP
TO SUCCEED, ORGANIZATIONALLY AND
IF WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE
AUTHORITIES OR STREAMLINING IN
PLACE THAT WE NEED WILL ALSO BE
DISCUSSING ELECTRIFICATION AND
WHETHER OR NOT THE TRANSIT
NETWORK AND SOUTHERN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA IS WORKING FOR RIDERS
, NOT JUST WRITERS ON THE
CORRIDOR, BUT WRITERS WHO FEED
INTO THE CORRIDOR FROM ALL THE
OTHER RAIL LINES AND OTHER
TRANSIT WE HAVE A SHORT TIME TO
GET THIS RIGHT? AND I'M GLAD
THAT WE'VE GOT A COALITION HERE
TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. LASTLY I'D
LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES ON
THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. SO I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO THE SENATORS
WHO ARE HERE. SO SENATOR NEWMAN
AND SENATOR ALAN THAT'S ALL AS
THE ONES WHO ARE STILL UNDERWAY.
SENATORS LIMÓN WHEN AND UMBERG
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING THEIR PARTICIPATION. I'D
ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND
OTHER EXPERTS WHO ARE TESTIFYING
TODAY. AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MY
STAFF MEMBER JACK SITTING TO MY
RIGHT FOR ALL HIS WORK PUTTING
THIS TOGETHER. AND I WOULD
INVITE ANY SUBCOMMITTEE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO MAKE ANY
REMARKS AT THE BEGINNING HERE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST
WANT TO THANK FIRST OF ALL.
THANK THANK THE ATTENDEES.
EVERYONE MAKE THE TIME. TO
TESTIFY AND OTHERWISE
PARTICIPATE. I WANT TO THANK THE
CHAIR FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS
ISSUE, WHICH IS NOT ONLY
IMPORTANT IT'S ALSO VERY COMPLEX
, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO
TIMELINES, COSTS AND ROLES
WITHIN A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO BOTH
SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM TO
ADDRESS THIS IMPORTANT REAL
QUARTERS. SO GLAD TO BE HERE
LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SENATOR
ALLEN. DO YOU WANT TO SAY
SOMETHING? I JUST YOU KNOW, I
ACTUALLY DO NOT REPRESENT ANY OF
THE TERRITORY ON WHICH THIS LINE
RUNS. BUT I'M ACUTELY AWARE OF
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR OUR
REGION. BIG FAN OF TRAINS AND
THINK THAT IT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LONG TERM
SOLUTION FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION
AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES AND VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE
MAKE SURE THIS REALLY NOT. THAT
DOESN'T JUST RETAIN ITS VIBRANCY
AND RELEVANCE BUT BUT REALLY
DRAMATICALLY EXPANDS AND
ENHANCES ITS RELEVANCY. AND
BECAUSE THIS IS A CORRIDOR THAT
IS SCREAMING OUT FOR UM MUCH
MORE MUCH MORE RAIL TRANSIT. AND
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES OF HIGH SPEED RAIL
GOING UP AND DOWN THE STATE.
YEAH YEAH, HERE WE HAVE THESE
TWO MASSIVE CONSERVATIONS RIGHT
NEXT TO EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, ON
A WITH RELATIVELY FLAT LAND IN
BETWEEN. THERE'S A REAL
OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DRAMATICALLY
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC
BETWEEN THESE TWO CITIES ON RAIL
AND REDUCE CONGESTION, REDUCE
POLLUTION EVERYTHING ELSE. RIGHT
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES
HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY BOTH OF
YOU TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN, AND
WE NEED INVESTMENT NEEDS
ATTENTION. AND I'M JUST GLAD
THAT YOU'VE CONVENED THIS
COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THAT TYPE
OF ATTENTION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT
WE WILL NOW CALL UP UM
SUPERVISOR KATRINA FOLEY FROM OC
TO AS WELL AS DARYL JOHNSON, THE
CEO OF ORANGE COUNTY OF OC TA
AND DARRYL KETTLE, WHO IS THE
CEO OF METROLINK? AND INVITE THE
THREE OF YOU. TO SPEAK. MORNING.
SUPERVISOR FULLY REPRESENTS
ORANGE COUNTY, THE SEC THE
SECTION THAT HAS SAN CLEMENTE IN
IT, AND SO THIS IS REALLY A HOT
SPOT FOCUS. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL
THAT SHE TRAVELED HERE FROM
ORANGE COUNTY SO THAT SHE HAS A
FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN
SPEAK TO US ABOUT THINGS FROM
HER PERSPECTIVE, SO WE'LL TURN
IT OVER TO YOU, SUPERVISOR FULLY
THANK YOU, SENATOR. AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE
COMMITTEE'S LEADERSHIP ON THIS
REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT
IMPACTS NOT JUST.
ORANGE-COUNTY-REGISTER-TOO-SOON-COUNTY-VOTE-CENTERS
. DISTRICT FIVE, DISTRICT FIVE
HAS 20. I'M SORRY 32 MILES OF
COASTLINE FROM COSTA MESA TO SAN
CLEMENTE, AND IT INCLUDES THE
ENTIRETY OF THE AREA OF THE
COUNTY, SEEING THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE LOW
SAND RAIL CORRIDOR ALSO SERVED
AS A DIRECTOR FOR THE ORANGE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
JOHNSON, OUR CEO WILL BE
SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT LATER
DELVING INTO SOME OF THE
SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE ARE
WORKING ON AT OC TO THAT IS
RELATED TO HILLSIDE AND TRACK
STABILIZATION EFFORTS IN SAN
COMMITTEE. AS SOON AS I LEARNED
ABOUT THE FACT THAT I WAS GOING
TO BE REPRESENTING THIS AREA, I
STARTED RECEIVING PHONE CALLS
FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO SHARE
WITH ME ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF
COASTAL EROSION AND THE RAIL
SYSTEM AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
SO I VISITED CAPO BEACH IN DANA
POINT, AND I WAS SHOCKED BY THE
EROSION. IT TOOK OUT HALF A
PARKING LOT. VOLLEYBALL COURTS,
BASKETBALL COURTS, PARKING
METERS, AND THE BEACH WAS GONE.
I ALSO NOTICED THAT HOMES WERE
RED TAGGED. THE COUNTY REACTED
BY BUFFERING WITH SOME SANDBAGS
THAT OBVIOUSLY THE OCEAN WAS
STRONGER THAN I TOWARDS CYPRUS.
SHORE'S WERE HOMES WERE SLIDING
OFF THE HILL. THE LAND SLIDING
21 INCHES IN A YEAR TOWARDS THE
TRACKS AND THE ONE SANDY, GREAT
SANDY BEACH GONE AND SO WE
REACTED AGAIN BY REPLACING THE
AREA WITH RIP RAP TO PROTECT THE
RAIL SYSTEM. I MET WITH
RESIDENTS, EXPERTS AND ACADEMICS
TO FIND SOLUTIONS AND STARTED
USING MY INFLUENCE AS THE SOON
TO BE COUNTY SUPERVISOR TO SOUND
THE ALARM. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING
RIGHT NOW? IN ORANGE COUNTY AT
THE OCTA AND THE COUNTY OF
ORANGE, ALL OF US MEMBERS OF
YOUR COMMITTEE, CONGRESSIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES, LOCAL ELECTED
OFFICIALS, ORGANIZATIONS,
ACADEMICS, èC. I WERE ALL
WORKING TO TRY TO IDENTIFY LONG
TERM PLANS TO PROTECT THE RAIL.
BUT WHILE WE IMMEDIATELY PROTECT
IN PLACE, WHAT IS THERE NOW SO
THAT WE DON'T CONTINUE TO SEE
THE REAL SYSTEM STOPPED AS YOU
DELIBERATE ON A PLAN TO PROTECT
OUR RAIL CORRIDOR AND OUR COAST
. PLEASE CONSIDER THREE
COMMITMENTS. I'M SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING THIS. SORRY UM AH, THAT
ARE GUIDING OUR LOCAL DECISIONS.
CLIMATE ADAPTATIONS AND
RESILIENCY PROTECTING OUR
BEACHES. AND THEN, OF COURSE,
MAINTAINING OUR CRITICAL
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE,
THE FASTER CLIMATE CHANGES AND
THE LONGER ADAPTATION EFFORTS
ARE DELAYED, THE MORE DIFFICULT
AND EXPENSIVE RESPONDING TO
CLIMATE ACTION AND CLIMATE
CHANGE BECOMES, SO IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE PROACTIVELY
PLAN WHICH I KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT
, UM, INSTEAD OF THIS PIECEMEAL
, COSTLY, REACTIVE PLANNING THAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST
DECADE. I HOPE THAT THE WORK OF
THIS COMMITTEE WILL, UH REALLY
PRIORITIZE, PULLING EVERYONE
TOGETHER IN A COALITION THAT IS
UNIFIED TOWARDS A LONG TERM
PLANNING PROCESS. BUT I ALSO
WANT TO REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE
OF THE SHORT TERM AND HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE HAVE
YOUR HELP IN REDUCING THE
BUREAUCRACY IN STREAMLINING IN
MAKING SURE THAT ADDITIONAL
COSTS ARE NOT INCURRED AS WE
PROTECT THE RAIL CORRIDOR IN
PLACE WHERE IT IS NOW, AS WE
PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, WE HAVE HAD
THE REAL CORRIDORS SINCE
SEPTEMBER OF 2021 SHUT DOWN
THREE TIMES, AND THIS YEAR IT'S
BEEN CLOSED MORE THAN IT'S BEEN
OPEN AND THAT IS UNSUSTAINABLE.
IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE FOR OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY. IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE FOR
COMMUTERS WHO ARE USING THE RAIL
CORRIDOR FOR TRANSPORTATION TO
WORK TO SCHOOL. UM AND FOR
TOURISM. SO AS YOU ARE, SENATOR
I'M A WOMAN WHO WANTS RESULTS
YESTERDAY. I FIND EFFICIENCIES
WHEREVER I CAN. BUT I AM WORRIED
ABOUT THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT
THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE. AND HOW
IF WE DON'T HAVE A PARALLEL
SYSTEM WHERE WE ARE FOCUSING ON
PROTECTING THE RAIL. CURRENTLY
AS WE STUDY THE LONG TERM
IMPACTS WE STUDY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS, THE
DESIGN THE PLANNING, WE GO
THROUGH ALL THE APPROVAL PERMITS
. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A PLANNING
COMMISSIONER, CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER, MAYOR AND COUNTY
SUPERVISOR. AND I KNOW THESE
THINGS TAKE MORE TIME THAN ANY
OF US WANT, AND SO WE MUST HAVE
SOME KIND OF A SHORT TERM
ADAPTATION. PROCESS SO WHAT I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT ARE
WE DOING NOW? IN ORANGE COUNTY
TO HELP WITH OUR ADAPTATIONS,
THE COUNTY OF ORANGE HAS
INVESTED IN TAKING OUR SAND FROM
THE RIVER CHANNEL. UM THE MOUTH
OF THE RIVER BED IN NEWPORT
BEACH AND REPLENISHING DOHENY
BEACH AND CAPO BEACH IN DANA
POINT SO THAT WE CAN REPLENISH
THE SOUND. WE HAVE DROPPED
22,000 CUBIC YARDS OF SAND. IT'S
A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE JUST
STARTED THIS YEAR AND IT'S
WORKING, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE THE KINDS OF
PROCEDURAL PROCEDURES IN PLACE
TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS SO WE
CAN CONTINUE TO CREATE A
MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FROM
NEWPORT'S ALL THE WAY TO SAINT
LAMINATE FOR SAND, REPLENISH
MINT. IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DOING A
EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT THAT WAS
DELAYED IN SOUTH COUNTY. SO WE
SAW THE COASTAL ROAD THAT BUFFER
THAT PROTECTED THE RAIL SYSTEM
ERODED. SO NOW WE'RE WE ARE
TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OUR PUBLIC
WORKS ARE STATE PARKS AND OTHERS
THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR THE BEACH
. JUST LIKE WE DO POTHOLES JUST
LIKE WE DO REPAIR ROADS. WE NEED
TO REPAIR AND REPLENISH THE SAND
, SO WE ARE WILL CONTINUE THAT
EFFORT, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP
WITH REGARD TO THE PLANNING AND
APPROVAL PROCESSES SO THAT WE
CAN STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS.
PARTNERSHIPS ARE CRITICAL IN
THIS EFFORT. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO
DO NOTHING EVERY DAY AS THE
COSTS GROW. IT'S JUST GOING TO
BECOME MORE COST PROHIBITIVE.
THAT'S WHY I'M SO GRATEFUL TO
YOU FOR GETTING EVERYONE
TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A LONG TERM
PLAN. WHO USE METROLINK SPECIFIC
SURFLINER, ESPECIALLY ON
THURSDAYS, THROUGH SUNDAYS. AND
THEY DRIVE THE SOUTHERN ORANGE
COUNTY ECONOMY. WE HAVE
COMMERCIAL GOODS IN THAT
CORRIDOR. WE'VE GOT CENTENO FREY
WE HAVE CAMP PENDLETON. IT'S AN
IT'S A MATTER OF NATIONAL
SECURITY THAT THIS CORRIDOR
REMAIN FUNCTIONAL. AND WE MUST
PROTECT IT. SO I KNOW THAT YOU
ARE COMMITTED TO THIS CAUSE, AND
WE ARE HERE TO BE A PARTNER WITH
YOU, BUT WE WANT TO EVERY
ITERATING. I'LL SAY IT AGAIN
THAT THE SHORT TERM WE HAVE TO
RUN IT PARALLEL WITH THE LONG
TERM PLANNING AND WE REALLY MUST
ALL WORK TOGETHER. UM, IT'S SO
CRITICAL ON AUGUST 30TH MY
OFFICE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION
WITH SUPERVISOR SARMENTO WILL
HOST AN ORANGE COUNTY CLIMATE
RESILIENCY HEARING. AND WE
EXPECT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES, OBSTACLES AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNTY.
CONGRESSMAN LEVIN WILL BE
TESTIFYING ABOUT HIS ROLE AT THE
CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL AND
PROTECTING THIS IMPORTANT LOSS
AND CORRIDOR AND CONCLUSION. I
JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH A
FEW TAKEAWAYS. WE HAVE TO FIND
LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE
CORRIDOR. WE CANNOT LET THIS
MOMENT PASS AND JUST BE ANOTHER
HEADLINE. WE HAVE TO STAY
COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE, AND
UNTIL WE GET THE LONG TERM.
ORANGE-COUNTY-REGISTER-TOO-SOON-COUNTY-VOTE-CENTERS
PLENTY SCHMIDT MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM. AND WE ALSO NEED
ONGOING SUPPORT FROM THE STATE
AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO
IMMEDIATELY ADAPT AND MITIGATE
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES AND
PROTECT OUR COASTAL ECONOMY. SO
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND
AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. WELL THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. I THINK WE WILL HEAR FROM
ALL THREE OF YOU. FIRST BEFORE
WE GO TO ANY POTENTIAL QUESTIONS
, SO DARYL JOHNSON, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO GO NEXT? YES I THINK
THE, UH LAPTOP IS BEING
TRANSFERRED TO ME. BUT WHILE
THAT IS HAPPENING, LET ME JUST
SAY THANK YOU, SENATOR BLAKE
SPEAR. HAPPY TO BE HERE.
APPRECIATE THE INVITATION AND
ALSO HELLO TO SENATORS, NEWMAN
AND ALAN. I APPRECIATE YOUR
INTEREST AS WELL. SO MY NAME IS
DARYL JOHNSON, THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE ORANGE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
, AND FOR TODAY'S PURPOSES AND
TO SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR
OWNERSHIP. WE OWN 40 MILES OF
RAIL LINE BETWEEN THE CITIES OF
ST CLEMENTE AND FULLERTON. AND
OF COURSE, SEVEN MILES IS IN THE
CRITICAL AREA THAT WE'RE
SPEAKING OF TODAY BETWEEN THE
CITIES OF DANA POINT IN SAN
CLEMENTE. WE COULD GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, WHICH WERE THERE.
THANK YOU. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE QUARTER. I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN
THIS BEFORE, BUT I THINK IT IS
REALLY INSTRUCTIVE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT IT IS A SIX COUNTY COASTAL
REGION. IT IS THE SECOND BUSIEST
QUARTERS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SENATOR 41 STATIONS. 150 DAILY
PASSENGER TRAINS FOR AMTRAK AND
COASTER AND METROLINK IS SECOND
BUSIEST QUARTER IN THE NATION,
AS YOU TALKED ABOUT A MOMENT
AGO. IN ADDITION TO PASSENGER
SERVICES, IT CARRIES MORE THAN A
BILLION DOLLARS IN FREIGHT. AND
IT'S ALSO PART OF THE STRATEGIC
RAIL DEFENSE NETWORK, WHICH IS
RAIL ACCESS IN AND OUT OF CAMP
PENDLETON. THOSE ARE THINGS, YOU
KNOW. SO YOU'RE ASKING ME? WHY
AM I TELLING YOU WHAT YOU
ALREADY KNOW? SO IF WE GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
OCTUS IF WE COULD GO ONE BACK UM
, THANK YOU. TITI HAS SEVERAL
ROLES IN THE LOW SAND CORRIDOR,
AND I THINK IT'S WORTH
EMPHASIZING THAT FOR GOOD OR
BAD. EACH OF THE SIX COUNTIES
ARE ALONG THE QUARTER HAS A
DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE QUARTER.
IT WOULD BE EASY IF IT WAS ALL
THE SAME. BUT THE FACT IS, IT'S
NOT AND OUR ROLES IN THE LOW
SAND CORRIDOR FIRST, WHERE THE
OWNER OF 40 MILES OF TRACK AS I
INDICATED, SEVEN MILES BETWEEN
THE CITY OF DANA POINT IN THE ST
SAN DIEGO COUNTY LINE, IN
ADDITION TO THEIR SIX OTHER
RIGHT OF WAY, OWNERS SO IT'S 55%
FREIGHT OWNED AS WELL. SECOND
ROLE IN ADDITION TO BEING A
TRACK OWNER IS THAT WE ARE THE
MANAGING AGENCY OF THE LOW SAND
RAIL CORRIDOR AGENCY THAT WAS
SELECTED BY THE OTHER EIGHT
MEMBERS OF THE LOW SAND BOARD,
WHICH MEANS WE PROVIDE
PROFESSIONAL STAFFING SERVICES
UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
AGREEMENT TO THE LAUSANNE
SERVICE. THE GOAL OF THAT WHEN
THAT WAS PASSED, CARRIED BY THEN
SENATOR PADILLA IN 2012 WAS TO
HAVE HELP INTEGRATE RAIL
SERVICES TO BETTER MEET CUSTOMER
AND COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND I THINK
THAT HAS DONE A LOT. I THINK
THERE'S CLEARLY MORE THAT CAN BE
DONE IN THAT AREA. BUT WE WERE
VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT BILL THAT
WAS CARRIED MORE THAN A DECADE
AGO AND HAS MOVED US IN THE
DIRECTION THAT WE'RE THERE
TODAY. WE ARE ALSO A MEMBER OF
THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL
RAIL AUTHORITY ARE GOING TO HEAR
FROM MR KETTLE IN JUST A MOMENT,
WHICH OPERATES THE METROLINK
SERVICE. THEY ARE THE RAILROAD
OPERATOR OF RECORDS. SO WHILE
OCTA IS THE OWNER, THE OPERATING
RESPONSIBILITY DOES SIT WITH
METROLINK AND WE ARE ONE OF THE
MEMBER AGENCIES OF THAT. IT'S AN
11 MEMBER BOARD OF THE FIVE
COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I
WANT TO SHIFT TO THE EMERGENCY
PROJECTS THAT WERE DONE OVER THE
LAST 23 MONTHS, AND THERE ARE
THREE OF THEM AND IF TALK ABOUT
TOTALS FOR JUST A MOMENT, THE
TOTAL WORK IS ABOUT $27.7
MILLION OVER THE LAST 23 MONTHS.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE ARE SOME
OUTSTANDING COSTS THAT AREN'T
YET DETERMINED. THERE WILL BE
SOME PERMITTING COST AND THERE
WILL BE SOME RIGHT OF WAY
ACQUISITION COST THERE, BUT $27
MILLION I ALSO HAVE THESE COLOR
CODED THE ORANGE IS WHAT WE
BELIEVE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO
THE BEACH EROSION ISSUES. SO
THAT WAS THE IRAQ RESENTMENT,
THE STABILIZATION OF THE TRACK
AND THAT WAS $8 MILLION 100
PERCENT PAID FOR BY OCTA. THE
WORK WAS DONE BY METROLINK, AND
WE VIEWED THAT AS AN EMERGENCY
WORK IN THE PERMITTING WAS DONE.
THE BLUE WE BELIEVE IS MORE
ABOUT LANDSLIDES AND PRIVATE
PROPERTIES THAT ARE SLIDING INTO
THE RAIL QUARTER, WHICH MAY HAVE
ISSUES AROUND CLIMATE AND RAIN
AND OTHER THINGS, BUT THEY'RE
NOT ASSOCIATED WITH SEA LEVEL
RISE OR SAND EROSION. THEY ARE
REAL AND THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT,
BUT WE PUT THESE INTO TWO
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES AND AS YOU
CAN SEE THE FIRST ONE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE CYPRESS SHORT
TRACK STABILIZATION PROJECT THAT
WAS IN THE SOUTHERN END OF SAN
CLEMENTE. YOU CAN SEE THE
FUNDING. THEY WERE VERY HAPPY
WITH THE PARTICIPATION AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL AT THE STATE LEVEL
AS WELL AS THE LOCAL LEVEL. I
WOULD NOTE THAT THAT PROJECT IS
NOW IN ITS FINAL CLOSE OUT
EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE HYDRO
SEEDING OF LANDSCAPING WAS PUT
BACK ON TOP OF THE AREA OF WORK,
AND THAT REALLY GETS US INTO THE
CLOSE OUT PHASE IN THE
MONITORING HAS INDICATED THAT WE
HAVE NO NO LAND MOVEMENT SINCE
THAT CONSTRUCTION STARTS. WE'RE
VERY PLEASED WITH THAT AGAIN. WE
RECOGNIZE IT'S AN EMERGENCY
BASIS. BUT IT IS PERFORMING, AS
INDICATED. AND THEN THE LAST ONE
ON THE FAR RIGHT. WE CALL IT THE
CASA ROMANTICA LOCATION AGAIN
PRIVATE PROPERTY ABOVE THE RAIL
LINE SLIDING INTO THE RAIL LINE.
THE RAIL LINE DID NOT MOVE. THE
RAIL LINE WAS NOT BEING IMPACTED
FROM THE COASTAL SIDE. BUT IT
DID REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT WORK.
PROVIDED $3 MILLION IN FUNDS. IN
THE STATE PROVIDED AN EMERGENCY
ALLOCATION OF $3 MILLION IN
FUNDS, AND THAT WORK IS DONE AS
WELL. IF WE GO TO THE NEXT
SLIDE, THIS WOULD LIKE TO PICK
UP A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE ON A
BROADER BASIS SUPERVISOR FULLY
INDICATED THE IDEA OF
PARTNERSHIPS AND WORKING
TOGETHER. SHE TALKED A LITTLE
BIT MORE BROADLY AT THE AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL, BUT ALSO AT THE
STATE LEVEL. I WANTED TO DIG A
LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO HOW THE
PARTNERSHIPS WORKED IN THIS
EMERGENCY SESSION. I THINK IT
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE FIRST
WORK IN 22 AS HYPER SHORE WE HAD
GREAT PARTICIPATION FROM
CALTRANS, THE DIRECTOR OF
CALTRANS, AS WELL AS THE
CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION, HELD A SPECIAL
HEARING THE FIRST IN ITS HISTORY
. AND THANK YOU, SENATOR NEWMAN
FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND
ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT AND THAT
AND THE BOARD DECLARED AN
EMERGENCY. WHAT THAT INDICATED
VERY CLEARLY AND I MENTIONED IT
WHEN I WAS HERE LAST TIME IS
THAT THERE IS A VERY CLEAR
PROCESS IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA FOR HIGHWAY
EMERGENCIES. THAT ALLOWS THE
DIRECTOR OF CALTRANS TO DECLARE
DIRECTOR'S ORDER AND, FRANKLY,
JUST GET WORK DONE, AND THAT DID
NOT EXIST FOR PUBLICLY OWNED
RAIL LINES. AND THROUGH THAT
LEARNING PROCESS AND ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE CTC STAFF AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR. THE CTC DID ESTABLISH
A NEW POLICY. WE WERE VERY
INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING CRAFT
THAT BECAUSE WE HAD IMMEDIATE
EXPERIENCE ON HOW THAT WOULD
WORK. UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T
PLAN TO USE IT SO QUICKLY. IT
WAS PUT IN PLACE IN IN MAY AND
THEN IN JUNE WITH THE CASA
ROMANTICA SLIDE. WE HAD TO SEEK
THAT POLICY EXECUTION. IF YOUR
IMPLEMENTATION IF YOU WILL. AND
I THINK AGAIN TEEING OFF OF WHAT
THE SUPERVISOR INDICATED. THE
IDEA OF MOVING THINGS QUICKER IS
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT,
PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE AN
EMERGENCY AND THAT WAS VERY
IMPORTANT THERE. THE CTC DID
APPROVE THAT AGAINST SENATOR
NEWMAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT ON THE DAY THAT WE
REQUESTED THAT WORK THAT YOU'RE
BORED, DID DECLARE A STATE OF
EMERGENCY TO EXPEDITE THE
PROCESS, AND THAT WORK NOW HAS
BEEN COMPLETED IN HIS IS
UNDERWAY. THE KEY I WOULD LIKE
TO JUST MAKE HERE IS THAT EVEN
ON SOMETHING THAT IS RELATIVELY
SMALL IN THE LARGE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
SPACE. IT TAKES A LOT OF PUBLIC
AGENCIES WORKING IN THE SAME
SPACE TO WORK TOGETHER, AND THIS
DOESN'T REALLY UNDER SLIDE
INDICATE THE ROLE OF THE CITY OF
SAN CLEMENTE, WHICH IS THE
PROPERTY OWNER. THEY ARE DOING
THEIR OWN WORK AS WELL, AND THEY
CONTINUE TO WORK ON STABILIZING
THE HILLSIDE ABOVE THE TRACKS
AND IN OUR ROLE RIGHT NOW, IT'S
REALLY PROTECTING THE TRACKS
FROM THAT SLIDING HILLSIDE. LET
ME MOVE TO AN ACTION PLAN IS I
MENTIONED WHEN I WAS HERE BEFORE
WE HAD SPOKEN ABOUT IN OUR BOARD
APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2
APPROACHES AND AGAIN,
EMPHASIZING WHAT SUPERVISOR
FULLY INDICATED. WE HAVE A SHORT
TERM. TWO MEDIUM TERM PROTECTING
PLACE PLAN AND WE HAVE A LONGER
TERM PLAN. JUST YESTERDAY, THE
CT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CONTRACT
WITH THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
FIRM TO BEGIN LOOKING AT THE
SHORT TO MEDIUM TERM SOLUTIONS.
