Researches at the San Francisco Chronicle reported that proponents of Prop 1A, the bill that would allow bonds to be sold to finance a multi-billion dollar high speed rail link, have raised about $2 million for their cause.
In the Disney Corporation produced film version of “Robin Hood”, the villainous Prince John instructs his sheriff to “double the taxes, triple the taxes” and “squeeze every last drop out of those insolent, musical peasants!” He may as well have been describing California's taxation policy, a policy made all the more unpleasant and suspect due to its byzantine, obfuscatory language and seemingly endless loopholes. The tax code is so non-transparent that it’s doubtful even the tax collectors understand it, and no one would blame them.
The following are non-partisan economic research and studies in PDF form that discuss the direct economic impact that Proposition 1A would have on various regions of California:
High Speed Train System: Inland Empire Impact
The Economic Impact of High Speed Trains for Orange County
If ever the partisans of original intent needed a better argument to use against their activist brethren, it is the existence of Proposition 8. Just so no one has any illusions, it seems fairly obvious that this proposed constitutional amendment would not exist if the California Supreme Court had not made the gross overstep of overturning Proposition 22 against all legal precedent, traditional conceptions of marriage, and Democratic theory.
Click the links below to see concept images of the proposed plan for San Diego's Airport.
View from the North showing new Washington Street offramp into the terminal loops, the trolleys and trains exiting the station, and a new MCRD gate.
Presentation: Lindbergh Intermodal Transportation Center. San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, July 5, 2007 (PDF, about 4MB)
Illustration: Lindbergh Intermodal Transportation Center Cutaway (PDF, about 300KB)
See the January 31, 2008, CAIVP Presentation on the Lindbergh Intermodal Transportation Center made to the Citizens' Coordinate for Century 3 (C3).
Read the Fact Sheet: Lindbergh Intermodal Transportation Center — A Fast-Track Solution to Unifying San Diego's Transportation Options.
Read the San Diego Airport Expansion: Sustainability Analysis here.
A grand plan to redevelop San Diego's waterfront from the airport to ChulaVista was rolled out today for the press and public by a group called theCalifornia Independent Voter Project. The "alternative waterfrontvision" as it's called, is being promoted by local political heavyweights.Tonight we'll lay out the grand plan and talk with one of its advocates.
Guest
Steve Peace, former state senator and chairman ofthe board of directors for the California Independent Voter Project.