High-Spped Rail in California May be Inevitable: Where Does that Leave Opponents?

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 163 I. THE HISTORY OF HSR IN THE UNITED STATES ................................. 165 II. WHY CALIFORNIA IS IMPORTANT ..................................................... 167 III. OPPOSITION TO HSR IN CALIFORNIA .............................................. 169 A. State Legislative Opposition ................................................. 169 B. Federal Opposition ................................................................ 172 C. Citizen Opposition ................................................................. 173 IV. IS HSR IN CALIFORNIA INEVITABLE? ............................................. 177 A. The 2012 Election ................................................................. 177 B. Future Years .......................................................................... 179 1. State Level Support ......................................................... 180 2. Federal Support ............................................................... 183 3. Public Support ................................................................ 185 V. SUGGESTIONS FOR OPPONENTS ....................................................... 187 A. Affected Property Owners ..................................................... 187 B. State Legislative Opponents .................................................. 189 C. Federal Opponents ................................................................. 190 CONCLUSION ......................................................................................... 191