WE EXPECT THAT WORK TO BE
UNDERWAY WITHIN WEEKS AS WE
SIGNED CONTRACTS AND DO OTHER
THINGS THERE, BUT IT REALLY WILL
DEVELOP A SET OF OPTIONS THAT
PROTECTS THE SEVEN MILES OF
COASTAL RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AT
VARIOUS SEA LEVELS, SO WE'LL BE
LOOKING AT THAT. WILL GAIN AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
CLIMATE EFFECTS ARE ON THE RAIL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT SPACE
THAT WILL BUILD UPON OUR CLIMATE
ADAPTATION STUDY FOR THIS
CORRIDOR THAT WAS DONE IN 2020.
AND IT WILL ALL IDENTIFY
IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE DON'T PRETEND WE KNOW THE
ANSWER. BEFORE WE START. WE NEED
TO LOOK AT A WIDE RANGE OF
SOLUTIONS, AND THE WAY WE'RE
GOING TO GET TO THOSE WIDE RANGE
OF SOLUTIONS IS HAVE SIGNIFICANT
ENGAGEMENT WITH KEY
STAKEHOLDERS. THERE'S VERY
OBVIOUS STAKEHOLDERS. THERE'S
THE PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT MAKE
DECISIONS. CALIFORNIA COASTAL
COMMISSION THERE'S THE CITY OF
SAN CLEMENTE, BUT LESS OBVIOUS
OR THE COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT ARE
VERY IMPACTED BY THE RAIL LINE
WHEN IT WORKS, AND WHEN IT
DOESN'T WORK HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, THE IRON MENTAL
COMMUNITY. WE IMPLANT TOO DEEPLY
ENGAGED WITH ALL OF THOSE AS
MANY LEVELS AS WE CAN. WE KNOW
THAT WILL TAKE EXTRA TIME. WE
ARE COMMITTED TO IT. I KNOW THE
SUPERVISOR IS COMMITTED TO IT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
ENGAGEMENT IS TOP TO BOTTOM LEFT
TO RIGHT INLAND TO COASTAL AND
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO
MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
NEEDS OF THE QUARTER IS, UM AND
THEN WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING FOR
SOMETHING WILL COME OUT OF THAT
STUDY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT
IS, BUT WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING FOR
THE NEXT PIECE, AND TO THAT END
WE ARE SEEKING FUNDING THROUGH A
CURRENT PROGRAM. THAT THE STATE
IS OFFERING TO BEGIN. WE HAVE
THE FUNDING LINED UP FOR THE
NEXT STEPS AS WELL. AND THEN
FINALLY WE GO TO THE LAST SLIDE,
AND THEN I WILL WRAP UP. UM, THE
UM, I FORGOT TO INDICATE I'M
SORRY IF WE COULD GO BACK ONE
MORE. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. WE
ARE CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A SCOPE
OF WORK FOR LONG TERM SOLUTIONS
FOR THE COASTAL SECTION OF THE
RAIL LINE, SO THE LEFT SIDE IS
THE IMMEDIATE AND NEAR TERM. THE
RIGHT HAND SIDE IS THE LONG TERM
. WE NEED TO CREATE AN ACTION
PLAN FOR THOSE KEY ELEMENTS, AND
WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE
PARTNERSHIP NOT ONLY WITH THE
LOW SAND RAIL CORRIDOR ENTITY,
BUT THE STATE AND FEDERAL
AGENCIES, SOME OF WHICH YOU
INDICATED EARLIER, SENATOR BLAKE
SPEAR, AND WE NEED TO AGAIN
ENGAGE THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS. I
THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH
STAKEHOLDERS, PARTICULARLY THE
COMMUNITY LEVEL IS THE WHEELS OF
GOVERNMENT TURNED SLOW SOMETIMES
, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY
UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR SHORT TERM
AND LONG TERM AND JUST BECAUSE
WE'RE DOING SOMETHING IN THE
SHORT TERM DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE
KEEPING. WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT
THE LONG TERM. SO THE LAST THING
I'LL WRAP UP ON IF WE GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE IS HOW WE'RE PAYING
FOR THESE ITEMS IN THE GREEN.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE TOP LEFT. WE
RECEIVED FUNDING THROUGH FORMULA
FUNDS THAT FLOW TO OCTA FROM THE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND WE'VE
MATCHED IT WITH THE LOCAL FUNDS
ABOUT $2 MILLION. WE ARE SEEKING
UP TO $15 MILLION THROUGH THE
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE
ACTION PROTECTION PLAN PROGRAM
FROM THE CTC AND THE IDEA THERE
IS THAT WE WILL SEEK $12 MILLION
MATCH IT WITH $3 MILLION OF
LOCAL OCTA FUNDS TO BE PREPARED
TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK
THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE
FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT IS
UNDERWAY NOW AND THEN ARE ABOUT
TO BE UNDERWAY. AND THEN
FINALLY, OUR CURRENT FUNDING FOR
THE LONG TERM STUDY. WE'VE
IDENTIFIED ABOUT $8.5 MILLION.05
MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE STATES
TRANSIT CAPITAL INTERCITY RAIL
PROGRAM THAT'S COMMITTED. WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE
HAVE $3.5 MILLION IN PENDING
FUNDS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
PROJECT FUNDING PROGRAM MADE
AVAILABLE THROUGH CONGRESSMAN
LEVIN, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK
AT OPTIONS THERE. WE HOPE THOSE
DOLLARS OBVIOUSLY STAY THERE AND
WILL NEED TO ADD TO THAT AS
WELL. SO WITH THAT, SENATOR LISA
CONCLUDE MY REMARKS. WELL, THANK
YOU. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE
BOTH OF YOU FROM OCTA. COME
TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THANK
YOU. AND NOW WE'LL TURN IT TO
ITS THE CEO OF METROLINK. WE'RE
SO GRATEFUL YOU CAME AS WELL. SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE. UM AND GOOD MORNING,
SENATORS, NEWMAN, AND WHEN IT'S
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, SO I'M
I'M DARYN KETTLE AND I AM THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT
METROLINK. I STARTED IN THIS
ROLE SEPTEMBER OF 2021. PRIOR TO
THAT I WAS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE VENTURA COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION. ONE
OF THE FIVE MEMBER AGENCIES HAVE
METROLINK AND ALSO ONE OF THE
OWNERS OF THE RAIL CORRIDOR IN
VENTURA COUNTY AS YOU AS YOU
MOVE INTO VENTURA COUNTY AS YOU
GO NORTH, SO BOTH METROLINK
SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE LAUSANNE
CORRIDOR, I DID MENTION I
STARTED ON SEPTEMBER IN
SEPTEMBER OF 2021. YOU'LL RECALL
THAT SUPERVISOR FOLEY SAID THAT
THINGS GOT REAL ON THE CORRIDOR
STARTING IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021,
AND WE HAD THREE CLOSURES IN THE
STARTING IN SEPTEMBER. 21 SO A
LITTLE WORRIED THAT I WAS BAD
LUCK. UM BUT I'VE BEEN ASSURED
BY THE GEO TEXTS AND ALL THE
ENGINEERS THAT IT'S REALLY NOT
MY FAULT. UM SO LET'S SEE. HERE
WE GO. SO UM, AGAIN, UM,
SOUTHERN CAL METROLINK HAS BEEN
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S
REGIONAL PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEM
SINCE 1992. WE WERE FORMED AS A
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AT THAT
TIME CONSISTING OF FIVE COUNTIES
IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
REGION, AND WE YES, WE DO GO AS
FAR SOUTH AS OCEANSIDE INTO SAN
DIEGO COUNTY. THEY'RE NOT
MEMBERS. WE HAVE SEVEN LINES. WE
HAVE 545 MILES OF, UM SERVICE
MILES IN 66 STATIONS. WE ARE THE
THIRD LARGEST REGIONAL PASSENGER
RAIL SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY IN
THAT JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY THAT
I MENTIONED INCLUDES L A METRO V
C T. C. R. C T. C IN THE SAN
BENITO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY. WE DO OPERATE TWO
PRIMARY LINES THAT ARE ON THE
LOW SAND CORRIDOR, THE VENTURA
COUNTY LINE. AND THE ORANGE
COUNTY LINE A PORTION OF THE
INLAND EMPIRE.
ORANGE-COUNTY-REGISTER-TOO-SOON-COUNTY-VOTE-CENTERS
RAIL LINE, AND WE AND IN IN THE
MIDDLE OF THAT, OF COURSE, IS
OUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY THAT IS
ALSO ON THE CORRIDOR. THEY NOW?
WHILE THE RURAL RAIL CORRIDOR WE
OPERATE ON AS METROLINK. WE ALSO
WE ALSO DON'T OWN IT AS AS MR
JOHNSON INDICATED MANY OF OUR
ALL OF OUR CORRIDORS. ALL OF OUR
LINES ARE OWNED BY OTHER PARTIES
. SO WE ARE THE RAILROAD OF
RECORD, AS WAS INDICATED EARLIER
. THAT'S A FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION DESIGNATION. WITH
THAT DESIGNATION. WE HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP THE
RAILROAD OPERATING SAFELY AND
RELIABLY. AND IN FACT, EVEN
DURING THESE CLOSURES, WE WERE
ABLE TO OPEN THE CORRIDOR FORCED
FREIGHT RELATED TRAFFIC. AND UM
, HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT A SAFE
CONDITION TO OPERATE PASSENGER
TRAINS, AND SO WE CHOSE NOT TO
OPERATE, AS DID PACIFIC
SURFLINER ON TOP OF THE
CHALLENGE OF NOT BEING AN OWNER
, AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH
OUR MEMBER AGENCIES TO ENSURE
THAT WE DO WE PERFORM OUR DUTIES
, BUT WE ARE ALSO WE ARE STILL
AN AGENCY THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY
OF ITS OWN DEDICATED REVENUE
STREAM. MR JOHNSON INDICATED THE
WAY THAT WE PAID FOR MANY OF
THESE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE
COURSE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF
YEARS, AND IT WAS DUE IN LARGE
PART TO SEE TO AND THE BOARD
MAKING WISE DECISIONS THERE, AS
WELL AS THE CALIFORNIA
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND
SUPPORT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
STATE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
EXCUSE ME, CALIFORNIA STATE
TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. SO ONLINE
THREE. YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME
OF THIS MATERIAL, BUT JUST VERY
QUICKLY SOME OF THE LESSONS
WE'VE LEARNED OVER THE LAST TWO
YEARS. WE DO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
PARTNERSHIP WITH OCTA. THEY HAVE
ABSOLUTELY BEEN RESPONSIVE IN
ASSISTING US AND PROVIDING
FUNDING. WE HAVE HAD A
PARTNERSHIP BOTH IN WHETHER IT'S
BEEN FUNDING OR THE ACTUAL
DELIVERY OF PROJECTS, MR JOHNSON
INDICATED WHEN WE FIRST STARTED
DEALING WITH CYPRUS SHORE'S WHEN
WE WERE HAVING TO PUT GIANT ROCK
TO PROTECT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
THAT WAS A METROLINK PROJECT.
THE SECOND PHASE OF CYPRUS
SHORE'S THE TIE BACK WALLS. THAT
WAS A NOTICE TO PROJECT AND THEN
MOST RECENTLY WITH CASA MONICA.
THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT
METROLINK PERFORMED UNDER AN
EMERGENCY ORDER. UM AND WE ENDED
UP WITH A VERY, VERY QUICK
DESIGN BUILD. AND MOVE FORWARD
WITH THE PROJECT THAT TOOK
SOMEWHERE LESS THAN THREE WEEKS
AND CAME IN UNDER BUDGET. SO
WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE WAY WE
WERE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE TIMELY
IMPROVEMENTS AND GET THE RAIL
CORRIDOR BACK UP AND OPERATING
AS SUPERVISOR FULLY INDICATED A
NINE MONTH CLOSURE WAS ANYBODY'S
THAT WAS NOBODY'S INTENT. WE ALL
WOULD HAVE LOVED TO MOVE QUICKER
AND THEN ONLY TO HAVE THE TRACKS
REOPENED AND THEN CLOSED AND
THEN OPENED AND THEN CLOSED
AGAIN. IF RAIL RIDERS WEREN'T
GETTING WHIPLASH, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT WOULD GIVE IT TO THEM. SO
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO HERE. I HOPE
THAT WE CAN RUN THIS VIDEO. I'M
IT SORT OF DESCRIBES EXACTLY
WHAT WE DID IN A RELATIVELY
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I'M NOT
GETTING ANY AUDIO, THOUGH.
WELL, YOU'RE GONNA GET THE
VIDEO. YOU CAN GET THE VIDEO
PORTION. YEAH. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. SO THIS WAS THIS WAS TIME
LAPSE OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE
BARRIER WALL. IT TOOK US ABOUT
TWO WEEKS GET COMPLETED, UM FROM
THE BEGINNING OF IT TIME THAT WE
STOPPED SOME FREIGHT TRAFFIC. WE
ACTUALLY DID GET SOME ASSISTANCE
FROM THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN
SANTA FE. THEY EMBARGOED.
THEY'RE AFRAID FOR 48 HOURS TO
ALLOW US TO COME IN AND MOBILIZE
EQUIPMENT AND GET THE CONTRACTOR
TO PERFORM THE WORK. AND THEN,
JUST LASTLY, THAT THE CONTRACTOR
THAT DID PERFORM THE WORK WAS
THE SAME CONTRACTOR THAT HAD
DONE THE WORK FOR OCTA AT
CYPRESS SWORDS. THE TIE BACK
WELL, THEY WERE VERY, VERY, VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE TERRITORY. ALL
RIGHT, AND. MADAM CHAIR THAT
CONCLUDES, MY, MY, MY REMARKS.
OKAY, THANK YOU. WELL, I VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE THE THREE OF YOU
TESTIFYING TODAY. I DO WANT TO
MAKE SURE WE STAY IN ON TIME. SO
I'D LIKE TO NOT HAVE A LOT OF
LONG QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE. IF
THERE'S ANYTHING BRIEF, YOU WANT
TO ASK? OKAY OKAY. WELL WE'LL
SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I
HOPE YOU STICK AROUND AND LISTEN
TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHO HAS
IMPORTANT THINGS. QUESTIONS? YES
BRIEFLY, IF YOU WANT. DO YOU
WANT TO DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
OKAY OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY SO
THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF
MY GOALS FOR THIS LEGISLATIVE IS
TO GET A MONITOR IN THE FRONT OF
THE ROOM. SO TO THOSE OF YOU
WITH TRICKS IN YOUR NECK, I
APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF THE
SENATE. IT'S KIND OF WEIRD THAT
WE CAN SEE AND YOU CAN'T. SO MR
JOHNSON'S IT'S YOU KNOW, THANK
YOU FOR COMING UP. THANK YOU FOR
PARTICIPATING THIS TIME AND LAST
TIME YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE
COASTAL REAL PRODUCTION
PROTECTION STUDY, AND I DO
APPRECIATE THE EMPHASIS THAT YOU
AND THE SUPERVISOR MADE ABOUT
THE PARALLEL PASSED SHORT TERM
AND LONG TERM, BUT SPECIFICALLY
WHAT SOLUTIONS YOU EXPECT TO
COME AS A RESULT OF THE
PROTECTION STUDY. THROUGH THE
CHAIR. I THINK AS SENATOR WE
DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. BUT WE
WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THERE
WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
REINFORCEMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT NEEDS TO BE ABSOLUTELY
UNDERTAKEN AND I TALKED TO THE
CITY MANAGER OF SAN CLEMENTE
ABOUT THIS IS THERE WE NEED TO
LOOK AT EVERY PROPERTY THAT IS
PRIVATELY OWNED, OR THERE'S NO
PUBLIC OWNERS PROPERTY ON THESE
HILLSIDES, BUT GOOD ASSESSMENT
OF WHAT THE SLOPE STABILIZATION
IS, AND THIS IS NOT THE COASTAL
EROSION ISSUES. THIS IS THE
PRIVATE HILLSIDE BECAUSE TWO OF
THESE THREE BIG ISSUES HAVE BEEN
AROUND PRIVATE PROPERTIES
SLIDING IN THERE, SO THAT'S A
KEY ASSESSMENT AND THAT MAY LEAD
TO SOME MORE IDEAS, WHETHER IT'S
SOLDIER WALLS OR OTHER
STABILIZATION EFFORTS, OR DE
WATERING OR OTHER THINGS THAT
WOULD MAKE THAT SENSE, BUT
THAT'S A REALLY CRITICAL PIECE
BECAUSE THAT CAN PROTECT FROM
THOSE EMERGENCY ISSUES, SO
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THERE.
WE ALSO WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME
OPTIONS AROUND SAND
REPLENISHMENT AND IN PROTECTION
IN THAT AREA. CLEARLY THERE'S
DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS ON THE
ROCK PREVENT MINT OR THE RIPRAP
. BUT THERE IS A CONSENSUS
BUILDING THAT IS NOT AS HELPFUL
AS IT COULD BE AROUND SANDY
EROSION. SO IF THERE IS
OPPORTUNITIES AND THOUGHTFUL
MANNER, AND IT MEETS WITH THE
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF BEACH
EROSION, SAID. TO OUR BOARD, AND
I THINK THE SUPERVISOR WOULD
AGREE WITH ME THAT ALSO BE PART
OF THE SOLUTION. WE CAN'T BE THE
ONLY SOLUTION. WE CAN'T
REPLENISH THE ENTIRE BEACH FOR
SEVEN MILES. BUT IF WE CAN BE
PART OF THAT IS A TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY IN THE TRANSPORTATION
PART WILL BE HAPPY TO THIS. SO,
SO THOSE ARE QUICK EXAMPLES OF
SOME OF THE SHORT TERM THINGS WE
EXPECTED. AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO TO THAT POINT, WHAT KIND OF
RESPONSE HAVE YOU GOTTEN FROM
LOCAL IMAGE THAT OBVIOUSLY NEED
TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE
CONVERSATIONS? I THINK IN
GENERAL, THEY THEY'RE WAITING TO
SEE WHAT WE COME UP WITH. I
THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY GROUPS
AND STAKEHOLDERS. THEY WENT ALL
THE ANSWERS NOW, AND WE WANT TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME INFORMED
DECISIONS WITH THE BROADER
GROUP. BUT I THINK SAND
REPLENISHMENT OBVIOUSLY WILL BE
POPULAR. WE BELIEVE, AND THEN I
THINK THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE
THAT YOU DON'T HAVE OTHER AT
RISK PROPERTIES, MAYBE A LITTLE
LESS EXCITING, BUT REALLY
IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT WILL BE
POSITIVE AS WELL. AND MY LAST
QUESTION TO THE YOU TALKED ABOUT
FUNDING AND SHIFTING TO A LARGER
CONTEXT. UM YOU KNOW THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS EVEN FOR THE SMALL
PIECES OR RELATIVELY BIG,
ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO SORT
OF STATE FUNDS. WHAT ARE THE
TOTAL COST? PROBABLY EQUALLY
IMPORTANT. WHAT ARE THE SOURCES?
AND WHAT ARE OUR PROSPECTS FOR
SECURING THOSE FUNDS IN A TIMELY
MANNER? MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW,
IT'S UM YOU KNOW, WE'VE PUT A
CTS PUT OVER $2 BILLION INTO THE
RAIL QUARTER IN IN ORANGE COUNTY
OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES, AND
THAT'S NOT AN ESCALATED NUMBER.
THAT'S A REAL TIME NUMBER, BUT
WE WOULD EXPECT THAT, DEPENDING
ON THE TYPE OF SOLUTION THAT
COMES OUT OF THE SHORTER TERM
STUDY, YOU COULD INDICATE YOU
COULD SEE ENVIRONMENTAL AND
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING BEING
THE 15 TO $20 MILLION OR MORE
RANGE, DEPENDING UPON WHAT THE
TYPE OF PROJECT IT IS.
ENGINEERING AND RIGHT AWAY
PERMITS COULD BE 30 $40 MILLION
OR MORE AND THEN DEPENDING UPON
THE TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION AGAIN,
WE JUST DID EMERGENCY WORK FOR
$27 MILLION. YOU COULD SEE MANY
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
EVEN FOR THE SHORT TERM,
DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF
SOLUTION THERE, SO WE NEED TO
DETERMINE EXACTLY THAT, BUT THIS
IS NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING
THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT
WITH THREE OR FOUR SOLUTIONS FOR
10, OR $20 MILLION. IT'S GOING
TO BE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT,
EVEN FOR THE SHORT TERM.
APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU,
MAJA. WASN'T THAT SHORT JUST FOR
THE RECORD RELATIVELY FAIR
ENOUGH? UM, THANK YOU, MADAM
CHAIR. UM TO THE C OF O C TO, UM
YOU MENTIONED THE SHORT TERM.
STEPS. FOR THE STUDY, WHICH I'VE
BEEN A PROUD SUPPORTER OF WHAT
ARE OUR NEXT STEPS FOR THAT
STUDY? SENATOR WEN. GOOD TO SEE
YOU AGAIN. THE BOARD YESTERDAY
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A STUDY FOR
THE CONTRACT FOR THE SHORT TERM
STUDY. WE ANTICIPATE THAT
STARTING VERY QUICKLY. ONE OF
THE FIRST THINGS IS AN
ASSESSMENT OF THE HOTSPOTS
THERE. THAT'S A REALLY CRITICAL
ISSUE, AND I THINK SECOND TO
THAT IS UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE
STAKEHOLDERS BROAD SET OF
STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL TO THE STATE LEVEL TO THE
FEDERAL LEVEL TO THE REGIONAL
LEVEL TO THE COUNTY LEVEL TO
UNDERSTAND ALL THE PARTICIPANTS
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DEVELOP
SOLUTIONS WITHOUT THE ENGAGEMENT
OF ALL THE PARTIES. THAT'S A
REALLY CRITICAL STEP PARALLEL TO
THAT WILL BE MAKING SURE THAT WE
HAVE ACCESS TO EXISTING STUDIES
DONE BY THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE
THAT WE KNOW THEY'VE DONE SAND
REPLENISHMENT STUDIES. WE KNOW
THE COUNTY HAS DONE SOME WORK IN
THAT SPACE. WE KNOW THE ARMY
CORPS IS DENSE SPACE. WE DON'T
WANT TO SPEND TIME RECREATING
THE WHEEL IF YOU WILL, BUT
MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE
THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE IN A
LITTLE BIT OF SILOS. IF YOU WILL
NOW ARE COMING TOGETHER IN ONE
PLACE, THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY
IMPORTANT TO GET A GOOD BASELINE
AS WE GO FORWARD. DO WE KNOW HOW
LONG THAT STUDY IS GOING TO
TAKE? THE STUDY FROM BEGINNING
TO END IS ANTICIPATED TO TAKE
TWO YEARS. NO WAY WE CAN GO A
LITTLE FASTER. WE WILL ATTEMPT
TO ACCELERATE. DON'T THINK THAT
RAIL'S GONNA MAKE ANYTHING CAN
HAPPEN. THAT'S THE CHALLENGE.
