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Schiff-Padilla move to ‘save’ high speed rail may rob California of viable system
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pacheco pass
Highway 152 heads up over Pacheco Pass west of Los Banos by skirting the northern edge of the San Luis Reservoir.
If a camel is a horse designed by a committee, imagine what California high speed rail will become if it is designed by political decrees. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff — California’s Senator and Senator-elect — are part of a full-court press in Washington, D.C., to get the federal Department of Transportation to approve a $536 million for the rail project before you-know-who moves back into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Jan. 20.