High Cost Rail - Part 64 Court Says "No"

The lawsuit filed by Atherton, Palo Alto, Menlo Park and some citizens' groups yielded positive results today as the "Program Level EIR" for the Central Valley to SF section was tossed out.  Local watchdog Kathy Hamilton describes the details here.  One of the lawyers who has presented several times in B'game had this to say

Gary Patton, co-counsel, stated that “The court’s decision tells the California High-Speed Rail Authority that it can’t keep ignoring the public’s right to participate.  The court’s decision in the Atherton II case says that the Authority failed in its duty to recirculate the CEQA document to get public comments, and this was a violation of the law.”

Constant vigilance is still the order of the day since the Authority hasn't thrown in the towel even as they acknowledge that the real cost is well above what was sold to the public. 

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[jennifer]

William Grindley presentation. (5 minutes)
"mountain of debt": Palo Alto, Nov. 15th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nP8X0ccLbU