THE SOONER WE KNOW THE SOONER WE
CAN HAVE A PLAN TO FIX IT. WE
AGREE, I THINK. WE NEED TO
BALANCE GOING FAST, AND WE NEED
TO BALANCE WITH GETTING GOOD
INFORMATION AND COMMITTEE
ENGAGEMENT. BUT POINT IS TAKEN.
AND THEN, UM, I SORRY, I MIGHT
NOT HAVE HEARD THE ANSWER TO
THIS. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN STATED
BEFORE. BUT WHAT IS THE NATURE
OF THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO IS
INVOLVEMENT IN THE EMERGENCY
PROJECT FOR THE FOR CASA
ROMANTICA. SO CURRENTLY THEY ARE
THE OWNER OF THAT HISTORIC
PROPERTY, AND THEY HAD WORKED TO
STABILIZE THE HILLSIDE PRIOR TO
OCTOBER AND METROLINK BUILDING
THAT SOLDIER PILE WALL THAT WAS
JUST SHOWN BY MR KETTLE. THEY
HAD BEEN UNABLE TO STABILIZE THE
HILLSIDE IN A MANNER THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE TRACKS TO BE REOPENED.
I WOULD SAY THEY'VE BEEN A GOOD
PARTNER IN TRYING TO FIX THEIR
PART OF THE ISSUE, BUT IT WASN'T
ALLOWING US TO OPEN RAIL
SERVICE. UM AS QUICKLY AS WE
WANTED TO AND NEEDED TO. WE'RE
STILL CONCERNED THAT THE WALL
THAT IS IN PLACE TODAY AS THEY
CONTINUE TO TRY TO STABILIZE THE
PROPERTY THEY OWN ON THE TOP OF
THE BLUFF. THAT IT DOESN'T HARM
THE RAIL LINE FURTHER. THERE IS
RISK THERE, BUT THEY'VE BEEN A
GOOD PARTNER TO DATE, AND WE
CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT THEY WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A GOOD PARTNER,
RECOGNIZING THAT THERE'S TWO
THINGS THAT PLAY THEIR PROPERTY
AS WELL AS THE RAIL LINE AND
MAKING SURE THAT THOSE TWO ARE
BALANCED OUT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, AND I'LL JUST ADD A COUPLE
OF COMMENTS AND TO SOME OF THE
QUESTIONING. I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTIONING. IT WAS REALLY
HELPFUL AT TAKING THIS A LITTLE
DEEPER AND I'LL JUST SHARE THAT
FROM BEING THE CHAIR OF SANDBAG
, WHICH IS THE TRANSPORTATION
AGENCY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. I
WAS ON THE BOARD AT A TIME WHEN
WE WERE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH
ANY TYPE OF RAIL IMPROVEMENTS OF
NOTE. AND THEN WE HAD SOME
INSTABILITY AND SOME THREATS TO
THE TRACKS AND IT AND IT
KICKSTARTED FASTER PROCESS AND
MOVEMENT, AND I THINK ONE OF THE
THINGS I JUST REALLY AM HOPING
THAT OXY TO INTERNALIZE IS THAT
IN ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO
MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE? YOU
NEED TO PROPOSE SOMETHING. SO
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THE TYPES OF
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS WHERE
YOU'RE SORT OF GENERALLY SAYING
, WHAT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION
FUTURE DO YOU WANT? AND IT'S AN
OPEN ENDED CONVERSATION ABOUT
GETTING OVERALL GOALS. BUT THERE
ARE OTHER TYPES OF ENGAGEMENT,
WHICH ARE ACTUALLY THE FORWARD
MOVING ONES WHERE THE TECHNICAL
EXPERTS DO. THE TYPE OF ANALYSIS
IS NEEDED TO SAY HERE ARE THREE
POSSIBLE OPTIONS. HERE ARE SEVEN
POSSIBLE OPTIONS AND HAVING THE
PUBLIC REACT TO SOMETHING THAT
IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE TO BUILD
AND THAT IS CONCEIVABLE AND
UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING
IN A WORLD THAT'S NOT GROUNDED
IN REALITY REALLY ARE JUST NOT
FORWARD MOVING, AND I WAS HAVING
A CONVERSATION EARLIER. UH ABOUT
WITH SOME THOUGHT LEADERS IN THE
RAIL SPACE WHO WERE SAYING IN
THE LAST 40 YEARS WE'VE MADE
ABOUT 10 YEARS OF PROGRESS, AND
I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT WAY TO BE THINKING
ABOUT THINGS. AND SO HOW DO WE
MAKE PROGRESS. HOW DO WE MAKE 40
YEARS OF PROGRESS IN 10 YEARS,
RIGHT? HOW DO WE FLIP THAT
SCRIPT, AND SO I JUST I REALLY
WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT THAT THE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN A
FORWARD MOVING PROSPECT AND NOT
IN A TREADING WATER TYPE OF
APPROACH. IF I COULD, SENATOR, I
THINK I AGREE WITH YOU AND THE
BOARD AGREES WITH YOU. THERE'S A
TIME AND PLACE FOR THAT
VISIONARY APPROACH YOUR LONG
RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE FUTURE
OF A BROAD SET OF TRANSIT
IMPROVEMENTS AROUND AN AREA OF
3.2 MILLION PEOPLE. THIS WILL BE
THE LATTER, THOUGH THIS WILL BE
WHERE THAT THOSE TECHNICAL
ASPECTS WILL BE PRESENTED AND
ENGAGED AGAINST, BUT I WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO MAKING
SURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST GOING
TO THE PEOPLE. THEY'RE GOING TO
AGREE WITH US. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING IN ALL
LEVELS OF COMMUNITY.
PARTICULARLY WITHIN AN AREA THAT
WE KNOW WELL, WE'VE EXPERIENCED
AND DONE A LOT OF WORK BOTH ON
THE HIGHWAY SIDE AND ON THE RAIL
SIDE, AS WELL AS THE OPEN SPACE
MITIGATION, SIDE AND WATER
QUALITY SIDE WITH THE CITIES IN
THE COMMUNITIES IN DANA POINT
IN, SAYING CLEMENTE. WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PART OF
THE SOLUTION. BUT TO YOUR POINT
IT WILL NOT BE A VISIONARY
EXERCISE. IT'LL BE A SPECIFIC
EXERCISE. GREAT. I'M THRILLED TO
HEAR THAT. OKAY WELL, I THINK
WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO YOU
. WOULD YOU LIKE TO OH, OKAY, I
GET THAT IS SHORT. WE APPRECIATE
. OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE
WILL MOVE ON NOW WE HAVE SOME. I
WILL INVITE TO COME UP OUR NEXT
PANEL. SO THIS IS CHAD EDSON
KYLE? GREAT INJURE AND TREY
BRADLEY AND THESE ARE STATE
LEVEL EXPERTS. SO WE MOVED FROM
THE COUNTY LEVEL NEXT UP TO THE
STATE LEVEL. SO CHAD AT EDISON
IS FROM CALISTA ALONGSIDE KYLE.
GREAT INJURED FROM CALTRANS AND
TRADE. BRADLEY FROM THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF BUSINESS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO
WE'LL START OUT WITH CHAD AND I
JUST WANT TO THANK THERE'S A
STATE LEVEL EXPERTS FOR COMING
TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE TODAY TO
SPEAK. THANK YOU, SENATOR BLAKE
SPEAR AND THANK YOU SENATORS FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY
. THE SLIDE DECK WILL BE UP IN
JUST A MOMENT. I JUST HAVE A
COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR EACH OF THE
TIMES. I'M UP HERE TODAY, AND I
WILL. I WILL ELABORATE ON THOSE
UM, LET ME BEGIN BY POINTING OUT
WHAT A LOT OF OTHER COMMITTEE
PRESIDENT. PRESENTERS HAVE HAVE
SAID, WHICH IS THAT THIS THIS
CORRIDOR IS ONE OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT STATE CORRIDORS IN
THE STATE FUNDED CORRIDORS IN
THE COUNTRY HAS THE HIGHEST
RIDERSHIP OF ANY QUARTER OUTSIDE
OF THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, AND
IT REALLY BUILDS ON A LEGACY OF
INVESTMENTS THAT STRETCH BACK
INTO INTO THE 19 NINETIES WAS,
WHICH IS WHEN A LOT OF THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS HAPPENED
ON THE STATE BOND HOURS. SELF
HELP SELF HELP COUNTY TAXES
MONEY FROM MONEY FROM THE PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION ACCOUNT. THIS
JUST HAD LOADS OF RESOURCES PUT
INTO IT. OVER THE YEARS SINCE
THE 19 NINETIES AND TRACK WEST
USED TO PUT A LARGE INVESTMENT
INTO THIS CORRIDOR. AND UM, AND
IT'S REALLY THE GREATEST
SUSTAINED INVESTMENT IN ANY OF
THE STATE RAIL CORRIDORS IN THE
STATE THAT HAS BEEN MADE HERE
THAT ALSO, I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE
THAT THIS CORRIDOR IS SUCCESSFUL
, IN PART BECAUSE IT HAS INNER
CITY. IT HAS REGIONAL SERVICES
IN IT'S REALLY FUNCTIONS AS A
MULTI COUNTY CORRIDOR, THE
STRONGEST TRAINS IN THIS
CORRIDOR ARE ON THE LOW STAND
SIDE ARE TRAINS THAT RUN UP THE
ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE QUARTER
THAT RUN FROM SANTA BARBARA IN
FURTHER NORTH. ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO SAN DIEGO, AND THAT THAT IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT MARKET AND THE
SOUTH END DOES BETTER BECAUSE
THE NORTH END IS THERE. UM AND
THAT'S THAT'S JUST KIND OF A KEY
ELEMENT THAT WE NEED THE WHOLE
QUARTER TO BE FUNCTIONING IN
ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. UM THE
OVERALL UM, THE TO LAUSANNE
STATIONS, LOS ANGELES AND SAN
DIEGO IN THE TOP 15 NATIONALLY
FOR INTERCITY RAIL RIDERSHIP, SO
THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT
STATIONS ON THE SERVICE. AND THE
DIRECT ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR
THOSE THAT USE THE CORRIDOR,
TRAVEL TIME SAVINGS AND OTHER
BENEFITS THEY REALIZE ARE
SIGNIFICANT, BUT THERE ALSO ARE
BENEFITS FOR THOSE ON THE
ROADWAY SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY
EXPERIENCED LESS CONGESTION THAN
THEY OTHERWISE WOULD, BECAUSE OF
ALL THE PEOPLE USING THE RAIL
CORRIDOR, SO, UM, I WILL ALSO
POINT OUT THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE FREIGHT HERE THERE ARE
DIRECT CONNECTIONS FROM MAJOR
PORTS TO DOMESTIC MARKETS.
THROUGHOUT THIS CORRIDOR AND
WHINY ME AND IN THE PORT OF SAN
DIEGO, YOU KNOW, USE THE
CORRIDOR AT FIRST SIGNIFICANT
DISTANCES. AND UM, AND THAT'S
THOSE ARE IMPORTANT ASSETS AS
WELL. AND THERE IS NO
ALTERNATIVE RAIL ROUTE TO THE
PORT OF SAN DIEGO. AND SO WE SEE
THAT AS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF
THE CORRIDOR TODAY. IN TERMS OF
NATIONAL DEFENSE. WE'VE HAD
POINTED OUT TO US THE EXTRACT
NET NATURE OF THIS QUARTER THAT
IS AN ASSET FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
PURPOSES, AND WE HAVE
NOTIFICATIONS THAT THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SEES THE
WORSENING CONDITION OF THE
CORRIDOR IS A CONCERN. AND SO
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA
WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THIS IS KEPT IN OPEN STATUS AND
THAT THEY CAN USE THIS TO GET TO
CAMP PENDLETON TO GET TO THE
PORT OF SAN DIEGO AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE NATIONAL RAIL
NETWORK. SO THAT THAT REALLY, I
THINK, UNDERSCORES THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CORRIDOR
TODAY. WHAT I WILL THEN ALSO
POINT OUT IS HOW IMPORTANT THIS
IS IN OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE
THROUGH THE STATE RAIL PLAN. WE
HAVE THE POTENTIAL HERE FOR
MILLIONS MORE RIDERS PER YEAR IN
THE CORRIDOR. ALL THE
TRANSPORTATION ASSETS IN THIS
QUARTER ARE CONSTRAINED IN RAIL
IS WHERE SOME OF THAT GROWTH CAN
HAPPEN. AND SO THE ABILITY TO
RUN MORE CARS ON EACH TRAIN TO
PUT MORE FREQUENCIES ON THIS
CORRIDOR. THE EXISTING
INFRASTRUCTURE CONSIST AIN'T
MORE SERVICE THAN IS THERE
TODAY? AND OF COURSE, WITH
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS THAT CAN
DO EVEN MORE. UM THE
PRESERVATION AND CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT OF THIS QUARTER AS A
CORE FEATURE OF THE STATE RAIL
PLAN. AND I'M JUST TO GIVE SOME
IDEA OF THE VISION THERE THE WE
SEE A VISION WHERE THE INTERCITY
TRAINS ARE RUNNING EVERY 30
MINUTES BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND
SAN DIEGO THROUGHOUT THE DAY, 18
HOURS SERVICE SPAN THAT THERE
ARE REGIONAL OVERLAY SERVICES ON
THERE THAT ARE RUNNING EVERY YOU
KNOW 2 TO 3 TRAINS PER HOUR
THROUGHOUT PORTIONS OF THE
CORRIDOR SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES
AND NORTH INTO PARTS OF PARTS OF
L, A COUNTY AND THEN UH, THAT
THESE TRAINS, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT
EACH OTHER. THE ENHANCED
MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, FOR
DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS TO TRAINS
THAT OF THE INLAND EMPIRE
CONNECTIONS TO TRAINS THAT GO TO
THE ANTELOPE UP INTO THE
ANTELOPE VALLEY AND BEYOND. AND
SO THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL,
YOU KNOW? PART OF THE CORRIDOR
ON THE SOUTH END. AND THEN ON
THE NORTH END. WE HAVE WE HAVE
THE VISION OF AT LEAST HOURLY
SERVICE BY INTERCITY TRAINS TO
SANTA BARBARA, A LITTLE BIT LESS
THAN HOW EARLY NORTH OF THERE TO
SAN LUIS OBISPO AND IN REGIONAL
SERVICES THAT OVERLAY ON THAT AS
WELL TO VENTURA AND SANTA
BARBARA, AND SO THIS BECOMES
VERY CRITICAL CORRIDOR FOR
MOBILITY. AND THAT QUARTER OF
THE FUTURE WILL HAVE ZERO
EMISSION TRAINS RUNNING AHEAD.
WE'LL WE'LL SEE COMBINATIONS OF
HYDROGEN AND BATTERY AND
POTENTIALLY, UM USE OF CANTON
AREA THAT'S THERE. THAT WOULD BE
THERE FOR THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
SYSTEM. AND SO YOU HAVE REALLY
THE ABILITY TO USE MANY
TECHNOLOGIES IN MAKING SURE
THESE THIS QUARTER HAS CLEAN
OPERATIONS ON IT. UM FINALLY, I
WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE USED
EVERY MEETING WITH THEM TO
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
QUARTER TO US HOW HIGH A
PRIORITY HAS AN ESTATE. IT IS
ONE OF OUR APPLICATIONS TO THE
QUARTER IDENTIFICATION AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS A
FAIRY'S PROCESS FOR DOING
PLANNING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL
ALIGNED WITH EACH OTHER AND THEN
COMING TO THEM WITH THE TOP
PRIORITIES. FOR THE CORRIDOR, AS
WELL AS THE LONGER RANGE VIEW OF
HOW THAT FITS INTO THE NETWORK
OVER OVER THE OVER THE LIFE OF
LIKE 20 OR 30 YEARS, SO IT HAS
BOTH A SHORT TERM AND LONGER
TERM VIEW TO IT, AND THAT IS A
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS
THAT WE WILL ENGAGE ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CORRIDOR TO
ACCOMPLISH. UM CALTRANS PUT THAT
APPLICATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE LAUSANNE QUARTER IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE AGENCIES
THAT ARE ON ITS BOARD. SO
EVERYBODY FROM SAN TAG TO SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY ARE INTERESTED IN
HOW THAT PROCESS GOES TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE PROPERLY PLAN AND
PRIORITIZE THE CORRIDOR. SO WITH
THAT, THAT'S THE PORTION OF MY
PRESENTATION ON THE BENEFITS. I
WILL PASS IT ON TO GÓMEZ AND LET
THEM PRESENT AS WELL. A TRADE
PRESENT AS WELL AND I'D BE GLAD
TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, CHAD. AND GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU, SENATOR
BLAKE SPEAR AND THANK YOU TO
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FOR
ALLOWING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
GÓMEZ TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE VALUES OF THIS
CORRIDOR. MY NAME IS TREY
BRADLEY AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
FOR SUSTAINABLE FREIGHT AND
SUPPLY CHAIN AT GÓMEZ, BUT IN
THIS CAPACITY HAVE WORKED IN
SEVERAL ROLES AGO BIZ AND ALSO
THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
RESEARCH AND A MYRIAD OF TOPICS
, INCLUDING BUSINESS CONSULTING
THE COMPANIES ACROSS THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA, WORKING WITH ALL
SECTORS ALSO IN WORKING ON
CLIMATE AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
ISSUES WHEN I WAS AT THE OFFICE
OF PLANNING RESEARCH SO EXCITED
TO TALK ABOUT THE LOW SAND
CORRIDOR TODAY, JUST FOR THOSE
FOLKS WHO ARE IN THE ROOM OR
LISTENING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT JOB IS WE ARE A SMALL
ENTITY WITHIN STATE GOVERNMENT,
BUT WE ARE THE PRIMARY POINT OF
CONTACT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND JOB CREATION EFFORTS AND
HAVE A RANGE OF TEAMS. AND SO
THE TEAM THAT I WILL I AM ON AND
THE OFFICE THAT I LIED HERE
WITHIN GO VISIT THE OFFICE
SUPPLY CHAIN. UH JUST A LITTLE
BIT OF AN OVERVIEW ON HOW GO
BUSINESS STRUCTURED THE PRIMARY
PURPOSE OF, UM THIS TEAM WITHIN
GO BIZ IS TO SERVICE THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND
CONNECTING WITH FREIGHT AND
GOODS MOVEMENT, BUT ALSO
ENSURING THAT LONGEVITY WITHIN
BUILDING LONG TERM SUPPLY CHAIN
ASSETS WITHIN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IS THERE IN THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES WHICH WE WILL
SPEAK ABOUT LATER, WHICH ARE
VERY IMPORTANT AND IN RESPECT TO
THIS CORRIDOR. SO LOW STAND IS
CRITICAL FOR MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES
. THERE'S TWO SECTORS. I'M GOING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY AND
THEN A SUPPLY CHAIN IN GOODS
MOVEMENT AND THEN DEFENSE AND
MILITARY AND AEROSPACE. REALLY
QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A
REALLY A RENAISSANCE OF PUBLIC
INVESTMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN AND
GOODS MOVEMENT. WE ARE RIDING ON
THE LARGEST SINGLE STATE
INVESTMENT IN GOODS MOVEMENT
MADE BY ANY STATE IN THE NATION
. WE ARE, UM AND I'M REALLY
GOING TO SAY COMPOUNDS TO THE
CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION
AGENCY. WHO JUST RECENTLY
RELEASED OVER 1.2 BILLION AND
IMPORTANT FREIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE
, BUT CALIFORNIA HAS A VERY
DIVERSE, COMPLEX SUPPLY CHAIN
ECOSYSTEM. WE HAVE 12 PORTS
WITHIN THE STATE. FIVE OF THOSE
12 FACILITATE CONTAINER TRAFFIC
AS YOU CAN SEE, FOUR OR FOUR OF
THOSE FIVE ARE REPRESENTED IN
THE SIXTH LAUSANNE COUNTY
REGION. UM AND 42.4% OF ALL US
CONTAINER TRAFFIC COMES THROUGH
CALIFORNIA INCLUDES PUERTO SAN
DIEGO HAS MENTIONED AS WELL, UM
WE HAVE 12 AIRPORTS WITH MAJOR
CARGO OPERATIONS, OF COURSE, ARE
CLASS ONE RAILROADS AND
DIVERSITY OF OUR RAIL SYSTEM,
AND WE HAVE EXISTING FUTURE
COMMERCIAL, LAND AND BORDER
BORDER ENTITIES WITH MEXICO AND
I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THAT AS
WELL IN A MINUTE. UM AND AN
EXCUSE THAT THERE'S AN AREA OF
MY PRESENTATION FOR SOME REASON
, BUT THERE WE LIKE I SAID, WE
ARE WRITING IN THIS LARGEST
INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE IN THE
STATE OUR OFFICE AND GO. BIZWEEK
MINISTER PROGRAMS RELEVANT TO
DATA AND DATA SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
AT CALIFORNIA'S CONTAINERIZED
PORTS. BUT I JUST WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
TO THE PORTA SAN DIEGO IN THIS
LARGE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE
MADE AS THE STATE, WHICH IS 35
MILLION, WHICH WILL SUPPORT FOR
NATIONAL CITY AND INCLUDING THE
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE IN
THE TERMINAL. BUT OF COURSE, WE
HAVE LARGE INVESTMENTS BEING
MADE IMPORT OF L A LONG BEACH.
UM, FINE. AMY IS A IS A REALLY
TRANSFORMATIONAL INVESTMENT MADE
IN THAT PORTS THAT IS GOING TO
BE VERY FASCINATING TO SEE IN
YEARS TO COME. BUT IF YOU
INCLUDE ALL OF THE HEAVY DUTY,
ZEV AND AFRAID, ELECTRIFICATION
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LIKES,
YOU KNOW, WE IT'S REALLY GOING
TO BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
IN THE NEXT DECADE FOR
CALIFORNIA SUPPLY CHAIN
ECOSYSTEM. AND THIS IS RIDING
OFF OF THE LARGEST, YOU KNOW
WHAT IS A RECORD YEAR? UM IN
CALIFORNIA'S PORTS. I THINK THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THINGS WERE
GOING SLOW. BUT YOU KNOW, OUR
PORTS MOVED THE MOST VOLUME IN
U. S HISTORY. SO IN AN ENTIRE
YEAR, INCLUDING SOME OF THE
RECORDS IN THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE. UM SO IT'S A COMMEND
THEM AND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND
THE WORKFORCE THAT MADE THAT A
REALITY. BUT WE NEED THESE
INVESTMENTS GIVEN THE FUTURE AND
THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS IN THE
STATE. REALLY QUICKLY. I JUST
WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS
INCREASED PUBLIC INVESTMENT IS
GARNERING AND BRINGING IN
INCREASED PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN
FREIGHT AND GOODS MOVEMENT.
RECENTLY THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD
THE LARGEST SINGLE PRIVATE
INVESTMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN
ANNOUNCED IN CALIFORNIA IS THE
FIRST, UM INLAND PORTS TO BE LED
BY A CLASS ONE RAILROAD. IT IS
BY BNSF WITH THE $1.5 BILLION
INVESTMENT IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. THIS WILL HAVE A
DIRECT CONNECTION TO LAUSANNE
CORRIDOR. THIS IS THE FIRST I
SAID INLAND PORT TO BE LED BY
THE CLASS ONE RAILROAD. IT IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHIFTS AND
YOU KNOW, NOTES THAT THE
IMPORTANCE OF MOVING FREIGHT AND
FREIGHT BY RAIL AS A MEANS TO
REDUCE TRUCK TRAFFIC, BUT THEN
ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, BRING AND
COLLECTIVE EYES THE GOODS IN
CENTRALIZED THEM IN ONE SINGLE
PLACE, SO WE'RE SEEING A HUGE
INVESTMENT IN THE PRIVATE
SECTOR, ALSO IN FREIGHT AND
GOODS, MOVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
AS WELL. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE
FOUR OF YOU KNOW OF OUR 12 PORTS
AND THEN THE FOUR PORTS THAT ARE
IN THE SIXTH COUNTY REGION HERE.
AND I'M JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON
ONE OF THEM. AND THAT IS
SUPPORTIVE. SAN DIEGO YOU KNOW,
THE PORTA SAN DIEGO CONTRIBUTES
AND HIS BILLIONS OF LOCAL
ECONOMY IS HOME TO 800
BUSINESSES. THIS REAL
SUBDIVISION IN SAN DIEGO'S
OPERATED BY BNSF HAS TWO CARGO
TERMINALS. 15 BURSTS ON DOCK
TERMINAL RAIL. IT PROVIDES A
RANGE OF SERVICES AND GOODS
MOVEMENT SUPPORT, WHICH INCLUDES
BREAK BULK RORO AND VEHICLES.
