The hidden costs of local rail
The article didn't fully make the connection between points 3 and 4 as to the costs of local rail improvements in the San Francisco region. The HSR bill signed by Gov. Brown included $900 million in funding for local San Francisco area rail programs unrelated to the HSR. It's more than the $650 million local residents will have to chip in on top of that. The article didn't mention that the state's taxpayers will pay more than local San Francisco residents for their local rail improvements because of crass deal-making by state legislators from the San Francisco area. The HSR bill could not have passed without these legislators being bought off. California taxpayers will have to suffer as a result.