BUT ALSO REFRIGERATED CONTAINERS
. BIG FOR AGRICULTURE. UM THERE
ARE 16 RAIL SPURS SPURS ACROSS
THE PORTS AND, OF COURSE AT THE
10TH AVENUE TERMINAL AND THEN AT
NATIONAL CITY. THEY HAVE SIX
REAL SPURS, AND IT IS A PRIMARY
BNSF AUTO FACILITY YOU KNOW, IS
LISTED ON THEIR WEBSITE IS WHERE
THEY FACILITATE A LOT OF VEHICLE
TRAFFIC. IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN IN
THE SAN DIEGO AREA YOU PROBABLY
SEE ON THE RAILROAD. THERE'S A
LOT OF TOYOTA TACOMA'S ALL THE
TOYOTA TACOMA'S ARE MADE TO THE
SOUTH IN TIJUANA. THEY TRAVEL
VIA RAIL TO THE POOR DIRECTLY IN
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LOW
SAND CORRIDOR IN THE COUNTY,
WHERE VEHICLES ARE USED
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE
COUNTY, NOT JUST FOR COMMERCIAL
SALE, BUT ALSO FOR MILITARY USE,
WHICH WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING AS
SOON REALLY, REALLY, WHAT IS ONE
OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT I JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE TO
CLOSE OUT IS THAT WE ARE IN A
MASSIVE CHANGE IN THE COBALT
SUPPLY CHAIN PARADIGM, AS YOU
CAN SEE IN THIS LAST YEAR IS THE
FIRST YEAR THAT MEXICO
SUPPLANTED CHINA AS THE TOP
TRADING PARTNER FOR THE UNITED
STATES, TOP TRADING PARTNER FOR
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA EXPORT
MARKET FOR CALIFORNIA. UM
THERE'S THAT THAT TRADE IS TWO
WAYS. THERE'S A LOT OF
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT FLOW
DOWN THIS CORRIDOR DIRECTLY TO,
UH TO MEXICO FOR PROJECTS AND
PRIMARILY MANUFACTURING AND
LOGISTICS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
LEFT. THE MAP IS HIGHLIGHTED
THIS DIRECTLY FROM BNSF'S
WEBSITE. THEY HAVE. OF COURSE,
THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY POINTS OF
CONTACT OF GATEWAY IN THE UNITED
STATES. THAT THEY LIST BETWEEN
THE US AND MEXICO AND OF WHICH
SAN DIEGO IS ONE THERE IS KEY
ALIGNMENT AND STRATEGIC
INDUSTRIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
MEXICO AND THAT WAS REALLY
HIGHLIGHTED THIS PAST YEAR,
INCLUDING CRITICAL MINERALS, YOU
KNOW, CLEAN ECONOMY SUPPLY CHAIN
SUMMIT CONDUCTORS, DEFENSE
VEHICLES AND MICROELECTRONIC AND
WE ONLY SEE THIS TRADE
INCREASING DRAMATICALLY. AND OF
COURSE, THIS IS ALSO PROPPED BY
THE LARGEST SINGLE PUBLIC
INVESTMENT. UM BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE. IF
YOU TAKE THE INFLATION REDUCTION
ACT AND I J A AND CHIPS ACT AND
PUT THEM TOGETHER AND ADJUST FOR
INFLATION. IT'S MORE THAN THE
ENTIRETY OF THE NEW DEAL. AND SO
A LOT OF THAT PROMPTS AT THE
TRADE BE IN NORTH AMERICA, AND
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT
SHIFT TO MEXICO. WE TALKED TO
DOZENS OF COMPANIES I FEEL LIKE
ON A MONTHLY BASIS ABOUT THIS
SHIFT. HAVE HIGHLIGHTED. SEVERAL
OF THE COMPANIES HAVE A LARGE
PRESENCE ON THE BAJA SIDE ON THE
BOTTOM. AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT
SOME OF THE INDUSTRY'S HYDROGEN
CRITICAL MINERALS,
SEMICONDUCTORS, OF COURSE, AND
THEN OFFSHORE WIND. AND TO TALK
ABOUT CALIFORNIA DEFENSE, OF
COURSE, CALIFORNIA HOME LARGEST
CONCENTRATION, MILITARY
PERSONNEL, NATIONAL SECURITY
ACTIVITY. REALLY I'M GOING TO
COMMEND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF
PLAYING IN RESEARCH OR SISTER
AGENCY WHO REALLY DOES A
PHENOMENAL YEARLY ANNUAL REPORT
ON THE IMPACT CALIFORNIA UM FOR
NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE,
YOU KNOW, DEFENSE PRODUCES 158.2
BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT
ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
762,000 FULL TIME JOBS. AND 20.7
BILLION IN TAX REVENUE FOR
FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS. CALIFORNIA IS HOME
TO 10% OF THE GLOBAL AEROSPACE
INDUSTRY AND 25% OF THE TOTAL U.
S MARKET. AND THEN WITH RESPECT
TO LAUSANNE, YOU KNOW THIS IS
REALLY YOU HAVE IF YOU TAKE ALL
THE INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND ASSETS
AND INCLUDE AUXILIARY AIRFIELDS
AND HOSPITALS IN THE LIGHT OF 21
ASSETS ACROSS THE SIX COUNTIES.
INCLUDES NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO,
WHICH IS SECOND LARGEST SURFACE
SHIP BASE OF THE NAVY CAMP
PENDLETON, WHICH IS THE MAJOR U.
S COAST US BASE FOR THE MARINES
. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE
VANDENBERG SPACE FOR SPACE AND L
. A AIR FORCE BASE, WHICH IS
SPACE SYSTEMS COMMAND FOR THE
SPACE FORCE ALONG THE CORRIDOR
OF LAUSANNE AND THEN OF THE 158
2.2 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT
TOTAL WITHIN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. 103.2 BILLION OF
THAT IS CONCENTRATED IN LOW
SENSE. SIX COUNTIES. OF THE 607
162,000 FULL TIME JOBS. 376,000
IS LOCATED IN THE SIX COUNTIES.
THERE'S A TON OF FIRMS ACROSS
THE SPACE GENERAL DYNAMICS.
GENERAL ATOMICS, NORTHROP
LOCKHEED MARTIN ANASCO. CUBIC
WHO ARE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND
WHO DEFINITELY FACILITATE WITH
THE MILITARY IN THIS REGARDS UM
, AS MENTIONED IN STRACK. NET BY
, UM BY CHAT IS REALLY THIS IS A
MAP OF STRATHCONA IN THE
CORRIDORS THAT THE MILITARY IS
OUTLINED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE
RED IS WHERE STRACK NET CREAKY
CORRIDORS FOR FACILITATION OF
MILITARY FREIGHT. UM I JUST
WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU
KNOW, THE BEING BNSF DOES
PROVIDE AD HOC RAIL SERVICES TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. BUT
THE 2021 U. S G. A O STUDY FOUND
THAT 67% OF THE U. S. ARMY'S
TRANSPORTATION OF EQUIPMENT, UM
, AND GOODS HAS DONE VIA RAIL
FROM BASE TO PURPORT DURING
CONTINGENCIES AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL, SO IN THE CASE THAT THERE
IS A NATIONAL CONTINGENCY, YOU
KNOW, MAJORITY OF THOSE GOODS
WILL BE MOVING VIA RAIL. OF
COURSE, THE BROADER DEFENSE
APPARATUS BENEFITS FROM
RESILIENT COMMERCIAL RAIL
OPERATIONS. AND IF YOU REALLY
LOOK AT HERE, YOU KNOW THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF PLAYING IN
RESEARCH IN THE CALIFORNIA AND
CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY DID
THIS RESEARCH AND BIFURCATED BY
REGIONS AND WHICH THERE IS THE
CONCENTRATION OF NATIONAL
SECURITY SPENDING AND JOBS? UM,
AS YOU SEE THE SAN DIEGO AND THE
BOTTOM IS QUITE LARGE BUT THE
COASTAL REGION ALSO ENCOMPASSES
YOU KNOW THE CENTRAL COAST
TERRITORY WITHIN CALIFORNIA, BUT
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE IMPACT
ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND IT'S
CRITICAL NATURE TO DEFENSE AND
OFFENSE COMMUNITY IS PROFOUND.
UM AND THAT THAT CONCLUDES MY
PORTION FOR DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC
BENEFITS OF THIS. THE NEXT
SECTION IS ON THE FINANCING
ELEMENT. SO THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. OKAY OKAY. GREAT UM, WELL,
THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. I MEAN,
GIVEN AND THE THIS IS FOR MR
BRADLEY. UM I APPRECIATE THAT
PRESENTATION AND GIVEN HOW DEEP
AND STRONG THIS ECONOMIC IMPACT
IS, AND THE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN
GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE
SECTOR. WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE?
UH, FOR THE FUTURE OF BNS, BNSF
OR ANY OF THE RAILROADS, UM,
INVESTING IN THIS CORRIDOR,
BASICALLY TAKING A MORE ACTIVE
ROLE IN MAKING SURE IT FUNCTIONS
FOR THEIR PURPOSES. I WOULD SAY
BNSF HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN
SEEING, UM, THE INSURED
EFFICIENCY OF THIS CORRIDOR.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THE PIECE
WHERE I HIGHLIGHTED UM, THE
CRITICAL CHANGE AND SUPPLY CHAIN
, YOU KNOW, SUPPLY CHAIN
RESILIENCE IS OF FOCUS OF MANY
OF THE FIRM'S GLOBALLY. AND THAT
MEANS ALLY SHORING AND PUTTING
RESOURCES NEAR, UH, HERE
DOMESTICALLY WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES. IN MY MIND, THAT MEANS
MORE BUSINESS FOR OUR RAIL
PARTNERS. AND THAT MEANS MORE
BUSINESS THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR
BECAUSE IT DIRECTLY CONNECTS
WITH MEXICO. UM SO I SEE THE
INVESTMENTS COMING AND I SEE
THAT THEY WANT TO SUSTAIN AND
HAVE CONTINUED USES CORRIDOR. AS
I MENTIONED ALSO THE LARGEST
INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE, UM,
PLANNED BY BNSF. THERE'S ALSO
SEVERAL OTHER INVESTMENTS WITHIN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT BNSF IS
EXPLORING AND MAKING. I THINK
THAT YOU KNOW, BNSF IS VERY, UM
UM, STRAIGHTFORWARD BY COLIN,
CALIFORNIA, THE LINCHPIN OF
THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN AND FREE
GOODS MOVEMENT SYSTEM. UM SO I
THINK THAT THE INVESTMENT WILL
BE SUSTAINED IN THAT THEY WILL
SEE THAT THROUGH IN THE FUTURE.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
INVESTMENT WILL BE SUSTAINED. I
MEAN, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY
WILL ACTUALLY FINANCIALLY
CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOW SAND
CORRIDORS, IMPROVEMENTS OR
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS AS A AS A, UH, PUBLIC
INVESTMENTS STATE COUNTY THAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUT WHAT
ABOUT THAT PRIVATE SECTOR? RIGHT
I CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BNSF
BECAUSE I MIGHT GO BIZ, BUT I
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT THEY
HAVE SHOWN AND I HAVE SEEN THEM
AS BEING A. YOU KNOW, A WORKING
PARTNER AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE SOLUTIONS THAT MAY FIT FOR
THEM. UM OF COURSE I KNOW THAT
THERE'S YOU KNOW, VARIATIONS AND
OWNERSHIP ALONG THIS CORRIDOR
BETWEEN FREIGHT AND PUBLIC
AGENCY. UM I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU
KNOW THE NATURE OF FINANCING
SUCH THINGS AS YOU KNOW,
OFTENTIMES COMPLEX. UM, BUT I
YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT
YOU KNOW BNSF IS A WILLING
PARTNER AND WILLING TO WORK WITH
THOSE AGENCIES AND LOCALS ON
THAT TYPE OF EXPLORING THAT
OPPORTUNITY. OKAY, THAT'S GREAT
TO HEAR. UM DO MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS
? 11 QUICK QUESTION. THANK THANK
YOU. ALL THREE OF YOU
PARTICIPATING. WE'VE HEARD
ACROSS TWO PANELS ABOUT HOW
COMPLEX THE SORT OF ROLES AND
RELATIONSHIPS ARE ACROSS. LISTEN
AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHO WHICH
AGENCY RIGHT NOW HOLDS THE LEAD.
OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR
COORDINATION AND PLANNING ON LOW
SOON IS THERE ONE OR IS IT IS IT
SORT OF JOINTLY SHARED DEPENDING
ON THE ISSUE OR THE NEED? YEAH
I'M SENATOR. I'D LIKE TO START
BY ANSWERING THAT. AND THEN IF
THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD MORE,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ALSO THE
PLANNING FOR THE CORRIDOR IS
SHARED PRIMARILY BETWEEN THE LOW
SAND RAIL AGENCY AS WELL AS THE
CALTRANS AND LS TO AS WE WORK ON
LONGER TERM PLANNING IN THE
STATE RAIL PLAN, AND SO IT'S
REALLY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE
STATE AND IN THE REGIONAL AGENCY
. OF COURSE, THAT ALSO INCLUDES
YOU KNOW EACH COUNTY, EACH OWNER
OF THE CORRIDOR AND THE SPONSORS
OF THE OTHER SERVICES IN THE
CORRIDOR, SO THERE IS, YOU KNOW.
WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER
PUBLIC AGENCIES. UM. ABOUT THE
PRIMARY. THE PRIMARY PLANNING
HERE IS REALLY YOU KNOW, BETWEEN
CALTRANS AND THE LOTHIAN AGENCY
WORKING TOGETHER. AND THEN WE
HAVE, UM WE HAVE ONGOING WORK
THAT WE DO WITH OTHER AGENCIES
THAT IDENTIFY CHALLENGES IN THE
QUARTER. WHETHER THAT BE, UM
THE, UM. GO BIZARRE, THE COASTAL
COMMISSION OR OTHERS THAT HAVE
YOU KNOW THEY HAVE INSIGHT INTO
CHALLENGES IN THE CORRIDOR AS
WELL. AND MR BARELY ANYTHING,
MAN. YES YOU KNOW, WE'RE GÓMEZ
WERE THE OFFICE WERE NOT THE
CABINET LEVEL AGENCY AND
TRANSPORTATION. BUT WE ARE HERE
TO SUPPORT IN ANY FACET THAT WE
SEE, OF COURSE, BEING A LINK
WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
INVOLVING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
IN CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE
CORRIDOR AND PROJECT, I THINK IS
WHERE WE PROVIDE GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORT PROJECT IN
TOTALITY. BUT OF COURSE WE'RE
LOOKING TO BE OF ANY SUPPORT TO
OUR YOU KNOW SISTER AGENCIES AND
DEPARTMENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT
UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER
ON THIS PROJECT COLLECTIVELY AS
A TEAM EFFORT AND MY FATHER
QUESTION, I THINK TO THE CHEERS
, BROADER INTENT HERE. IS THERE
A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE LOTION
QUARTER AT THE STATE LEVEL, AND
WOULD YOU AGREE THERE'S PROBABLY
VALUE IN CREATING ONE AND
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFYING THE
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN
AFFECTING THAT PLAN. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, SENATOR KYL, GRADING
AROUND THE ASSISTANT DEPUTY
DIRECTOR FOR RAIL AT CALTRANS,
NOT JUST BUILD ON WHICH ADDED
MENTIONED SO CALTRANS AND
CALISTA AND COORDINATION WITH
LOW SAND AND OTHER PARTNERS IN
THE ROOM TO AND METROLINK DO
LEAD. THE PLANNING EFFORTS IN
THAT CORRIDOR WERE ALSO VERY
EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE FEDERAL RAILROAD
ADMINISTRATION TO COME BACK INTO
THE FRAY. CHAD MENTIONED THE UH
, CORRIDOR INVESTMENT
IDENTIFICATION DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM, WHICH IS PART OF THE
AND THAT WILL PROVIDE
SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR RAIL
INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. ABOUT HALF OF THAT WILL
GO TO THE STATES NOT DIRECTLY TO
HAND TRACK AND SO WE DID PUT IN
AN APPLICATION TO LOOK AT THE
LOW SAND CORRIDOR AND WE CRAFTED
A VERY THOUGHTFUL AND WIDE
RANGING APPLICATION FOR THAT,
WHERE THE STATE WILL STAY WITH
LUCY AND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD
THE EFFORTS LOOKING FROM THE
NORTH END TO THE SOUTH END AND
THEN COORDINATE CLOSELY WITH ALL
OF OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING BNSF
UP AND LOCAL AGENCIES. SO IF
WE'RE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT
APPLICATION WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY JUST TO BEGIN SORT
OF A NEW LEVEL OF PLANNING
COORDINATION THAT BUILDS ON THE
VISION IN THE STATE RAIL PLAN
BUILDS ON THE NEAR TERM WORK
THAT AGENCIES ARE DOING ALREADY
THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR, AND
WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS A
GROUP WITH FEDERAL FUNDING AND
STATE LEADERSHIP IN CALC WOULD
TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT. SO THAT
THE PRIMARY, THE PRIMARY AGENCY
THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN DOING
THE QUARTER. I'D WORK WOULD BE
CALTRANS WORKING THROUGH ITS
RAIL RAIL, UM, STAFF AND THEN
AGENCY WOULD BE INVOLVED IN IN
COMMUNICATION OF THE HIGH LEVEL
STRATEGY TO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE. WE ALSO ARE
INVOLVED IN COORDINATING THE
SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE TASK
FORCES AND SO FORTH ARE BEING
SET UP IN THE CORRIDOR. SO WE
ARE STEPPING INTO THE AREA OF
WORKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS
THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER ON
PRIORITIZATION AND STRATEGY. BUT
ALL OF THIS IS HAPPENING IS THAT
SORT OF A MATTER OF SHARED
COMMITMENT? COORDINATION THERE
IS NO LEGISLATIVE BASIS. THERE'S
NOT A LARGER KIND OF DIRECTIVE
THAT'S DRIVING THAT OTHER THAN
THE IMPERATIVE. I WOULD SAY THAT
THE PRIMARY WE HAVE A STRATEGIC
PLANNING FRAMEWORK IN THE IN IN
THE STATE RAIL PLAN THAT HAS
GONE THROUGH A LOT OF THE LONG
TERM VISION AND WHAT THE WHAT
THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
TO BE IN THAT FUTURE IN ORDER TO
SUPPORT WHAT WE HOPE TO PUT ON
THE CORRIDOR FROM A PASSENGER
AND FREIGHT PERSPECTIVE, SO WE
DO HAVE YOU KNOW, HIGH LEVEL
STRATEGY THERE THE DETAILS OF
WORKING THROUGH THE
PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS AND
WORKING THROUGH WHAT COMES
FIRST. AND WHAT COMES LATER IS
REALLY A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE
THE STATE HAVE SEEN AS A VERY
IMPORTANT TO DO WITH THE LOCAL
THE LOCAL AGENCIES BECAUSE
BECAUSE WE NEED TO BALANCE BOTH
THE NEEDS THE NEEDS THEIR
IDENTIFIED THROUGH THOSE LIKE
COUNTY LEVEL AND QUARTER LEVEL
INPUTS. WHERE THE WHERE THE
VISION TOO. PUT TOGETHER A
NETWORK STATEWIDE THAT REALLY
BRINGS MORE RIDERSHIP AND
BENEFITS TO THE CORRIDOR. SO
IT'S A YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN
SET UP. I THINK IN IN IN IN THE,
UM IN THIS STATUTE TO REALLY
HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARTY THAT'S
INVOLVED IN IN IN THE PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORRIDOR
. STATE CERTAINLY HAS THAT STATE
RAIL PLAN ROLE, WHICH GETS LOTS
OF INPUT AS WE DEVELOP IT. IT'S
ABOUT THE NEW ONE IS ABOUT TO BE
PUBLISHED THIS FALL. THE LAST
ONE WAS IN 2018. AND BUT THE
PROCESS IS A SHARED ONE BETWEEN
THE STATE AND OUR OTHER
PARTNERS. APPRECIATE IT,
OBVIOUSLY NOT A SIMPLE THING AT
ALL, BUT APPRECIATE THE THINKING
COORDINATION GOING ON THIS.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. WELL I THINK
YOUR QUESTIONS ARE REALLY
GETTING AT THE HEART OF THIS
ENTIRE ISSUE RIGHT HERE. WHICH
IS THAT AND I'VE HEARD THE WORD
USED BALKANIZATION OF THE
DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT
BOTH OPERATE AND ON THE TRACKS,
AND SO YOU KNOW THIS QUESTION.
UM SENATOR NEWMAN ABOUT WHAT IT
IS, WHO IS ULTIMATELY MAKING THE
DECISION OR DOING THE STRATEGIC
PLANNING FOR THIS, YOU KNOW,
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WAS THE MOST CLEAR TO ME WHEN WE
WERE IN WASHINGTON, D C TALKING
TO THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR WAS
THAT THEY'RE DOING AN ANALYSIS
OF THE WHOLE CORRIDOR AND ALSO
THE THINGS THAT FEED INTO THE
CORRIDOR BECAUSE THE CORRIDOR
DOESN'T JUST EXIST ON ITS OWN,
GOING NORTH AND SOUTH. IT ALSO
HAS ALL OF THE PASSENGERS THAT
ARE COMING INTO THE CORRIDOR
FROM THE OTHER RAIL LINES. AND
THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE SET UP TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND
ANALYZE. WHERE DO WE HAVE THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH?
WHERE DO WE HAVE THE MOST
IMPORTANT THREATS AND SOMETHING
THAT WAS RAISED TO ME RECENTLY
FROM SOME OUTSIDE ADVOCATES? IS
THAT THAT THERE'S THERE ARE
THESE RUN THROUGH TRACKS THAT
WOULD LINK UNION STATION IN LOS
ANGELES. BUT HOW IMPORTANT IS
THAT TO LOS ANGELES AND THEIR
WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE? AND WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR,
IF THAT'S THE THING THAT WOULD
MAKE THEM MOST IMPROVEMENTS IN
EFFICIENCY, WHO'S ADVOCATING OR
PUSHING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, AND
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE THESE
ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS AROUND THE
CERTAIN SECTIONS. I CAN SAN
CLEMENTE AND OMAR AND OTHER
PLACES, BUT BUT JUST
ORGANIZATIONALLY BEING ABLE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE
CORRIDOR AND THE FEEDER AGENCIES
GIVEN MULTIPLE OWNERS AND
MULTIPLE OPERATORS, YOU KNOW
THAT'S THE COMPLEXITY HERE THAT
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT. AH AH,
AND UNEARTH WHAT? WHAT WHAT IS
THE BEST PATH FORWARD TO BE TO
BE HIGHER, PERFORMING
ESSENTIALLY AND TO BE RESILIENT.
SO, UM SO I APPRECIATE YOUR
QUESTION AND JUST REALLY PUTTING
YOUR FINGER ON WHERE WHERE WE
HAVE, UM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
IMPROVEMENT. OKAY ANYTHING ELSE
FROM MY COLLEAGUES? UM OKAY,
GREAT. WELL WE WILL MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT PANEL, WHICH I THINK
THE COUSTEAU REPS ARE GOING TO
STAY. AND THEN WE'LL ASK DR
JULIE KALINSKY FROM SCRIPTS
INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, UC
SAN DIEGO TO TAKE THE SEAT OF MR
BRADLEY. THANK YOU, MR BRADLEY
AGAIN. I WILL. AH THERE SHE IS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. UM MEMORY AND
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SO ARE
YOU SEEING LET ME GET INTO
PRESENTER MODE AND MAKE SURE
YOU'RE SEEING THE CRACK SCREEN
THINKING THE RIGHT SCREEN. WE
ARE. WE'RE SEEING THE BEACH AND
PERFECT AND THE CLIFFS? YES
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME THIS MORNING, SO I'LL BE
TALKING A LITTLE BIT AT A HIGH
LEVEL ABOUT SOME OF THE IMPACTS
OF CLIFF EROSION. AND THIS IS
THE WORK OF ADAM YOUNG, WHO,
UNFORTUNATELY, COULDN'T BE HERE
TODAY AND THEN GO INTO SOME
DETAILS ABOUT SOME OF THE
CLIMATE PROJECTIONS THAT IMPACT
CLIFF EROSION. SO THIS IS JUST
LOOKING AT THESE ARE BOTH
PICTURES FROM THE DONMAR AREA
AND THE TWO MAIN MECHANISMS THAT
IMPACT EROSION ARE WAVE EROSION
AND THEN RAIN AND GROUNDWATER.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES,
THEY ACTUALLY HAPPENED AT
DIFFERENT POINTS ALONG THE
CLIFFS. AND SO THIS FIGURE IS
LOOKING AT. SO THIS IS A
CORRELATION, SO THE HIGHER THE
NUMBER THE MORE CONNECTION WITH
CLIFF EROSION AND WHAT YOU SEE
THIS PURPLE LINE IS WAVE IMPACT
HEIGHT, AND IT'S BLUE LINE IS
RAINFALL OVERALL. AND SO WHAT
YOU SEE HERE IN TERMS OF WE'VE
IMPACT HEIGHT. THE ELEVATION IS
LOWER ON THE CLIFT, WHEREAS THE
RAIN IMPACT IS A BIT HIGHER ON
THE CLIFF. AND SO THE DIFFERENT
MECHANISMS AND, UM, IMPACT CLIFF
EROSION IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND THEN ADAM YOUNG AND HIS TEAM
AT SCRIPTS HAS PUT TOGETHER THIS
CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLIFF EROSION
. VIEWER WEBSITES DON'T HERE,
BUT YOU CAN CLICK ON THESE
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND THEN YOU
GET AN IMAGE OR A FIGURE THAT
SHOWS BASED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT
MEASUREMENTS. THE RANGE OF THEIR
RATE OF CLIFF EROSION, AND SO
YOU CAN SEE THAT ALONG THE COAST
AND CAN, YOU KNOW, DIG INTO
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WORK
SPECIFICALLY. SO NEXT, I'M GOING
TO TURN TO SOME OF THE
PROJECTIONS OF KIND OF A CHANGE
AND HOW IT IMPACTS THOSE THE WAY
OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE AND THEIR
RAID, BUT BEFORE THAT, DO THAT I
WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE 101 B
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK
AND FORTH BETWEEN DIFFERENT
SCENARIOS AND WHEN YOU
UNDERSTAND THE LITTLE BIT, BUT
BETWEEN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THEM AND SIMILARITIES, UM SO THE
WAY WE LOOK AT CLIMATE
PROJECTIONS IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND
INSTITUTIONS RUN THESE GLOBAL
CLIMATE MODELS, BUT THERE'S A
AGREED UPON SET OF SCENARIOS.
AND THERE'S THE OLDER VERSION
WAS SEEN AT FIVE WHICH, IF YOU
CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE THE
PURPLE DIFFERENT BOXES AND
THEY'RE CALLED RCP S, UM AND
THIS WAS DONE. YOU KNOW, OVER 10
YEARS AGO, SO A LOT OF THE
RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE RECENTLY
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS SINCE YOU
USED THE CEMENT FIVE SCENARIOS.
MORE RECENTLY, THE NEXT SET OF
GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS HAVE COME
OUT, WHICH ARE CALLED SEMEN, SIX
AND EIGHT IS USED THESE SSP
SCENARIOS AND SO THE THAT THIS S
SP 370 IS OFTEN LESS SHOWN AS
THINKING OF THE MOST LIKELY
SCENARIO, BUT THIS FIGURE IS
JUST SHOWING HOW THESE DIFFERENT
SPS RELATE TO THE R. C P S. AND
I'M SHOWING BOTH BECAUSE OUR CPS
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE I HAVE
BEEN AROUND FOR A LOT LONGER. SO
SOME OF THE RESEARCH OR SOME OF
THE RESULTS ARE BASED ON THE R
C. P S WAS AS AS SPS ARE NEWER,
NEW RESEARCH IS COMING OUT OF
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO
SOME OF THEM ARE BASED ON THE S
S. P S THAT THEY ARE RELATIVELY
SIMILAR. SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO
THROW YOU OFF AND MANY OF THEM
AND JUST IT'S THE FIRST THING
I'LL TALK ABOUT IS CHANGES IN
FUTURE PRECIPITATION ON MONTHLY
AND THIS IS SHOWING HERE IS THE
MAP IN THE CORNER AND THIS IS
SHOWING FOR REGION SIX. SO THIS
COASTAL AREA UM, AND SO THIS IS
LOOKING AT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
CLIMATE MODELS AND THEIR HISTORY
GRAMS, SHOWING THE SHOWING ONE
MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS CREATED
IN 30% OF THE TOTAL WATER YEAR
HISTORICAL AVERAGE. AND SO THIS
IS HOW MUCH IN A MONTH UM, WHAT
YOU SEE HERE? HOW MUCH OF A
MONTH IS THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE
YEAR? SO AT 50% THAT MEANS THAT
MONTH GOT A 50% OF THE TOTAL
WATER. YOUR AVERAGE? UM AND THIS
IS LOOKING FROM THE FROM THE
GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS HISTORICAL
EARLY CENTURY, THE MID CENTURY
IN THE LATE CENTURY, SO WE'RE
PROBABLY MOST INTERESTED HERE
AND HERE. BUT WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE
IS IF YOU LOOK AT THIS IN THE
EARLY AND MID CENTURY, WE'RE
SEEING MORE AND MORE MONTHS THAT
ARE GETTING 100% OF THEIR WATER
, YOUR MARRIAGE AND JUST ONE
MONTH AND THAT INCREASES EVEN
MORE SO IN THE LATE CENTURY, AND
SO IF WE THINK OF THAT FIGURE
BEFORE, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
RAINWATER GROUNDS, WATER AS
YOU'RE GETTING MORE OF THIS,
HAVE YOU MONTHS THE POTENTIAL TO
THEY CONTRIBUTE TO CLIFFORD
VERSION INCREASES. WE'RE GOING
TO SWITCH TO LOOKING AT DAILY
PRECIPITATION. UM AND SO THIS IS
USING ALL ALL THREE OF THOSE
DIFFERENT SSP S AND THIS IS AT
THE END OF THE CENTURY OF
LOOKING AT IT, AND THE DIFFERENT
COLORS OF DOTS HERE ARE LOOKING
AT DIFFERENT SEASONS. BLUE IS
DECEMBER JANUARY, FEBRUARY, UH,
LIGHT GREEN IS SPRING, MARCH,
APRIL MAY DARK GREEN OF SUMMER,
JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. AND
ORANGE IS FALL SEPTEMBER,
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND SO THIS
IS THE PERCENT CHANGE IN THE
FIVE YEAR RETURNABLE. SO WHAT
YOU CAN IMAGINE IS, YOU KNOW THE
FOR EXAMPLE, HERE FOR DECEMBER,
JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND KIND OF
THIS MOST LIKELY SCENARIO THAT
FIVE YEAR RETURN INTERVAL IS
GOING TO BECOME A LITTLE OVER
10% MORE EXTREME. AND HERE. THIS
IS THE THAT THE AVERAGE OF ALL
THE DIFFERENT GCMS AND HERE YOU
CAN SEE THEIR RANGES. AND SO
THIS IS FROM THE FIVE YEAR
RETURN THE VAULT BUT YOU CAN SEE
THIS BECOMES EVEN MORE SO TRUE
WHEN YOU GET TO THESE HIGHER
EXTREME EVENTS OF THE 50 YEAR
RETURN INTERVAL AND THE 500 YEAR
RETURN INTERVAL WHERE THESE
EXTREMES UM THE PERCENT INCREASE
IS EVEN GREATER. AND SO NOW,
THAT'S THAT'S HE'S NOT SHOWING
UP. THE EXTREMES ARE GOING TO
BECOME MORE EXTREME, AND HERE IS
LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF WHAT
DAYS FOR THESE DIFFERENT
PERCENTILES. AND SO THIS IS FOR
SAN DIEGO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS
THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MOST
LIKELY SCENARIO, THESE NEW
PROJECTIONS AND THIS IS FROM THE
END OF THE CENTURY. WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT HERE IS THE NUMBER OF
WHAT DAYS AND THESE ARE BINNED
BY PERCENTAGE. HOW SERVICES
ZERO. THE 25TH PERCENTILE MAY
JUST TO 50TH. UM AND THEN GOING
ALL THE WAY UP, AND WHAT YOU
START TO SEE, REALLY IS ITS
INCREASE IN THE MOST THE MOST
EXTREME EVENTS AND SO 95 TO 99
ALL THE WAY UP TO THE 1990,
BRITAIN NINE. AND SO THE NUMBER
OF WHAT DAYS WITH THIS REALLY
EXTREME PRECIPITATION IS GOING
TO INCREASE SO THAT NOT ONLY
WILL THE DAILY UPSTREAM
PRESENTATION AND MORE EXTREME
THAT THE MOST EXTREME
PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MORE
FREQUENT. UM AND SO THIS IS
LOOKING AT SOME WORK THAT HAVE
BEEN DONE PREVIOUSLY ON THE RCP
SCENARIOS, SO THIS IS A CHANGE
IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION THAT'S
CONTRIBUTED TO BY REVERSE AND
WHAT ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS ARE
THESE ALONG GATED. THEY'RE JUST
LOOKING TO SELL MAKE THERE'S A
LITTLE ELONGATED PLUMES OF WATER
VAPOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE, AND
WHEN THEY INTERSECT WITH OUR
TOPOGRAPHY IN CALIFORNIA, YOU
CAN PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNTS OF
PRECIPITATION. OFTEN TIMES.
ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS CAN BE
BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THEY DO
PRODUCE, YOU KNOW PART OF OUR
WATER SUPPLY. UM BUT WHEN THEY
ARE TOO INTENSE STALL AND RE
BEING TOO LONG, THEY CAN BE
DETRIMENTAL AND CAUSE FUNNY. AND
SO THIS IS JUST LOOKING AT ALL
TYPES OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS. BUT
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UM IN THE
SAME TWO AND A RIVER BASIN, FOR
EXAMPLE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
HERE IS THE DAILY PRECIPITATION
BASED ON PERCENTILE. AND SO
THESE MOST EXTREME, AS SHOULD BE
FOUR TYPES OF PRECIPITATION ARE
GOING TO INCREASE. BUT THAT'S
GREAT SHADING WHICH YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE HERE IS THAT IS IT
INCREASED AS A RESULT OF ACTS
HERE REVERSE, SO IT'S REALLY
THESE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS THAT
ARE DRIVING. THESE EXTREME
EVENTS. THANKS SO NOW I'M GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER PART OF
THE OTHER MECHANISM THAT IMPACTS
BECAUSE EROSION WHICH IS THE
LEVEL RISE EROSION. AND SO
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THIS SIDE
. THE LEVEL RISES ONE OF THE
CLIMATE VARIABLES THAT IN THE
NEAR TERM IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
SORT OF, BUT IN THE LONG TERM
BECOMES HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AND
GIVEN THE TIMELINE AND THE
INTEREST AND FOR THE RAIL, IT'S
REALLY THIS NEAR TERM THAT
PROBABLY MOST I'M INTERESTED IN.
BUT JUST IN CONSIDERATION FOR
SOME OF THAT LONG TERM PLANNING
THAT WAS MENTIONED, UM I THINK
IT'S WORTHWHILE TO MENTION SOME
OF THE LATER CENTURY INPUT. AND
SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE
AND THIS IS FROM AND YOU REPORT
ON THAT CAME OUT. IT WAS A MULTI
AGENCY REPORT ON SEA LEVEL RICE
. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT
HERE IS THIS BLACK LINE IS THIS
OVER THE WHOLE US IS THE
HISTORICAL RECORD IN TERMS BASED
ON THAI DATA OBSERVATIONS AND
THEN OUT TO 2050, WHICH WE'RE
CALLING THIS NEAR TERM, YOU CAN
EXTRAPOLATE THIS, UM, WITH
OBSERVATION EXTRAPOLATION, AND
THEN YOU GET THESE VARIOUS
DIFFERENT, UM, LOW INTERMEDIATE.
INTERMEDIATE HIGH AND HIGH AND
THIS IS THE BASED ON OUR
UNDERSTANDING AND OBSERVATIONS.
UM AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES
OF MODELING THE RANGE OF
POSSIBILITIES. AND I SHOWED THIS
FOR THE THIS IS US WIDE. BUT I
SHOWED THE NUMBERS IN THE
REPORT. UM THROUGHOUT THE
SOUTHWEST. 2050 THIS ISN'T FEET
RELATIVE 200. SO THIS FOR THE
SOUTHWEST IS OBSERVED,
EXTRAPOLATED LINE BE
APPROXIMATELY 0.8 FT BY 2050,
WHEREAS YOU CAN SEE THE RANGE
BETWEEN THE LOW AND THE HIVE ALL
IN FEET. I WILL MENTION AND
THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THIS LONG
TERM PLANNING AS YOU GO FURTHER
OUT, AS YOU CAN SEE THIS
UNCERTAINTY IN THE SHADED REGION
INCREASES QUITE SUBSTANTIALLY,
AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH TWO MAIN
FACTORS. ONE IS A FUTURE
SCENARIOS IN TERMS OF GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS AND HOW RAPIDLY
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE. AND THEN
THE OTHER ONE IS THE
UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ICE SHEETS
OF THINKING ANTARCTICA AND
GREENLAND WILL REACT TO IT. AND
THERE THERE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE
PLACES THAT ARE HARD TO GET TO
AND HARD TO MEASURE, AND IT'S
ALSO COMPLEX MODELING. AND SO
THERE'S A FAIR BIT OF
UNCERTAINTY AND HOW THEY WAS
RESPOND, ESPECIALLY IN THE
LATTER HALF OF THIS CENTURY. AND
SO THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY YOU
SEE THIS INCREASED SPREAD,
INSERT AND UNCERTAINTY PAST THAT
2015 POINT. UM BUT JUST THINKING
ABOUT EXTREMES, AND, UM, AND SO
WHAT I'M GONNA DO WHAT THIS IS
ACTUALLY SHOWING IS, UM, A TOTAL
WATER LEVEL FOR KIND OF A
MINIMUM LOADS IN THAT SCENARIO
AT LOS MOYAMOYA. UM AND THIS IS
EACH OF THESE RED DOTS REPRESENT
TIME WHERE THE TOTAL SEA LEVEL
EXCEEDS THAT HISTORICAL HEIGHT,
WHICH IN LAWYER WAS IN 2015. AND
SO YOU KNOW, IN 2050. IT HAPPENS
PERIODICALLY BUT BY 2075 JUST A
REOCCURRENCE OF HITTING THIS
EXTREME TOTAL WATER LEVEL AND
THEN 2100. SO THIS IS JUST THAT
INDICATION, AND THESE ARE
YEARLONG SNAPSHOTS, RIGHT? AND
SO THIS IS JUST A VISUAL WAY TO
THINK ABOUT HOW OFTEN BASED ON
LIKE I SAID HERE, ONE PROJECTION
, BUT JUST AS A REPRESENTATIVE,
HOW OFTEN WE GET THOSE HIGH SEA
LEVELS THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO
CLOSE CLIFFORD MOTION. UM NOW
LOOKING AT THIS AND MORE OF A
TIME SERIES OF YOUR POINT, UM,
THIS IS YOU KNOW, FROM VARIOUS
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT THIS IS
NUMBER OF HOURS PER YEAR OVER
THAT MAXIMUM SEA LEVEL AND SO
YOU CAN SEE FOR, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S VARIOUS DIFFERENT UM
UNCERTAINTY, BUT THAT INCREASE
OVER TIME, AND THIS IS JUST A
SNAPSHOT OF 2014. BUT THEN YOU
CAN TAKE THIS. 2040 ALSO
EXTRAPOLATED OUT AND UNCERTAINTY
THAT HAPPENED. THE LEADER UM
HALF OF THE CENTURY. YOU START
TO SEE THIS IS WHY UNCERTAINTY
AND YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT. AND
YOU KNOW HOW MANY MORE HOURS PER
YEAR AND THEN EVENTUALLY COME
TWO MORE DAYS PER YEAR AND THEN
APPEARS ACTUALLY ALMOST A MONTH
FOR A YEAR. AND SO THIS IS THIS
KIND OF A DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT
AND ALSO IN CONSIDERING THE
UNCERTAINTY AND WHAT WE DO AND
DON'T UNDERSTAND. IN TERMS OF UM
WHAT'S THE LEVEL RISE? DON'T
UNDERSTAND HER JUST DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WILL DO AS A AS AN
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN TERMS
OF GREENHOUSE GASSES. THE LAST
THING I WANTED TO END ON IS
LOOKING AT HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE OF SEA LEVEL. AND
THIS IS DARNELL. I MEAN YOU AND
LONNIE PHASE. UM AND SO WHAT
YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS A
PERCENT OF EXTREME LEVEL EVENTS
THAT HAPPENED DURING VARIOUS
DIFFERENT PHASES. AND SO RIGHT
NOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW,
STRONG EL NINO VERSUS A WEEK NO
NEUTRAL. AND UM, ANEMIA AND A
STRONG ONE MEDIA, SO IT REALLY
STANDS OUT IS THAT MOST OF OUR
EXTREME SEA LEVEL EVENTS
HISTORICALLY HAVE HAPPENED.
JERRY AND A STRONG EL NINO EARLY
, UM MODERATE ONION, YALE. AND
YOU CAN SEE HERE SO THAT THE
ABSOLUTE VALUES ARE THE TOTAL
VALUES AND ANOMALOUS IS THAT I
WOULD SAY UNACCEPTED IF YOU TAKE
AWAY THE TIDE CYCLES. AND SO AND
THEN TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THIS
PLANE IN TERMS OF THINKING ABOUT
THE UPCOMING WINTER. SO THIS IS
FROM, UM THEY DON'T KNOW. SO
RESEARCH INTO TUT'S, SO THEY
PROVIDE A PROJECTION OF, UM UM
EVERY MONTH, AND THE LAST WAS
FROM JULY 2023. AND WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING AT IS DIFFERENT
PROJECTIONS FROM VARIOUS
DIFFERENT MODELS OF THE END OF
THE CHANCES OF ON, YOU KNOW, AND
THESE DIFFERENT THREE MONTHS
THREE TIMES AND SO ANYTHING HERE
ABOUT MAKE FIVE IS CONSIDERED AN
ONLY VIDEO AND YOU CAN DO THIS
IN DIFFERENT WAYS. ONE IS USING
A DYNAMICAL MODEL. SO IF YOU
THINK LIKE A WEATHER FORECASTING
MODEL THAT RUNS A FULL BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT CALCULATIONS AND
MIMICS HOW OUR CLIMATE SYSTEM
WORKS. THIS IS A RED LINE AND
YOU CAN SEE THIS WINTER. THIS IS
DYNAMICAL MODELS ARE REALLY
PROJECTING, UM, MUCH STRONGER OF
AN OMNI. NO STATISTICAL MODELS
LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW THE
STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT VARIABLES AND MODELS
ARE SET UP AND THAT OLD AGREED
LINE IS THAT THE AVERAGE OF THE
SOPHISTICATED MODELS AND THEN
THIS BLUE LINE, WHICH ACTUALLY
SAY INDICATES A LESS STRONG
ONEDIO. WHEREAS THIS BLUE MINE
IS, UM FOR WHAT COUNTS ON THE
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AT
NOAH IS FORECASTING, WHICH IS A
BIT WEAKER THAN MALE MENIAL
COMPARED TO THAT I AM FROM
MODELS PHYSICAL MODELS. AND SO
AND THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE
URGENCY, ALTHOUGH CLIMATE CHANGE
WILL IMPACT EROSION THERE ALSO
EVENTS THAT HAPPENED CURRENTLY
THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
OBVIOUSLY IMPACT THE EROSION
EROSION NOW AND SO WELL THAT
JUST WRAP UP WITH SOME SUMMARY
POINTS THAT CLIFF RETREAT IS
AFFECTED BY BOTH WAIVER,
CORROSION AND RAIN AND
GROUNDWATER. BUT IT WAS EROSION
OCCURS CLOSER TO THE BASE OF THE
CLIFF. RAIN. GROUNDWATER IS
HIGHER UP ON THE CLIFFS. FUTURE
PRODUCTIONS OF PRECIPITATION, UM
, HIGHLIGHT THAT BOTH EXTREME
MONTHLY TOTALS WILL BECOME MORE
EXTREME AND EXTREME EVENTS
LARGELY CAUSED BY ATMOSPHERE,
REVERSE WILL BECOME MORE EXTREME
AND MORE FREQUENT, UM, SEA LEVEL
RISE AS A LOT MORE CERTAIN IN
THE NEXT 30 YEARS. BEYOND THAT,
THERE'S THIS INCREASE IN
UNCERTAINTY, BUT MORE FREQUENT
EXTREMES ARE PROJECTED. AND THEN
ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT,
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS UPCOMING
WINTER IS ANEMIA EVENTS
HISTORICALLY HAVE CAUSED AND
MOST UNDER EXTREME MONTH
SEALABLE EVENTS. YOU KNOW, NINO
IS FORECASTED FOR THIS WINTER.
UM SO I LOVE CAN STOP THERE. AND
A HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR
KURLANSKY. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
AND MAYBE WE WILL NOW ASK MR
EDSON TO PUT THAT CLIMATE
INFORMATION AND CONTEXT OF THE
RAIL LINE.
ROWAN. THE OTHER ONE. STOP IT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AS AS AS
THE PRESENTATION JUST BEFORE US
DISCUSSED AND THERE ARE
SIGNIFICANT SEA LEVEL RISE,
FLOODING AND EROSION EVENTS THAT
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
HAPPENING IN THIS CORRIDOR. THE
SOME OF THE ESTIMATES THAT WE
HAVE BEEN SHARED WITH US PREDICT
THAT BLUFF RETREAT COULD HAVE
AVERAGE BLUFF RETREAT COULD BE
UP TO SIX INCHES PER YEAR IN
SOME PLACES. AND SO THE NEED TO
BOTH PROTECT THE CORRIDOR.
THAT'S THERE IN THE SHORT TERM,
AND LOOK AT LOOK AT REALIGNMENT
ALTERNATIVES. UM RIGHT? IT IS
VERY REAL IN THIS IN THIS
CORRIDOR. UM THE COASTAL THREATS
HERE ARE NOT ONLY ON THE SOUTH
END OF THE QUARTER AS WE'VE
BEEN, YOU KNOW, EMPHASIZING WITH
DEL MAR IN ST CLEMENTE OVER THE
LAST TWO COMMITTEE HEARINGS, BUT
THEY'RE ALSO ON THE NORTH END OF
THE CORRIDOR. AND UM, AND JUST
JUST A MAP HERE THAT I'LL PUT UP
AND THEN I'LL COME BACK TO THE
OTHER SLIDE. ON THE NORTH END.
WE RECENTLY FUNDED A PORTION OF
THE ROUGHLY $85 MILLION OF
INVESTMENTS NECESSARY IN THESE
FIVE LOCATIONS WITH SIMILAR
KINDS OF BLUFF ISSUES AND
EROSION, ISSUES, THINGS THAT
NEED TO BE STABILIZED AND
HARDENED ON THE NORTH END. AND
SO AS WE KIND OF THINK
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR IS
THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
EARLIER. THE SUCCESS OF THE
CORRIDOR DEPENDS ON THE WHOLE
QUARTER BEING OPEN AND THOSE
NORTH END NORTH END IMPROVEMENTS
THAT START WITH THESE FIVE
PROJECTS ARE ONES THAT WE'RE
GETTING GOING ON HERE IN THE IN
THE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WITH
FUNDING THAT WAS AWARDED EARLIER
THIS YEAR. UM THE. THE WHILE.
THE WHILE THE SHORT TERM UM
FOCUS HERE IS ON IS ON SHORING
UP THE RELIABILITY OF THE
CORRIDOR. WE ARE WE ARE
DETERMINED TO PUT FUNDING
TOWARDS THE STUDIES THAT LOOK AT
PLANNING THE FUTURE. I'M JUST IN
THE LAST IN THE LAST YEAR, $365
MILLION HAS BEEN MADE MADE
AVAILABLE FOR BLUFF
STABILIZATION AND PLANNING
EFFORTS. MOSTLY THROUGH ERCP,
ALSO THROUGH SOME OF THE TIP,
FUNDING AND OTHER SOURCES THAT
HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE. BUT
THIS IS THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE
AN ONGOING NEED, EVEN AS WE'RE
LOOKING AT REALIGNMENT
REALIGNMENT IN THE IN THE
CORRIDOR. UM THE. THE OVERALL
PERFORM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT IS CRITICAL TO THE
CORRIDOR IS HAVING A GROWING
RIDERSHIP IN USE OF THIS
CORRIDOR SO THAT THOSE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE IN THE
FUTURE CAN BE AFFORDED. UM AND
IN AFFORDABLE TO US, AS WE LOOK
AT HAVING MORE DEMAND FOR
PASSENGERS MORE DEMAND FOR FREE
THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER AS WE GET
PROJECTS LIKE THE LOTION THE
UNION STATION RUN THROUGH TRACKS
DONE IN THAT BRINGS MORE RIDERS
TO THIS CORRIDOR. THAT'S PART OF
WHEN WE GET TO SOME OF THE
FUNDING DISCUSSION HERE IS PART
OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE
ABILITY TO PUT RESOURCES TOWARDS
SOME OF THESE THREATS IS A MORE
IMPORTANT THIS QUARTER IS IN THE
ECONOMIC THE ECONOMIC USE OF THE
CORRIDOR. UM FOR BOTH PASSENGERS
AND FREIGHT, THE MORE LIKELY IT
IS THAT WE CAN GET THE PRIORITY
ON FUNDING TO MEET SOME OF THESE
THREATS. SO YOU KNOW, THE STATE
RAIL PLAN CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT
THE NEED FOR INVESTMENT HERE. WE
HIGHLIGHT THE AREAS ALL ALONG
THE QUARTER THAT ARE THAT ARE
THREATENED BY THE KIND OF ISSUES
THAT WERE JUST HIGHLIGHTED BY
SCRIPTS. AND, UH, IN IN. THIS IS
REALLY AN AREA WHERE WE WANT TO
CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE
AGENCIES THAT ARE THE OWNERS OF
THE CORRIDOR TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE RIGHT
KIND OF PROJECTS IN GETTING
THOSE FUNDED AND PLANNING FOR
THE FUTURE. SO THAT'S REALLY
WHERE I WOULD LEAVE IT HERE AND
THEN TAKE QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK
YOU. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS
SECTION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL
THREATS? I DO NOT SEE ANY BUT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
TESTIMONY. YES YES, CERTAINLY
DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST
WANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT
THIS CONVERSATION IS TO THE
ENTIRE CORRIDOR. UM AS I
REPRESENT VENTURA AND SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY WE TALKED ABOUT,
UM AH, JUST THE IMPACT IN TERMS
OF SAFETY, AND I REPRESENT
PORTRAY NIEMI AS WELL. AND UM,
HAVING HAD MULTIPLE EVACUATIONS
AND MULTIPLE HIGHWAY 101
CLOSURES, RAIL IS WHAT WE RELY
ON AND CERTAINLY IN 2017 18 WHEN
THE 101 WAS CLOSED FOR 13 DAYS
THAT RAIL BECAME THE ONLY WAY
THAT WE COULD GET IN AND OUT OF
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FOR THOSE
13 DAYS WHILE CALTRANS WORKED 24
HOURS A DAY TO TRY TO MITIGATE
THE IMPACT THAT THE FIRE
FOLLOWED BY THE DEBRIS FLOWS HAD
AND SO I THINK FOR ME AGAIN, NO
QUESTION IS JUST A MATTER OF
STATING HOW CRITICAL THIS IS FOR
SAFETY. AND WE KNOW THAT IS, YOU
KNOW, AS FAR AS CLIMATE YES,
IT'S IMPACTED BY SEA LEVEL RISE
AS WELL. BUT WITH THE WILDFIRES
, THE EXTREME HEAT AND
EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH THAT
IT ALSO IMPACTS THIS RAIL. SO
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW,
I KNOW A LOT OF THIS
CONVERSATION. THE HEARING TODAY
HAS BEEN ON WHAT IS HAPPENING,
YOU KNOW, IN THE SAN DIEGO
ORANGE COUNTY PORTION OF THE
RAIL, BUT CERTAINLY THOSE OF US
THAT REPRESENT OTHER COUNTIES
WITH THIS RAIL ARE LOOKING
CLOSELY AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
NOW BECAUSE THAT MAY BE THE
FUTURE OF THESE OTHER COUNTIES
AND THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN
THOSE OTHER COUNTIES. SO UM, I
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION BUT
JUST WANT TO NOTE THE SEVERITY
OF NOT HAVING ACCESS TO THIS
ALONG THE COAST. WELL AND MAYBE
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP RIGHT
THERE, THAT'S UP. THERE ARE
THESE FIVE HOT SPOTS IN YOUR
AREAS THAT AND MAYBE MR EDSON
MIGHT DO YOU WANT TO SAY A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU WERE SAYING
THOSE ARE FIVE PRIORITY SPOTS?
DO YOU WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS? YEAH,
WELL, I MEAN THE DETAILS ON EACH
THE SCOPE OF EACH PROJECT I
DON'T HAVE, LIKE RIGHT HERE WITH
ME TODAY, BUT WHAT I WILL
EMPHASIZE IS THAT YOU KNOW, MANY
OF THESE ARE BLOOD STABILIZATION
EFFORTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE
TRACK ALONG THE RAIL CORRIDOR IS
STABLE. UM PART OF WHAT'S
IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO SOME
OF THESE PROJECTS HERE WITH
STATE AND STATE RESOURCES, BUT
WE ALSO ARE GOING AFTER FEDERAL
RESOURCES FOR THE SAME PROJECTS,
AND SO MUCH OF THE QUARTER HERE.
THESE WON'T ALL HAPPEN IN THE
OTHER QUARTER. HARDENING EFFORTS
THAT NEED TO HAPPEN CAN'T HAPPEN
WITH ONLY THE STATE FUNDS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE. WE ALSO NEED
FEDERAL FUNDS TO GET
ACCOMPLISHED AND SO THAT THAT
KIND OF PARTNERSHIP IN GOING TO
DC AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE
AWARE THAT THESE ARE PROJECTS
THAT WE NEED TO GET BUILT SO
THAT THE RAILROAD CAN STAY OPEN.
YOU KNOW, THE FALLBACK. BUT WHAT
HAPPENS IN SOME OF THESE
LOCATIONS IS THAT YOU MAY BE
ABLE TO KEEP RUNNING THE TRAINS
FOR A WHILE LONGER UNTIL THERE'S
A CATASTROPHIC EVENT, BUT IN THE
MEANTIME, YOU'RE SLOWING THE
TRAINS WAY DOWN. YOU'RE MAKING
YOU'RE HAVING TO DO A LOT OF
EXTRA MAINTENANCE IN THESE AREAS
, AND SO WE'RE STILL IN THE
PROCESS IN LOS HANDS DOING A LOT
OF THIS WORK WITH THE UNION
PACIFIC RAILROAD IN THIS AREA
BECAUSE THEY'RE THE RAILROAD
OWNER OF IDENTIFYING ALL THE
PLACES THAT ARE AT THREAT. AND
THESE WERE THE HOT SPOT PROJECTS
THAT KIND OF ROSE TO THE TOP OF
THE LIST EACH OF THESE
LOCATIONS, BUT THERE ARE MORE
THAT WE'RE AWARE OF ALONG THE
ALONG THE QUARTER THAT WILL BE
DETAILED IN THE FUTURE, JUST
POINTS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF
CONTINUING THIS WORK OF PLANNING
AND TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL WORK OF
LIKE LOOKING AT WHERE WE NEED TO
MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS. AND THEN
AND THEN USING OUR BEST AND OUR
BLESSED THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS
WE CAN GET FROM THOSE WHO ARE
STUDYING THIS TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY. GREAT WELL, THAT'S A
OH YES, SENATOR. QUICK QUESTION
YEARS AGO, THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
UM, QUARTER IN THE SYSTEM HAD A
LEG FROM LOS ANGELES THROUGH THE
INLAND EMPIRE DOWN TO SAN DIEGO
AND LOVE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH
THAT YOU ARE OKAY. UM AND THAT
WAS THE SEGMENT OF THE SYSTEM
THAT ATTRACTED THE GREATEST
INTEREST FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
, EVEN FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO
FUND THAT PORTION OF HIGH SPEED
RAIL THAT WAS SORT OF THE JEWEL
OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM. AND I
REALIZED THAT THERE ARE ALL
KINDS OF CHALLENGES WITH HIGH
SPEED RAIL, BUT IN TERMS OF
GETTING FROM LOS ANGELES TO SAN
DIEGO, UM EFFICIENTLY, UM AND AS
OPPOSED TO GOING DOWN THE COAST
. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT
IN THE VIABILITY, WHETHER IT
WILL HAPPEN IN MY
GRANDCHILDREN'S LIFETIME, OR NOT
? ONE SONG THAT THAT CORRIDOR IS
STILL IN THE STATE IS IN THE
STATE RAIL PLAN AS A AS A
QUARTER OF FIRE LONG TERM
VISION. SO FOR 2040 2050 IN BOTH
THE 2018 IN THE UPCOMING 2023
RAIL PLAN. THAT IS A HIGH SPEED
RAIL CORRIDOR IS STILL A
PRIORITY. THE NATURE OF THAT IS
LEVERAGING THE EAST WEST SERVICE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN
BETWEEN LOS ANGELES IN BOTH SAN
BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE OUT
THROUGH RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND
THEN REALLY THAT THE HIGHEST
SPEED SEGMENT IS FROM RANCHO
CUCAMONGA AND ONTARIO CORONA
DOWN TO SAN DIEGO ON THAT INLAND
CORRIDOR. THIS IS A CORRIDOR
THAT IS DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH IN
THE WAY OF TUNNELING AND OTHER
KINDS OF INVESTMENTS. SO IT IS A
CANDIDATE FOR THE TYPE OF
INVESTMENT THAT WE SEE COMING.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S OF
INTEREST COMPANIES LIKE BRIGHT
LINE, SO THOSE CORRIDORS THAT
THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE HIGHWAY
RIGHT OF WAY OR NEAR IT OFTEN
HAVE OUR YOU KNOW EASIER TO
CONSTRUCT AT THAT POINT IN TIME
, SO YES, IT'S STILL VERY MUCH.
IT DOESN'T SERVE ALL THE
POPULATION, BUT IT ACTUALLY
CONNECTS A VERY HIGH HIGH HIGH
AMOUNT OF POPULATION FROM THE
INLAND EMPIRE TO SAN DIEGO IN
REALLY CONNECTS TO THE EAST WEST
MOBILITY THAT METROLINK AND
OTHERS TODAY PROVIDE THAT IS IN
THE IN THE LONG RANGE STATE RAIL
PLAN, SO GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT
SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES. THIS WAS
ILLUSTRATED DAY WITH LOW SAND
RAIL QUARTER GOING DOWN THE
COAST. UM, IS THERE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT ACCELERATING
HIGH SPEED RAIL? I KNOW THAT AT
ONE POINT, IT WOULD GO FROM
ANAHEIM TO LOS ANGELES OUT TO
THE INTERNET EMPIRE AND THEN
DOWN TO SAN DIEGO. UM IT IDEALLY
MUCH, MUCH FASTER THAN IN
AUTOMOBILE MIGHT TRAVEL THAT
ROUTE. SO IS THERE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT ACCELERATING
THAT PORTION OF HIGH SPEED RAIL
GIVEN GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT THESE
CHALLENGES ON THE LOW SAND
QUARTER? THESE ARE ALL BIG
PROJECTS THAT TAKE TIME TO
IMPLEMENT, AND I THINK THEY'RE
THE BOTH CORRIDORS ARE CORRIDORS
THAT WE AT THE STATE LEVEL C AS
NEEDING TO ADVANCE, SO WE STILL
NEED TO KEEP THE CURRENT LOW
SAND QUARTER OPEN, HIGH SPEED
RAIL THERE FOR PHASE ONE GOES
DOWN AS FAR AS ANAHEIM. IN THE
OTHER SERVICES ON THE COAST ARE
STILL IMPORTANT, BUT IN TERMS OF
REALLY GROWING GROWING RIDERSHIP
IN CONNECTING NEW MARKETS TO SAN
DIEGO IN DOING THAT, AN
EFFICIENT WAY THAT SERVES
ADDITIONAL MARKETS THAT HIGH
SPEED LEG IS IMPORTANT, BUT I
THINK YOU KNOW EACH OF THESE
INVESTMENTS, WHETHER IT'S YOU
KNOW, REALIGNING PARTS OF THE
RAIL LINE. UM MAKING THE KIND OF
CAPACITY INCREASES THAT WE NEED
TO MAKE ON THE COASTAL CORRIDOR
AS WELL AS UM, SERVING
PASSENGERS WITH THE INTERIOR
ROUTE. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE ALL
VERY IMPORTANT STATE RAIL PLAN.
THEY'RE IMPORTANT, BUT THE FACT
THAT LAUSANNE CORRIDOR COASTAL
CORRIDOR IS DETERIORATING
DOESN'T CHANGE THE EQUATION
WHATSOEVER. UM I AM NOT. IT'S
NOT. I THINK THEY BOTH HAVE AND
DEEP IMPORTANCE TO THE ECONOMY
OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
TO THE STATE. SO I DON'T THINK
THAT THE ONE THE ONE REPLACES
THE OTHER OR MAKES THAT LESS
IMPORTANT. THEY'RE BOTH SERVING
HE AND DIFFERENT NEEDS THAN THE
OTHER. OKAY I'M NOT SURE THAT
THAT QUITE ANSWERS THE QUESTION
, BUT BUT I'LL TAKE IT IN ANY
EVENT. THANK YOU. I THINK
ULTIMATELY, IT'S ABOUT
INVESTMENT AND RESOURCES AND
PRIORITIZING EITHER OF THEM OR
BOTH OF THEM. BUT THAT ALSO
LEADS US INTO OUR NEXT PANEL
DISCUSSION, WHICH IS ABOUT
FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTMENT. SO
UM, MAYBE WE WILL MOVE FORWARD
TO THAT AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL COMMENTS TO OUR
COMMENTERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT SO
WE WOULD INVITE MR BRADLEY
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF JOBS TO COME
BACK UP. HE'S AROUND HERE. YES,
THERE HE IS. AND THEN THIS IS
THE LAST SECTION. TODAY SO IT IS
ON FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTMENT.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO NOT SURE
WHICH OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
START? MR EDSON, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO START? I'D LIKE TO START OUT
THE FUNDING SECTION HERE WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF EMPHASIS ON THE
KIND OF TIES BACK TO THE
THREATS. DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD,
WHICH IS THE COST OF SHUTDOWNS
IN THE CORRIDOR BECAUSE IT'S
ACTUALLY ON THE IN THE NEAR TERM
EFFECTS ARE FUNDING. UM
CONTINUED SHUTDOWNS OF THE
CORRIDOR RAISED THE HAPPENING
COST OF THE CORRIDOR IN THAT
THEN PUTS AT RISK. THE FUNDING
WE HAVE FOR THE INTERCITY RAIL
PROGRAM HAS A HOLE IN, UM IN
CALIFORNIA IF ONGOING SHUTDOWN
RELATED COSTS CONTINUE TO HIT
OUR OPERATING BUDGET. AND SO
THAT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE
PROTECTING THE RAILROAD AND
BEING ABLE TO GET IT REOPENED
QUICKLY, IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
THE ONGOING OPERATING FUNDING
THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THE
SERVICES THAT RUN THERE. IN
ADDITION, THE KIND OF EMERGENCY
FUNDING APPROACHES THAT WE HAVE
FOR THE KIND OF CURRENT PROJECTS
THOSE TAKE RESOURCES THAT WERE
RESERVED FOR OTHER CAPITAL
PROJECTS IN IN IN THE EITHER IN
THE TIP OR IN OTHER CAPITAL
PROGRAMS AND SO WELL IMPORTANT
TO GET THE RAILROAD REOPENED. UM
IT. THEY ALSO THEY ALSO HAVE
THAT IMPACT ON CURRENT FUNDING.
WHERE MAYBE WE HAD OTHER
PROJECTS. WE WERE PLANNING TO
PUT THE MONEY INTO IN THE IN THE
LAUSANNE QUARTER, THEY HAVE TO
BE SHIFTED OVER TO DOING THE
EMERGENCY REPAIRS. THAT'S JUST A
BRIEF COMMENT ON THE ON THE
IMPACT OF THAT SHUTDOWN, AND
ALSO THAT YOU KNOW IT. IT
AFFECTS OUR LONG TERM RIDERSHIP
AS AS AS WRITERS WHO WANT TO USE
THE CORRIDOR HAVE SIGNIFICANT
PERIODS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO USE
IT. SO THAT'S JUST A KEY TOPIC
FOR US IN A VERY SHORT TERM. IN
TERMS OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL
FUNDING SOURCES. TODAY WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT
ARE THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH
LARGELY SP ONE AND GT R F
GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, FUND
RESOURCES CAP AND TRADE
RESOURCES, AND THOSE ARE THE TRC
PIECED A TRAIL ASSISTANCE. THE
SP ONE PROGRAMS THAT CTC THE
TRADE QUARTER ENHANCEMENT
PROGRAM, CONGESTED QUARTER
PROGRAM, STATE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP
. THESE HAVE PUT VERY
SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES INTO THE
CORRIDOR IN RECENT YEARS, AND,
UM UH, BOTH SAN DIEGO COUNTY. UM
L, A COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES
IN THE NORTH END OF THE QUARTER
OF ALL RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT
RESOURCES TO EXPAND SERVICE,
INCREASED FREQUENCIES AND
FURTHER INVEST IN THE CORRIDOR.
HOWEVER THESE THESE FUNDING
PROGRAMS DO NOT HAVE LARGE
ANNUAL BUDGETS, THEIR STATEWIDE
PROGRAMS AND SO THE AMOUNT OF
RESOURCE THAT COMES OUT OF THEM
THAT CAN SOLVE MULTIBILLION
DOLLAR PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE
WILL BE WILL BE LIMITED. BUT
THEY HAVE BEEN A VERY
SIGNIFICANT AYE. ELEMENT OF
KEEPING THE CORRIDOR IN AN
IMPROVING STATE. THE JUST IN
THIS LAST, UH FEW MONTHS. WE'VE
HAD $100 MILLION OF FUNDING GO
INTO THE SANTA GATO LAGOON
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT IN DOUBLE
TRACK PROJECT CTC IS ALLOCATED
OVER $100 MILLION TO THE BAD
IQUITOS BRIDGE. THERE ARE THAT
WE ALSO PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING
INTO THE FORWARD INJUNCTION AND
UM, AREA. AND I JUST EMPHASIZE
THAT THESE ARE THE KINDS OF
INVESTMENTS THAT YOU CAN
CONTINUE TO SEE IN THE CORRIDOR,
BUT THEIR THEIR INVESTMENTS THAT
ARE OFTEN DOING THINGS IN THE
TENS OF MILLIONS OR MAYBE LOW,
100 MILLIONS AT A TIME, AND WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF THE
FUTURE THERE IS THAT NOT ENOUGH
HERE TO MEET THE LARGEST OF
THOSE NEEDS. UM WE ALSO HAVE YOU
KNOW THAT THE ONGOING AND THE
HISTORY OF LARGE SALES TAX
MEASURE BASED BASED INVESTMENTS
IN THE CORRIDOR AND AS PROGRAMS
GET RENEWED AND THOUGHT ABOUT
FOR THE FUTURE. THOSE ARE ALSO
POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR
PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE
PRIORITIZED. AND FINALLY WE HAVE
A FEDERAL PARTNER AND I GUESS IN
THE FEDERAL CONTEXT, I WOULD
EMPHASIZE THAT MANY OF THESE
PROGRAMS HAVE THE AMOUNTS OF
FUNDING THEY'RE WORKING WITH
RIGHT NOW TIED TO FIVE YEAR FIVE
YEAR, UM ADVANCED APPROPRIATIONS
THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING
TO BE FUNDED AT THAT SAME LEVEL
IN THE FUTURE. THESE PROGRAMS,
MANY OF THEM EXISTED BEFORE THE
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW.
THE I J A BUT THEY DO NOT
CONTINUE WITH THAT SAME LEVEL OF
FUNDING IF WE GO BACK TO REGULAR
APPROPRIATIONS LEVELS IN
WASHINGTON, AND SO AGAIN, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS THAT
CAN INVEST IN IN THE CORRIDOR.
BUT THE LARGEST OF THESE THE
FEDERAL STATE PARTNERSHIP FOR
INTERSTATE PASSENGER RAIL ITS
FUNDING OUTSIDE OF THE NORTHEAST
CORRIDOR FOR EVERY PROJECT
ACROSS THE NATION IS $12 BILLION
OVER FIVE YEARS, AND SOME OF
THAT IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS
OF BEING GIVEN OUT. SO UM, WE
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE OUR PROJECTS
THROUGH PLANNING AND THROUGH
PURSUING GRANTS WE CAN. WE CAN
ALSO LOOK AT SOME OF THE FUTURE
POSSIBILITY OF BASED FUNDING
BEING USED TO MAKE QUARTER
IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT THEY CAN
FUND UM IN IN IN AND SO THAT THE
FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE VERY
IMPORTANT TO OUR PURSUIT WE ARE
PUTTING IN GRANT APPLICATIONS
WERE WORKING WITH WITH LOW SAND
AND SAND BAG AND TO AND OTHERS
ON THOSE APPLICATIONS. WHEN WE
WHEN WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO APPLY
FOR THEM. BUT, UM WHERE I WILL
GO WITH THIS IS THAT IT'S LIKELY
THAT THESE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE
INSUFFICIENT TO MEET THE KINDS
OF NEEDS THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT HERE TODAY. THEY'RE
CURRENTLY KNOWN GRANT AND
CAPITAL FUNDING SOURCES. UM
CAN'T DO LARGE SCALE RAIL RAIL
LINE RELOCATION THAT IS IN THE
OVER $10 BILLION RANGE ACROSS
SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE
OUT THERE TODAY. AND SO THAT
BRINGS US TO THAT POTENTIAL ROLE
OF FINANCING TOOLS THAT MAY BE
NEEDED. AS WE START TO DEFINE
BETTER, THE FUTURE THIS
CORRIDOR. UM THAT THAT IS EASIER
TO DO. IF YOU HAVE A GROWING
MARKET USING THE CORRIDOR IF YOU
HAVE MORE RIDERS IF YOU HAVE
MORE FREIGHT TRAINS, AND BECAUSE
THE BOTH THE FUNDING AGENCIES
THAT WE HAVE, UM THAT THAT THAT
THAT CAN USE KIND OF CURRENT
RESOURCES OVER LONGER PERIODS OF
TIME AS MUCH AS 75 YEARS WITH
SOME OF THE FEDERAL LOAN
PROGRAMS LIKE TIFFY AND RIFF
THOSE THOSE PROGRAMS COULD
EITHER TAKE, YOU KNOW SOLID
COMMITMENTS OF ONGOING PUBLIC
MONEY TO INVEST IN THE QUARTER,
BUT THEY ALSO COULD TAKE USER
BASED RESOURCES THAT ARE TIED TO
THE ACCESS COST OF THAT RAILROAD
, AND THAT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT
BNSF IS WILLING TO PAY FOR, AS
THEY GET ACCESS TO MORE FREIGHT
CAPACITY IN THE CORRIDOR, AND
IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT THAT,
IF SPREAD OVER TIME COULD BE
COULD MAKE SOME OF THE OPERATORS
THAT ARE RUNNING PASSENGER
SERVICE IS ABLE TO MAKE SOME OF
THOSE PAYMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
TO THE CORRIDOR AS WELL. I THINK
THE NOTE I WOULD MAKE THERE IS
THAT THE VALUE OF DOING THAT, IN
THE CONTEXT OF GROWING USE IS
EASIER TO COME UP WITH THAT KIND
OF COMMITMENT OVER TIME. UM
THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS OF
PUTTING FINANCING TO WORK. AND I
THINK GO BASE IS GONNA BE
TALKING TO SOME OF THOSE AS WELL
. BUT THIS COMES BACK TO WHAT
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF
TIMES HERE WITH SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS AS WELL. THE NEED TO
HAVE REGIONAL IN STATEWIDE
QUARTER ADVANCEMENT IN FUNDING
STRATEGY THAT IS BASED ON THE
KIND OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
IN THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO
TOGETHER AS PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT
ARE STUDYING THE FUTURE OF THE
CORRIDOR. SO THAT I DID. HANDED
OVER TO TRAIN AND SEE IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS AFTER AFTER HE
PRESENTS.
GREAT SO I'M GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
FINANCING. SO THIS IS KIND OF A
DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE SUPPLY
CHAIN SPACE IN A PREVIOUS ROLE
AT GO BIZ. I ALSO MANAGED
OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING TOOLS AND
WORKING IN THIS SPACE. I KNOW
SENATOR ALLEN AND SENATOR NEWMAN
AT BOTH SPOKEN IN THAT CAPACITY
AND THAT PRIOR ROLE, YOU KNOW
THESE TOOLS. THERE'S DEFINITELY
AN ELEMENT IN PLACE FOR THEM IN
THE WORK IN FUNDING OF
INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT IN THIS
TYPE OF PROJECT. THERE ARE A
MYRIAD OF TOOLS AS YOU CAN SEE
IN THIS SLIDE. THIS IS KIND OF
MY BRAIN DOWNLOADED ONTO ALL THE
WAYS YOU FINANCE, FINANCE AND
CALIFORNIA. THERE'S THERE MAY BE
A YOU KNOW ANOTHER BOX IN THE
FAR DISTANCE, WHICH IS YOU CAN
GO TO THE VOTERS TO ASK FOR, YOU
KNOW, FINANCING AUTHORITY AND
CAPACITY. BUT YOU KNOW ALL OF
THE ESSENTIAL FOR PRIVATE AND
PUBLIC ENTITIES. THAT EXISTS IN
THE SPACE OF TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING. I KNOW MANY FOLKS ARE
FROM FORMER, WITH OR YOU KNOW,
FAMILIAR WITH FORMER
REDEVELOPMENT, BUT YOU KNOW,
IT'S VERY SIMPLE FORM. IT IS
LEVERAGING THE VALUE OF LAND, OF
COURSE, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY
VALUABLE IN CALIFORNIA AND
BONDING AGAINST IT. UM I WOULD
SAY THAT ONE THING I AND THE
REASON I KIND OF WROUGHT TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING UP IS WHAT
THE LEGISLATURE DID DO IN THIS
PAST YEAR IS SO THE LEGISLATURE
BEYOND CREATING TOOLS IN OF
THEMSELVES FOR TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING. THEY'VE ALSO CREATED
SPECIFIC TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
DISTRICTS. UM FOUR AREAS, FOR
EXAMPLE, LIKE PORTA SAN
FRANCISCO, AND THAT AREA HAS ITS
OWN SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE CREATED
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT
, UM, FOR SUPPORTIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOLLOWING, YOU
KNOW, TRANSITIONS AND HAPPENING
IN THAT PORTS. THIS LAST YEAR,
THE THERE WAS A, UM, A CREATION
OF A CLIMATE RESILIENCY DISTRICT
, WHICH IS A TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING DISTRICT THAT WAS
COUNTYWIDE GIVEN TO, UM SONOMA
BUT ALLOWING. I THINK THE IDEA
WAS FOR OTHER COUNTIES TO ALSO
CREATE SUCH DISTRICTS WITH, YOU
KNOW, WORKING ON PROJECTS
RELEVANT TO SEA LEVEL RISE AND
CLIMATE RESILIENCY ADAPTATION IS
PRIMARY FOCUS OF THAT DISTRICT
TOOL. IT IS A NEW TYPE OF IT
BECAUSE IT WAS COUNTYWIDE AND
THE LEGISLATURE ALSO DID GIVE
THAT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING
DISTRICT DIFFERENT TAX AUTHORITY
SO ABILITY TO LEVER LEVERAGE.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, AND MR OTHER
TYPES OF TAX AUTHORITIES OTHER
THAN JUST UTILIZING PROPERTY TAX
INCREMENT. AND SO WHAT IS TAX
EQUIPMENT FINANCING JUST FOR A
REALLY QUICK, HIGH LEVEL
OVERVIEW. IT IS LEVERAGING THE
VALUE OF LAND BY BONDING AGAINST
THE FUTURE VALUE OF THOSE
PROPERTIES AND THE INCREMENT
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, UM, THAT
IS USUALLY DONE VIA THE PROPERTY
TAX IN THOSE PROJECTS IN THE
ASSESSMENTS MADE AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, OR A IN LIEU OF PROPERTY
TAX, LIKE POSSESSORY INTEREST.
LIKE AT OUR PORTS, SO EITHER OF
THOSE MEANS ARE TO LEVERAGE TO
BOND AGAINST. YOU KNOW, SOME OF
THEM THEY'RE AROUND THE STATE.
AND ORANGE COUNTY TAX INCREMENT
FINANCING DISTRICT, WHICH IS,
YOU KNOW, LEVERAGING DEVELOPMENT
THAT IS AROUND RAIL
INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT THEN ALSO
LAVERNE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THAT
IS ISRAEL CENTRIC AS WELL. UM,
THESE, I WOULD SAY THAT WE AS
GÓMEZ HAVE A WEBSITE NOW, WHICH
IS OUR KIND OF PLACE BASED
STRATEGIES WEB PAGE WHERE WE
HAVE PROFILE ALL THESE TOOLS AND
HOW TO NAVIGATE THEM. WHETHER
THE ASSOCIATED REQUIREMENTS WITH
IMPLEMENTING EXECUTING THESE
TOOLS, THERE'S NOT VERY MANY
LIMITATIONS ON THESE TOOLS IN
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION FROM
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES IN THE
STATUTE HAS WRITTEN YOU COULD
HAVE AND ANYWAY, WE'VE WE WE'VE
THOUGHT OF, YOU KNOW CRAZY IDEAS
WHERE YOU COULD HAVE MULTIPLE
COUNTIES JOINING IN ONE TAX
AGREEMENT INCREMENT FINANCING
DISTRICT, SUCH AS POSSIBLE AS
LISTED IN THE STATUTE. UM, OF
COURSE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN DOING ANYTHING.
SO YOU HAVE REASSESSMENT OF
PROPERTY TAKING PLACE WHETHER
THAT'S INFRASTRUCTURE OR UTILITY
SUPPORT OR THE LIKES SO YOU HAVE
THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THAT
VALUE CAPTURE. UM THAT IS JUST
THE ONLY OTHER PIECE WHEN
TALKING ABOUT OF COURSE, YOU
KNOW, BY GOING BACK TO HERE,
THERE ARE OTHER MEANS OF BONDS
AND FINANCING CAPACITY WE HAVE
AT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK OR I
BANK, THE INFRASTRUCTURE STATE
REVOLVING LOAN FUND. WE ALSO
HAVE EXEMPT FACILITIES BONDS,
WHICH HAVE BEEN EXPLORED FOR
RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, IT WAS
MENTIONED THE BRIGHT LINE WEST.
PROJECT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
PROJECT THAT IS UTILIZED BOND
CAPACITY VIA TREASURER'S OFFICE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY BANK. UM
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT THAT
EXISTS OUT THERE IN THE REALM OF
FINANCING, OF COURSE, AND IT WAS
MENTIONED THAT TIFFY A AND THE
LIKES YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND IN U, S, D, O T
AND OTHER FINANCING PRIMERS THAT
THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE DRAFTED AND
OFF AND IN PUBLISHED IS THAT
THEY REALLY ARE BE REALLY LIKE
TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AS PART
OF THE TOTAL TOTAL CAPITAL STACK
AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, IT'S
EASY TO LEVERAGE. OF COURSE IT
IS NOT. IT IS NOT GRANTS OR OR
LIKES, BUT ON THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES DO EXIST. IT IS
NOT A I THINK OF $300 MILLION
CHECK, WHICH WAS THE LARGEST
CHECK I HELD IN MY LIFE WHEN I
PRESENTED LOW SAND CORRIDOR. IS
NOT EXAMPLE OF THOSE, BUT OF
COURSE, AS CHAD MENTIONED THE
TOTAL BUILD OUT AND COST OF
THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. THE
CAPITAL STACK IS RATHER LARGE,
UM, BUT THAT THAT INCLUDES THIS
ENTIRE PRESENTATION. I'LL JUST
SAY AT THE END, YOU KNOW FROM
THE GOBIES AND I THINK WITH
WORKING WITH CALCIUM, THE OTHERS
IS THAT YOU KNOW, SUPPLY TRAIN
IS TRANSFORMING AND CHANGING
COMPLETELY IN THE NEXT 40 YEARS
WITHIN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE SOME
HUGE DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN ONE OF
THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF
CRITICAL MINERALS ON THE PLANET
. WE HAVE A COMPLETE SHIFT AND
MOVING OF SEMICONDUCTORS.
ELECTRONIC UM, YOU KNOW, THE
SUPPLY CHAIN TOMORROW IS VERY
DIFFERENT IN THE ALIGNMENT AND
POSITION. CALIFORNIA HAS TO BE
ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THAT IS
DIRECTLY NOW AND, UM TODAY AND
SO, LOOKING FORWARD. I THINK
THAT THIS QUARTER PLAYS A KEY.
ROLE IN THAT TOTAL FUTURE, SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO BACK TO
THAT COMPLICATED SCREEN THAT HAD
ALL THOSE AVAILABILITY OF
OPTIONS FOR FINANCING. I WONDER
IF I HEARD WHAT WHAT YOU SAID,
WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY, COUNTIES
CAN GET TOGETHER AND DO THIS AND
BUT DOES THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
HAVE A PREFERRED APPROACH THAT
THEY MIGHT YOU MIGHT BE WILLING
TO LEAD ON? NOT NOT SAYING TO
HEAR COUNTIES THAT YOU COULD
WORK ON IT, BUT HERE WE ARE AT
THE STATE AND THIS IS WHAT WE
WOULD DO. WELL MOST MOST OF
THESE TOOLS ARE DESIGNED AS OF
COURSE, YOU KNOW, AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND BY DESIGN WITH
PROPERTY TAX, MOST OF THEM ARE
DESIGNED TO BE LOCAL LED. THE
STATE IS NOT A PARTICIPANT IN
THESE TYPES OF DUELS, TOOLS IN
DISTRICTS UNLESS THERE UM IS AN
INDEPENDENT, UH, YOU KNOW,
DIRECT ALLOCATION OF BOND IN
WHICH YOU KNOW THERE'S BOND
COUNCIL, OF WHICH THE STATE DOES
REVIEW PROJECTS ON A CASE BY
CASE BASIS, BUT FOR THE ACTUAL,
MOST OF THESE DISTRICTS IN THE
WAY THAT THEY'RE DESIGNED AND
BUILT THEMSELVES ARE REALLY FOR
LOCAL AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES
TO COME TO THAT. COLLECTIVE UM,
YOU KNOW, TO MOVE IN TO CREATE,
EVEN IN THE ONES THAT THE
LEGISLATURE HAS CREATED. THAT
THE GOVERNOR HAS THEN SIGNED
THAT ARE SPECIALIZED TO LOCAL
AREAS. UM WE ARE LIKE SPECIFIC.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE PORTA SAN
FRANCISCO AS ONE. THERE'S ALSO
THERE'S ACTUALLY ONE IN SAN
DIEGO THAT IS SPECIFICALLY
CREATED IN THE NORTHERN END OF
THE COUNTY BY THE LEGISLATURE.
ALL OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT WERE
THE LEGISLATION THE GOVERNOR
SIGNED ONTO THESE DISTRICTS THAT
WERE CREATED FOR FINANCING. UM,
WE'RE ALL UM, ADVOCATED AND LEAD
AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO THEN GO UP
TO THEN CREATE THAT TYPE OF
DISTRICT TOOL EVEN IN THE CASE
IN LAST YEAR WITH THE CLIMATE
RESILIENCY DISTRICT, SO I THINK
THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW THE LOCAL
LEVEL AND COMMUNITY VISION AND
ALIGNMENT IS WHERE THESE TOOLS
REALLY COME AND BRING THEIR
STRENGTHS. ACTUALLY IT'S YOU
KNOW, THE DYNAMICS OF AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL IS SOME OF THE AREAS
WHERE YOU KNOW IT HAS TO BE
DISCUSSED IN ORDER. TO HAVE THEM
BE ADOPTED, WHICH INCLUDES
REQUIREMENTS OF MEETING
SOMETIMES FOR VOTING, AND THE
LIKES OKAY? YEAH, AND I MEAN,
I'LL JUST, UH HIGHLIGHTS. THIS
IS THE SECTION ON INVESTMENTS,
FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTMENTS IS
THAT WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH
THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR AT I MEAN
, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A CARVE OUT
IN THE INVESTMENT IN JOBS ACT
DIRECTLY FOR THAT CORRIDOR AND
PART OF THE WAY THEY WERE ABLE
TO DO THAT WAS TO HAVE A
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AND A
STRATEGIC PLAN TO BE ABLE TO
PRESENT. UM TO STATE TO FEDERAL
LAWMAKERS THAT SAID THAT THERE
WAS CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD
BE ABLE TO ACTUALIZE THAT MONEY
INTO IMPORTANT PROJECTS. SO YOU
KNOW THE IDEA OF, UM WHEN
THERE'S RE APPROPRIATION
ADVOCATING FOR THE LAUSANNE
QUARTER TO HAVE A FEDERAL CARVE
OUT. I THINK THAT IT SEEMS LIKE
A GOOD AND AMBITIOUS GOAL THAT
WE SHOULD BE WORKING TOWARDS. SO
AS THE SECOND BUSIEST RAIL
CORRIDOR AND ALL THE THINGS WE
ALREADY WENT OVER, IT SEEMS LIKE
THERE'S REALLY A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THAT. DO
YOU WANT TO SAY I WAS IN WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHEN THE
NBC COMMISSION WAS GETTING
GETTING GOING AND SAW SOME OF
THE EARLY STEPS THEY TOOK TO
BUILD THAT CONSENSUS ACROSS MANY
STATES IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR
, AND I WOULD AGREE THAT THAT'S
A GOOD MODEL OF BUILDING BOTH
CONSENSUS AND PRIORITY. THAT WAS
EFFECTIVE THEN LATER WHEN
CONGRESS HAD THE ABILITY TO PUT
MONEY SPECIFICALLY ON THAT
CORRIDOR, SO I THINK THOSE TYPES
OF ACTIONS ARE NOTICED IN
WASHINGTON. WHEN WE GET MULTIPLE
COUNTIES OR MULTIPLE STATES IN
THE CASE OF THE NORTHEAST
TOGETHER AND REALLY MAKE THE
CASE FOR WHY THESE INVESTMENTS
ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
INVESTMENTS, THEY DO HAVE A MUCH
LARGER LIST THAN WHAT THEY HAVE
FUNDING FOR. UM AND SO THEY, YOU
KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING PART OF IT
DONE, AND THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE
MUCH MORE THAN THEY WOULD LIKE
TO DO BEYOND WHAT THE RESOURCES
THAT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GIVEN
IN THE UM, I J WILL WILL PROVIDE
, BUT THAT IS A, UM, AN
IMPORTANT MODEL WHEN THEY SEE
MANY STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS LEVELS
OF GOVERNMENT COMING TOGETHER
AND HAVING A STRATEGY YES, THAT
IS PART OF WHAT I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO BE TRYING TO DO THROUGH
THE QUARTER I'D PROGRAM IS
SHOWING THAT TO THE F R A AT
LEAST. BUT THESE ARE INVESTMENTS
THAT GO BEYOND JUST WHAT THE
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
WILL FUND TO ALSO WHAT OTHER
LEVELS OF US DOT OTHER MODES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO AS WELL. YES.
OKAY, GREAT. DO ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY STATEMENTS
OR QUESTIONS? SENATOR NEWMAN,
THIS IS YES QUESTION EVEN JUST,
YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO ALL OF
YOU WHO PARTICIPATED DOING
AGAIN. THANKS TO THE CHAIR.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION ABOUT AN ISSUE AND
AN AREA THAT IS, AS YOU'VE MADE
VERY CLEAR CRITICAL OF
CALIFORNIA CRITICAL TO OUR
ECONOMY CRITICAL. TO ACCLIMATE
FUTURES, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE FOR THE VERY
THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION. THANK
YOU, SENATOR ALLEN. I'D LOVE TO
GET SOME INSIGHT FROM THE CHAIR.
ACTUALLY WE CAN TALK OFFLINE BUT
ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO WASHINGTON
AND HOW IT RELATES TO ALL THE
COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY.
UM AND WHAT AND HOW WE ALL SEE
OUR PROSPECTS OF BEING ABLE TO
TAP INTO MORE FEDERAL FUNDING,
AND IT SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUAL
THEME HERE WITH ALL THE
TESTIMONY. AND HOW WE CAN BE
MORE EFFECTIVE IN ADVOCATING FOR
IT. AND GIVEN HOW CRITICAL IT
SEEMS TO BE THAT OUR SUCCESS
HERE. YEAH. I MEAN, I WOULD JUST
SAY THAT THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF
THIS RAIL CORRIDOR THAT'S
ALREADY EXISTING THAT HAS
INCREDIBLE AMOUNTS OF SUNK COSTS
AND ALSO RIGHT AWAY, ALREADY
PURCHASED AND SERVING THE
MILITARY SERVING PASSENGERS
SERVING FREIGHT. IT SEEMS TO ME
LIKE THERE IS INCREDIBLE
POTENTIAL FROM MODE SHIFT AND
ALSO MAXIMIZING A RAIL CORRIDOR
WITH INCREMENTALLY MORE
INVESTMENT, SO WE'RE NOT
BUILDING NEW IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE STATE SOMEWHERE, AND WE'RE
NOT HAVING TO BUY RIGHT OF WAY
AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WE'RE
INVESTING IN SOMETHING THAT'S
ALREADY THERE. AND SO LOOKING AT
MODELS, THERE ARE MANY MODELS
OUTSIDE THIS COUNTRY THAT ARE
VERY INSPIRING, BUT TRYING TO
WORK WITHIN WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN
THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS STATE
IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT THE
OPPORTUNITY AND STRUGGLE IS SO
GOING TO WASHINGTON AND TALKING
TO THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR AS A
GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT
OVERSEES MULTIPLE STATES. THAT'S
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN THE
NATION TO ME, WAS, UM, IT SHONE
LIGHT ON PLACES WHERE WE NEED TO
IMPROVE, AND ONE OF THOSE REALLY
IS THAT WE WE'RE REALLY NOT
DOING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIC
PLANNING FOR THE WHOLE CORRIDOR
, SO I DON'T THINK ANY OF US
REALLY KNOW WHEN WE HAVE SEVEN
DIFFERENT OWNERS AND MANY
OPERATORS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
WHERE SHOULD THE INVESTMENTS BE
MADE? WE KNOW WHEN THE CORRIDOR
GOES DOWN IN SAN CLEMENTE AND
PEOPLE ARE TAKING AN HOUR BUS
BRIDGE AROUND FROM IRVINE TO
OCEANSIDE, THAT THAT OUR ON THE
FREEWAY IS REDUCING THE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TAKE THE
TRAIN BY BY MORE THAN 50. I MEAN
RIDERSHIP HAD GONE ALMOST BACK
UP TO 75% PREACH PANDEMIC LEVELS
, AND THEN IT FELL BACK DOWN
BELOW 50% AND SO THOSE ARE
CATASTROPHIC THREATS TO THE
CORRIDOR. BUT FIGURING OUT HOW
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LOCAL
CONTROL APPROACH AND WE HAVE
DECENTRALIZED POWER AROUND THE
CORRIDOR, WHERE HOW HIS DECISION
MAKING MADE AND ULTIMATELY WHO
IS GOING TO ADVOCATE WHOSE VOICE
IS GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS?
THAT'S WHAT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IS
SUPPOSED TO DO. YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO SAY OUR VOICE IS GOING TO SAY
THIS IS IMPORTANT. WE WANT THIS
TO FUNCTION. WE WANT TO INVEST
IN IT AND ELEVATE IT. THAT'S THE
POINT. THE POINT OF THE
COMMITTEE, SO I DON'T I DON'T
EXACTLY SEE, UM I DON'T EXACTLY
SEE EVERYTHING IN CLARITY
FORWARD, BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS
PROCESS WILL GET US THERE
BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING ALL
TOGETHER THE DIFFERENT INTERESTS
. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT
PUBLICLY WERE WERE ELEVATING IT
AND NOT JUST LETTING IT FALL
INTO THE OCEAN AND PLACES AND
THEN OTHERWISE HAVE FREIGHT
SHIFT FROM THE RAIL OVER ONTO
THE ROAD UNDER OUR WATCH AND NOT
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND SO I
THINK THERE'S SOME JUST REALLY
INTERESTING STATISTICS ABOUT THE
CAPACITY FOR THIS CORRIDOR TO
JUST TAKE OFF EXPONENTIALLY
BECAUSE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO
AVOID DRIVING ON THE FIVE
FREEWAY, SO YOU KNOW SOMEONE
WHO'S GOING FROM ST LOUIS OBISPO
OR SANTA CRUZ OR SANTA BARBARA
DOWN TO SAN DIEGO, THAT LONG
DISTANCE RIDE IS REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF IT, BUT WE
HAVE TO. IT HAS TO ACTUALLY
FUNCTION AND WHAT THE OTHER
THING THAT WE CAME CLEAR TO ME
IS THAT IT'S REALLY NOT JUST
ABOUT THIS NORTH TO SOUTH. IT'S
ABOUT THE FEEDER OTHER FEED OUR
TRANSIT AGENCIES BECAUSE THAT'S
HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO THE
TRAIN STATION IN THE FIRST PLACE
, SO YOU CAN'T JUST THINK ABOUT
IT AS WHAT ARE THESE SEVEN BUT
ALSO ALL THE DIFFERENT OPERATORS
THAT ARE FEEDING IN THE FIRST MY
LAST MONTH, EXACTLY RIGHT, SO
AND THOSE HAVE TO BE ALIGNED
WITH THEIR TIMING AND WITH AND
THE YOU KNOW, COMPETING OR CROP.
THE CROSS PURPOSES OF AMTRAK.
METROLINK UM WITH LOCAL
AGENCIES. I MEAN, ALL OF THAT IS
JUST REALLY NEEDS ATTENTION.
YEAH. YEAH I MEAN, DOES THAT IS
THAT COMPORT WITH YOUR
CONVERSATIONS WITH WASHINGTON
AND ONE THING THAT I THINK
BUILDS ON WHAT SENATOR BLACKS
WERE WAS JUST SAYING IS THAT
LIKE THAT INCREMENTAL INVESTMENT
GOING TO WASHINGTON SHOWING WHAT
YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE NEXT
REQUEST AND THE NEXT REQUEST
AFTER THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THEM TO SEE THAT THEY'RE
GETTING A DISCRETE BENEFIT AS
PART OF A BIGGER VISION, PART OF
A BIGGER PLAN, BUT EACH EACH
TIME YOU COME TO THEM. THIS IS
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO SEE MORE SERVICE. YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE MORE RIDERSHIP.
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN OUTCOME.
AND UM AND IF WE'RE CONTINUING
TO MAKE THOSE KINDS OF
INVESTMENTS THAT BUILD TOWARDS
EVEN BIGGER ONES IN THE FUTURE,
THEY WILL THEN BE CONFIDENT IN
HELPING US TAKE CARE OF SOME OF
THE BIGGER PROBLEMS DOWN THE
ROAD. AND I MEAN, YOU SEE THIS
IN THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WHERE
THEY HAD A NUMBER OF RUNS AT
TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
RAIL CAPACITY ISSUES AROUND NEW
YORK CITY AND SOME OF THE TUNNEL
REPLACEMENT AND IT TOOK THEM. A
NUMBER OF RUNS AT IT BEFORE THEY
FINALLY GOT KIND OF THE
COALITION AND THE STRATEGY
TOGETHER AND THAT INVOLVED
FEDERAL WORK. IT INVOLVED STATES
WORKING TOGETHER. LOCAL LOCAL
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKING
TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT SAME
THING HAS TO HAPPEN HERE. IF
YOU'RE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE IN
COMMUNICATING ON THE FUNDING
SIDE TO DC IS THEY NEED TO KNOW
THAT EACH TIME YOU'RE COMING TO
THEM. YOU'RE GIVING THEM
SOMETHING. THAT'S NOT JUST A
PHASE OF SOMETHING BUT SOMETHING
THAT HAS ITS OWN OUTCOME AND ITS
OWN BENEFIT. AND I GUESS I JUST
HAD ONE MORE THING THAT I THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T LET
REALLY HYPER LOCAL PROVINCIAL
INTEREST DRIVE. WHAT HAPPENS THE
SUCCESS OF THE WHOLE CORRIDOR,
SO PART OF IT IS RAISING,
RAISING UP THE STATUS OF IT AS A
THING AS A CORRIDOR, NOT JUST AS
THERE'S THIS PARTICULAR SECTION
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IN MY LOCAL
AREA ARE USING THAT OR NOT. BUT
RECOGNIZING IT THAT IT IT NEEDS
TO FUNCTION FOR THE WHOLE 351
MILES. OF COURSE. YEAH. YEAH
OKAY. AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO
SAY A NOTED VARIATION, OF COURSE
IN NORTHEAST CORRIDOR AS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT MULTIPLE STATES
AND, YEAH, EXACTLY. THE COUNTIES
HERE ARE LARGER THAN SOME OF THE
AND MULTIPLE STATES IN THAT
CORRIDOR. IT'S YEAH. I'M SORRY
TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT, YEAH,
YOU'RE RIGHT, AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT IT'S
MULTIPLE STATES. SO THAT'S YOU
KNOW, TIMES TWO SENATORS EACH
RIGHT, SO WE HAVE TWO SENATORS,
RIGHT? BUT BUT THE BUT THE OTHER
THING IS THAT WE'RE THE FOURTH
LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. I
MEAN, ALL OF THOSE STATES
TOGETHER ARE NOT DON'T RIVAL OUR
ECONOMY AND SO AND WE KNOW WE
HAVE TO HAVE LOCAL MATCHES FROM
FOR THINGS THE COUNTY OR THE
CITY OR THE LOCAL TRANSIT
AGENCIES AND THE STATE HAS TO
HAVE THESE LOCAL MATCHES BUT
WERE ABLE TO CREATE THAT IF
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO BRING IN
THESE MUCH BIGGER AMOUNTS OF
MONEY, BUT ULTIMATELY, I THINK
WE HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE TO THE
OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THAT THIS
THAT WE THAT WE HAVE A CONSENSUS
, BUT ALSO THAT WE KNOW WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO, AND THEN IT'S
GOING TO HAVE THIS EFFECT ON ON
FREIGHT AND ON PASSENGERS, AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T
THINK WE'RE CURRENTLY ABLE TO
QUANTIFY. THE INFORMATION ABOUT
, UM, THE INCREMENTAL INCREASES
. I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT, BUT WE NEED TO BE
ABLE TO QUANTIFY IT. I BELIEVE
THAT WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO THE
RESOURCES OF LETTUCE. QUANTIFY
SOME OF THIS, SO I THINK AS WE
WORK TOGETHER AS WE DO THE WORK
OF THE NEXT MONTHS TOGETHER,
BEING ABLE TO QUANTIFY WHAT THE
OUTCOMES ARE OF THE PRIORITY
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WILL BE A
KEY PART OF THAT EFFORT. YEAH.
OKAY GOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM MY COLLEAGUES? BEFORE WE GO
TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK
WE HAVE THREE ON THE PHONE AND A
FEW IN PERSON. SO UM, I'LL JUST
REPEAT HOW YOU MAKE PUBLIC
COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK YOU
AGAIN FOR COMING TODAY AND
TESTIFYING AND AS BIG THANKS TO
ALL OF THE PANELISTS WHO CAME
TODAY. PUBLIC COMMENT CAN BE
MADE ON THE PHONE, WHICH WILL GO
TO THE IN PERSON FIRST. BUT THEN
FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO WOULD LIKE
TO CALL IN THE NUMBERS 8772268.
THE ACCESS CODE IS 1618051.
THANK YOU AND TESTIMONY WILL BE
LIMITED TO THREE UP TO THREE
MINUTES PER PERSON. AND SO IF
ANYONE IS IN THE ROOM AND WOULD
LIKE TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT, GO
AHEAD AND COME FORWARD. GOOD
MORNING. MY NAME IS STEVE
ROBERTS AND I'M, PRESIDENT OF
THE RAIL PASSENGER ASSOCIATION
OF CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS AN ALL
VOLUNTEER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION
ADVOCATING FOR IMPROVED INNER
CITY AND COMMUNITY AROUND. FIRST
OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK THE
CHAIRWOMAN AND THE MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR
DILIGENCE AND PUTTING THIS
TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK THE
PRESENTERS FOR THEIR EXCELLENT
PRESENTATIONS BRINGING US UP TO
DATE. I WANTED TO KIND OF
PRIVATE OFF OF SOME OF THE OTHER
COMMENTS ABOUT THE FOCUS ON THE
POTENTIAL OF THIS QUARTER AS WE
AS WE GO THROUGH THIS VERY
DIFFICULT PROCESS OF BUILDING A
FINDING A SOLUTION OF THE SAN
CLEMENTE ISSUE. AH BECAUSE
BRINGING THAT IN AND INCLUDING
THAT POTENTIAL AS PART OF OUR
DECISION FACTOR, AND AS PART OF
THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT THE ESTIMATES ARE FOR
HAVING A HIGH QUALITY HIGH
CAPACITY RAIL LINE OUT THERE AND
WHAT IT DOES FOR MODE SHARE
BECAUSE THAT WAS GOING TO DOUBLE
DRIVE. REVENUES SUBSTANTIALLY
INCREASE IN REVENUES, WHICH MAY
HAVE FOR EXAMPLE IN ELIMINATE
OPERATING SUBSIDIES ON THE SURF
LINERS AND REDUCE OPERATING
SUBSIDIES ON THE COMMUTER
TRAINS. AND ALSO. UM WE ALSO
NEED TO DO A CALCULATION OF
PUBLIC BENEFITS FROM SHIFTING
FOLKS FROM THE HIGHWAY OR
AVOIDING ADDITIONAL LANE. UM AH
, EXPANSIONS ON I FIVE. AND
FEWER ACCIDENTS AND REDUCE
TRAVEL TIME AND ALL THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS. WE DO. PUBLIC BENEFIT,
CALCULATES CALCULATIONS FOR
SEWER SYSTEM OR FLOOD CONTROL.
LET'S DO IT FOR THIS. SO WHEN
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
ALTERNATIVES, WE MIGHT FIND A
MORE CHALLENGING ALTERNATIVE
MIGHT BE BETTER AS FAR AS
BENEFITING. ADDITIONAL CASH FLOW
FOR THE OPERATORS IN OUT YEARS,
AS WELL AS PUBLIC BENEFITS
OFFSET ANY PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN
THIS AND SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT
TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ALL YOUR
WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. HELLO
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS BRIAN
UNITY. I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT'S
SOUTH OF THE RAIL PASSENGER
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA. AND I
LIVE IN DOWNTOWN FULLERTON, A
BLOCK AND A HALF FROM THE
FULLERTON STATION, AND I'M A
REGULAR USER OF LAUSANNE. UM AND
I AM JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
SENATORS AND THANK THE
PRESENTERS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO
THIS VITAL ISSUE. UM AND FROM
THE RAIL PASSENGER PERSPECTIVE,
YOU KNOW, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS
LONG ENDORSED A DOUBLE TRACKED
RAILWAY THE ENTIRE WAY. FROM L.
A TO SAN DIEGO. OF COURSE, IT
ALREADY IS. BETWEEN L A. AND
FULLERTON. UM AND THE REALLY THE
POTENTIAL OF DEMAND FOR FREQUENT
SERVICE. I THINK CALTRANS OR
CALISTA FOLKS HERE TODAY TALKED
ABOUT A SURFLINER EVERY 30
MINUTES. THE ONLY WAY WE'RE
GONNA GET THAT IS DOUBLE TRACK
THE ENTIRE WAY. AND REGARDLESS
OF THIS COASTAL EROSION OR
LANDSLIDE ISSUE, WHICH OBVIOUSLY
IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THIS
CASE, AND IT'S A DRIVING FACTOR
AND REASON WHY THIS COMMITTEE
WAS CREATED AND EVERYONE'S HERE
TODAY. UM REGARDLESS OF THAT IS
IGNORING THAT WE HAVE A SINGLE
TRACK CONSTRAINED RAILWAY IN
THAT SECTION AND THERE'S NOT
ROOM FOR DOUBLE TRACK THROUGH
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. THERE'S NOT
ROOM FOR DOUBLE TRACK THROUGH
MOST OF SAN CLEMENTE ANYWAY,
EVEN IF WE WANTED TO. SO WE
REALLY GOT TO LOOK AT AND FOLLOW
THE STUDIES THAT HAVE DONE
BEFORE. THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE
HAD STUDIES DONE BEFORE THE 2003
LOW SAND STUDIES AND THEN IN
2009, THERE WAS A PROGRAMMATIC E
I. R FOR THE FEDERAL RAILWAY
ADMINISTRATION. THEY ELIMINATED
SOME ALTERNATIVES. AND WHAT
WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR US RAIL
PACK AND OTHERS. UM IN A
PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE
SUBMITTED, AS YOU KNOW, PART OF
OUR COMMENT TO THIS HEARING. IS
FOLLOWING. UM A COUPLE OF THE
OPTIONS LOOKED AT IN THE 2009
STUDIES OF GOING UNDERNEATH I
FIVE AND THAT'S CALTRANS RIGHT
AWAY. WE FEEL AND WE ACTUALLY
MAPPED OUT WHERE SOME POTENTIAL
PORTALS CAN BE. AND AGAIN. WE'RE
NOT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS.
CALTRANS REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT
ALL THE GEOTECHNICAL RECORD
UNDERNEATH INTERSTATE FIVE. UM
AND I KNOW THAT TUNNELS HAVE
BEEN BUILT LIKE THIS UNDER
FREEWAYS OR WHAT WE CALL
FREEWAYS AROUND THE WORLD. AND,
UM WE THINK THAT WE CAN HAVE
PRETTY MUCH AVOID. IN THE DIRECT
TUNNEL ALIGNMENT. ANY PRIVATE
PROPERTY WHATSOEVER? JUST. AND
CALTRANS AND WHOEVER OWNS THIS
ONE STREET IN NORTHERN SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, AVOIDING THAT AND
IT'S A BIG PROJECT. I ADMIT THAT
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YEARS OR
BUDGETS BECAUSE I WORKED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION IS FREE OVER 10
YEARS AND YOU DON'T GIVE
BALLPARK FIGURES. TOO EARLY.
WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING
ON, UM BUT IT'S YOU GOTTA LOOK
AT IT THIS WAY. IT'S A PIECE OF
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD LAST
100 YEARS OR MORE AND MY ROUGH
GUESS AND PEOPLE CAN CORRECT ME
. I THINK THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF
THIS LOW SAND CORRIDOR HAVING A
FUNCTIONING RAILWAY WHEN ELLIE
AND SAN DIEGO IS PROBABLY AROUND
$2 BILLION A YEAR, MAYBE A
BILLION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MULTIPLY THAT BY 100 YEARS AND
THEN, YOU KNOW, COMPARE THAT
THAT'S LIKE THE COST OF LOSING
THE LINE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I'M
LARA WALSH WITH THE SURFRIDER
FOUNDATION REALLY APPRECIATE THE
FORMATION OF THIS COMMITTEE AND
BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TODAY I'M
SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF OUR 100
CHAPTERS IN CLUBS IN CALIFORNIA
WHO ARE DEDICATED TO PROTECTING
THE BEACH AND THE OCEAN, AND
WE'RE CERTAINLY A LOCAL
STAKEHOLDER IN SAN CLEMENTE,
WHERE WE HAVE A CHAPTER THAT'S
BEEN INVOLVED IN A VOICE IN
CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN THIS
QUARTER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. WE
ARE ASKING TODAY FOR A
COMMITMENT TO RELOCATE THE
CORRIDOR IN THE SEVEN MILES FROM
SOUTH SAN CLEMENTE NHIÀU DOHENY
BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT THE
RAIL AND THE RELATED ARMORING TO
DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM OF CIVIL
LEVEL RISES, HAVING ON PUBLIC
TRUST RESOURCES. CURRENTLY 6500
TONS OF BOULDER ARE SITTING ON A
HALF MILE OF PUBLIC LAND. THIS
IS TAKING OUT FOOTPRINT OF THE
PUBLIC. THAILAND'S IT'S
DISRUPTING SAND FLOW,
EXACERBATING EROSION OF THE
BEACH. IT'S DESTROYING COASTAL
ACCESS. YOU CAN'T WALK FROM THE
ICONIC TRESTLE SURF AREA TO THE
NORTHERN BEACHES, AND IT WILL
LIKELY IMPACT THE SURF ABILITY
OF TRESTLES, WHICH AGAIN IS
PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST TRY
PRIZE SURF ARENAS IN CALIFORNIA.
WE KNOW THAT ARMORING HAS
IMPACTS TO SURF ABILITY, AND WE
KNOW THAT THOSE IMPACTS GET
WORSE OVER TIME. SO SURFRIDER IS
EXPECTING THAT IMPACT. UM ALL OF
THESE IMPACTS ARE BOTH SELF
EVIDENT TO ANYONE WHO LIVES IN
SAN CLEMENTE AND WELL STUDIED. I
KNOW THERE'S A SENSE THAT
PLANNING FOR RETREAT IS PUTTING
THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. IT'S
THE IDEA OF PUTTING A SOLUTION
BEFORE STUDIES, BUT REALLY,
WE'RE AT THIS STAGE OF THE
SITUATION WHERE THE EVIDENCE IS
IN FRONT OF US. WE'RE ALREADY
EXPERIENCING MAJOR IMPACTS TO
THE PUBLIC TRUST AND FROM DR
POLANSKI SEA LEVEL RISE
PRESENTATION. WE KNOW THAT THERE
IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THE
DIRECTION THAT SEA LEVEL RISE
RATES ARE GOING WE KNOW THAT
ARMORING AND BEACH NOURISHMENT
WON'T FULLY SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
AND WON'T ADDRESS THE RATES OF
SEA LEVEL RISE. WE'RE GOING TO
EXPERIENCE AND SO AT BEST. THE
CURRENT TREND IS THAT WE'LL HAVE
A BAND AID FOR DEALING WITH THE
LEVEL RISE THAT COMES WITH ANY
ENORMOUS PRICE TAG OF THE PUBLIC
, THAILAND'S AND OF COASTAL
ACCESS. THE BEST TIME TO PLANT A
TREE WAS YESTERDAY WE'VE KNOWN
ABOUT THE LOCATION PROBLEMS OF
THIS RAIL. WE KNOW ABOUT SEA
LEVEL RISE SCIENCE AND ABOUT THE
CONSEQUENCES OF ARMORING. THIS
IS OUR CHANCE TO SET A VISION
FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH SEA LEVEL
RISE IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO
ACCOMPLISH 40 YEARS OF PLANNING
AND 10 YEARS AND I JUST LIKE TO
REALLY QUICKLY TOUCH ON FUNDING
WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH
SANDBAG ON RAIL RELOCATION IN
SAN DIEGO. EARLY ESTIMATES FOR
RELOCATING THERE WERE ABOUT $13
BILLION. THE ESTIMATE TODAY IS
MORE LIKE THREE OR 4 BILLION,
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT FUNDING
IS PURSUED IN INCREMENTS. WE
THINK THERE'S A LOT AVAILABLE
TODAY THAT IS WORTH SETTING US
DOWN THAT PATH NOW. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. YES, NEXT
SPEAKER. HI I'M GABRIEL RILEY. A
GROUP OR SORRY I WENT TO COLLEGE
IN VENTURA COUNTY, AND I'M
CURRENTLY HERE SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF STREETS, FERRAL TÍNH
HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL.
DESPITE ALL THE SHORTCOMINGS,
FREAK SERVICE IS INFREQUENT.
THERE'S BEEN MAJOR ISSUES WITH
RELIABILITY AND SERVICE
DISRUPTIONS. THE STATE AND
LOSING HAVE REPEATEDLY LAID OUT
VISIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
ENACTED UPON. WE CAN GO BACK TO
2003 LOSS AND HAD LONG RANGE
PLANS. WE CAN GO BACK TO THE
2005 STATE RAIL PLANT MOST OF
THE 2005 STATE RAIL PLAN WHEN IT
COMES TO LAUSANNE HAS NOT BEEN
IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR 15 PLUS
YEARS AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN
ACTED UPON THROUGH A COMBINATION
OF LACK OF FUNDING AND THROUGH
THE DISTRIBUTED GOVERNMENT. WE
HAVE COUNTIES SEEM TO HAVE VERY
LITTLE INTEREST IN ACTUALLY
RUNNING THE RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
. AND SO THE STATE NEEDS TO
CONSIDER TAKING THAT BACK FROM
THEM RECITING RIGHT NOW, THE
EXTENSION THAT WAS PROPOSED BY
OCTA IS A SCALED BACK VERSION
FROM THE 2021 SAN DIEGO PASSING
STUDY WAS STUDIED BETWEEN FULLER
ATTENDANT SAN DIEGO. THE FULL
EXTENSION AS PROPOSED IN THAT
WOULD SUPPORT THREE ROUND TRIPS
. HOURLY HAVE PASSENGER SERVICE
UNLOCKING CAPACITY NOW TO
INCREASE SERVICE AND IN THE
FUTURE, WE CAN REALIGN THE
CORRIDOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO TESTIFY.
OKAY. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE
TELEPHONIC TESTIMONY. AND IF YOU
ARE SORRY, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.
IF YOU DO WISH TO TESTIFY,
PLEASE PRESS 10 AT THIS TIME
AGAIN. IT'S 10. MORE. GO TO LINE
NUMBER EIGHT. PLEASE GO AHEAD.
LINE, EIGHT YEARS LINE IS OPEN.
HELLO. YEAH WE CAN HEAR YOU. YEP
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MARK
BOOK CEVICHE. ALSO SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF STREETS, PRESIDENCY
POLICY DIRECTOR. I WANTED TO
THANK SENATOR BLAKE SPEAR AND
ALL OF THE SENATORS WHO HAVE
CONTRIBUTED TO THIS, UM I LIKE
MR REALITY EARLIER WHO WE WORK
CLOSELY. WE'RE IN. JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE WE WORK CLOSELY WITH
RAILCARS WERE WORKING CLOSELY
WITH CALIFORNIANS FOR ELECTRIC
RAIL. I USED TO BE A REGULAR
USER OF THE LOW STAND UP WHEN I
WENT TO U. C. SANTA BARBARA AND
THEN AS AN ARMY RIVER RESERVIST
WOULD WOULD TRAVEL DOWN THE LINE
TO CAMP PENDLETON. AND TRAINED
THERE AS A SOLDIER, AND SO I
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW CRITICAL
THIS WAS TO MY PERSONAL LIFE
THAT HOW CRITICAL THIS IS AS A
REGIONAL AND ALSO NATIONAL
PRIORITY FOR BOTH NATIONAL
SECURITY REASONS, BUT ALSO
REGIONAL, REGIONAL AND STATE
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. BUT I WANT
TO. I WANT TO ECHO AND
EMPHASIZED THE OPPORTUNITY THAT
WE HAVE BEFORE US THAT WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE BEST
RAIL SERVICE IN THE COUNTRY, NOT
THE SECOND BEST REAL SERVICE IN
THE COUNTRY. WE COULD REACH
HIGHER RIDERSHIP THAN THE
STELLAR QUARTER AND THAT'S
CORRIDOR FROM BOSTON TO NEW YORK
TO D. C WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
IN THIS PROCESS TO IMPROVE
IMPROVED PROJECT DELIVERY. WHY
IS IT THAT A U. S AND THE U. S
HEAVY RAIL COSTS $1 BILLION PER
MILE WHEN IN SPAIN, IT COSTS A
QUARTER OF THAT. WE ALSO HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELECTRIFIED
CORRIDOR, WHICH MEANS IMPROVING
SERVICE, IMPROVING LOCAL
ADMISSION IMPACT IN IMPROVING
EVEN THE GRADES THAT TRAINS
CLIMB. IF WE DO UNDERGROUND THE
LINE, AND LASTLY WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDAMENTAL
GOVERNANCE REFORM OF THIS REAL
NETWORK. UH LASTLY, I JUST WANT
TO ALSO MENTIONED, UM, SOMETHING
I GUESS THREE. ECHOING SENATOR
BLAKE'S RESPONSE, COMMENTS ABOUT
AND LOCAL CONCERNS AND THE NEED
TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL PRIORITY
AND TO NOT NOT GET BURDENED BY
LOCAL CONCERNS AND ALSO ECHO MY
COLLEAGUE GABRIEL MENTIONED THAT
THERE ARE A NUMBER A NUMBER OF
PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE,
INCLUDING FIGHTING PROJECT BUT
ALSO PROJECTS THAT WERE AT THE
RAIL CORRIDOR FELL INTO THE
OCEAN AND SANTA BARBARA AND SAN
IN VENTURA DECADES AGO THAT HAVE
NEVER DONE THAT WE HAVE
OPPORTUNITIES NOW TO BUILD THAT
RIDERSHIP AND INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR THE RAIL CORRIDOR.
SO ALL OF THIS, I THINK SHOULD
BE HAPPENING CONCERT IN
CONJUNCTION WITH EACH OTHER TO
CREATE THE BEST WAY OF ORDER IN
THE COUNTRY. THANK YOU. AND NEXT
WE'LL GO TO LINE 18. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS
READING FROM A CALIFORNIA GLOBE
ARTICLE BY K¾T GRIME JULY 22ND
2022, CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRIC HIGH
SPEED RAIL, NO POWER, NO MONEY.
NO HIGH SPEED, MANY WONDER IS
THE HIGH SPEED TRAINS WILL BE
POWERED BY WINDMILLS, SOLAR
PANELS, COOKING OIL AND ALGAE.
IT IS BUILT. CALIFORNIA'S HIGH
SPEED RAIL WOULD BE THE LARGEST
PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT IN STATE
HISTORY. IN FACT, THAT FACT
ALONE APPEARS TO BE INTOXICATING
. JUST DATE OFFICIALS AND
PERPETUAL QUEST TO HAVE
CALIFORNIA THE FIRST STATE TO DO
ANYTHING, GRIMES REPORTED IN
2011. THAT'S HOW LONG
CALIFORNIA'S HIGH SPEED RAIL HAD
SERVED ONLY AS A JOBS PROGRAM
AND A REALLY BAD JOKE ON
CALIFORNIA VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS.
BY 2011. IT WAS APPARENT THAT
THE HIGH SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY
WAS VIOLATING IMPORTANT MANDATES
IN THE 2008 INITIATIVE PASSED BY
VOTERS PROP ONE A 9 BILLION IN
BONDS FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL
INCLUDED NUMEROUS MANDATE, NONE
OF WHICH CAN BE LEGALLY BYPASSED
ON THE WAY TO BUILDING THE
MASSIVE TRAIN SYSTEM. HOP ON THE
LIST OF IS THAT THE RAIL SYSTEM
MUST BE HIDE SPEED ELECTRIC
TRAINS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF
SUSTAINED MAXIMUM REVENUE
OPERATING SPEED OF NO LESS THAN
200 MPH, THE LAW STATES. HOWEVER
MUCH OF THE FIRST SEGMENT
BETWEEN FRESNO AND BAKERSFIELD
IS NOT HIGH SPEED, NOR WILL HIGH
SPEED BE ATTAINABLE INVENTS
CITIES. DESPITE THE WARNINGS OF
A NEARLY 100 BILLION BALLOONING
PRICE TAG, NO TRACK LEADS NO
TRAINS RUNNING, DECREASING
LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT AND EVEN
OPPOSITION FROM DIE HARD RAIL
ADVOCATE. THE HIGH SPEED RAIL
AUTHORITY IS STEAMING AHEAD.
FULL THROTTLE PLANS TO BUILD THE
MOST EXPENSIVE, HIGH SPEED RAIL
SYSTEM IN HISTORY THAT IS ALSO
FROM 2011 11 YEARS AGO, AND
NOTHING HAS CHANGED EXCEPT MORE
SPENDING ON THE TRAIN TO
NOWHERE. 2011 FIELD POLL FOUND
THAT TWO THIRDS OF CALIFORNIANS
WANT A REFERENDUM ON THE PROJECT
AND BY 21 MARGIN. THEY SAY THEY
VOTE TO DO RAIL IT ONLY THREE
YEARS AFTER PASSING PROP. ONE A
ADDING INSULT TO CALIFORNIA
VOTERS, THE CALIFORNIA HIGH
SPEED RAIL AUTHORITY HAS
PUBLISHED THE WEBSITE PEDDLING
THIS ABOUT THE BULLET TRAINS.
WHILE THEY SUGGEST THEY ARE
TRYING TO DISPEL, MISSED AND
SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION.
THEIR OWN WEBSITE IS RAMPANT
WITH MORE OPINIONS THAN FACTS.
EVEN IN 2011, CALIFORNIA'S HIGH
SPEED RAIL PUSHERS WERE
AGITATING FOR THE 3.5 BILLION IN
MATCHING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE
RAIL PLAN. HOWEVER THE FEDERAL
MONEY CAME WITH REQUIREMENTS OF
USE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED CENTRAL
VALLEY 2011 REPORT BY THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYSTS FOUND THAT
FUTURE HIGH SPEED RAIL FUNDING
SOURCES WERE HIGHLY SPECULATIVE
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS WERE
BEYOND THREE MINUTES BY A LOT,
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE
NEXT COLOR. SO THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND
AGAIN IT IS ONE CYRIL WILL GO
NEXT TO LINE 17. GOOD MORNING,
SENATOR BLAKE SPEAR AND SENATORS
. PAUL DYSON. I'M LIFESTYLE 40
YEAR MEMBER OF THE RAIL
PASSENGERS ASSOCIATION OF
CALIFORNIA, CURRENTLY VICE
PRESIDENT. I'M A RESIDENT OF
BURBANK ON THE CORRIDOR, AND I
USE IT BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH. I
JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF
VERY QUICK OBSERVATIONS. ONE IS
THAT EVERYBODY AGREES HOW
IMPORTANT THIS CORRIDOR IS.
THEY'VE BEEN AGREEING ON THAT
FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, BUT WE
HAVEN'T HAD THE INVESTMENT IN
THE LAST 30 40 YEARS. UM WE'VE
MADE VERY LITTLE PROGRESS. THE
RAILROAD IS STILL IN LIKE A
COUNTY ROAD COMPARED TO A 10
LANE FREEWAY WITH CONTINUED WITH
SINGLE TRACK SECTIONS STILL IN
EXISTENCE. SECOND OBSERVATION IS
THAT COUNTIES DON'T UNDERSTAND
RELEVANCE, AND THEY'VE GOT NO
BUSINESS OWNING RAILROADS,
COUNTIES HAVE HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENTS, BUT
THEY NEVER BEEN IN THE BUSINESS
OF CONSTRUCTING REVOLUTION. WE
NEED A RAILROAD TO RUN A
RAILROAD. WE'VE UM, WE SEE IN
THE OVER THE LAST DECADE THAT I
FIVE CONTINUES TO BE WIDENED.
THERE IS ALWAYS MONEY FOR
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. HIGHWAYS
GET BUILT. BUT WELL, ROADS ARE
STUDIED ONCE AGAIN, HIGHWAYS
BUILT RAILROADS ARE STUDIED.
THAT WILL BE YOUR CHURCH
CHALLENGE AND MAKING A
DIFFERENCE HERE. THANK YOU FOR
ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS AND I
WISH YOU SUCCESS. AND CURRENTLY
NOT FURTHER COMMENTERS IN QUÊ.
OKAY WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS AND
AGAIN TO THE PANELISTS AND ALSO
TO MY COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES. WE
KNOW THAT THE CASE FOR THE LOW
SAND CORRIDOR IS SET. THE RAIL
CORRIDOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
TRANSFORM INTO A HIGH
PERFORMANCE CORRIDOR AND WE NEED
TO BRING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO WE WILL SEE YOU IN A FEW
SHORT MONTHS FOR THE NEXT
MEETING. I WANT TO SAY A BIG
THANK YOU TO JACK CHRISTIANSEN
ON MY TEAM FOR MAKING THIS
HAPPEN. WE COULD NOT DO IT
WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT
YOU PUT INTO THANK YOU AGAIN SO
MUCH. AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
HAVING A MEETING IN THE DISH IN
ONE OF THE DISTRICTS ALONG THE
RAIL CORRIDOR SO THAT WE CAN
PART WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT
FIRSTHAND. I THINK THERE'S NO
SUBSTITUTE TO DOING THAT. SO
WE'LL BE IN TOUCH ABOUT THE
DETAILS, BUT THANK YOU AGAIN AND
WE ARE ADJOURNED.