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HIGH SPEED RAIL(HSR) ALIGNMENTS
Help PCL Get California
on the Right Track
Dear PCL Supporter:
uly 9, 2009
URGENT UPDATE ON HIGH SPEED RAIL
As an advocate for smart land use, effective public transportation and
San Francisco
environmental protection, the Planning and Conservation League (PCL) has
joined forces with Bay Area residents and California citizens to send a strongmessage to the State Legislature -
California must do High Speed Rail right!
With the passage of Proposition 1A last November, voters chose to spend nearly$10 billion to construct a high speed train system that would stretch from Los Angelesto San Francisco and Sacramento. Support for this mega-project in such lean economictimes is proof that Californians are willing to invest in a clean and innovative transportation
network to meet future demands.
However, since the election, many citizens and supportersare concerned with the process that the decision makers are using to plan the route. Thelack of a thorough and objective analysis of the project has allowed the High Speed Rail
Authority to disregard the project's impacts. This can potentially jeopardize the entire
project.
As a PCL supporter your donation ensures that we can ramp up our efforts on thisissue at this critical juncture.
In response to this lack of oversight, our coalition is working with several legislators whoalso share our concerns about this issue. We strongly believe that the current process the RailAuthority is undertaking will continue to alienate and disillusion local residents, ultimatelydooming the project to failure. To prevent this, we are working on legislation to ensure a better
process and we are actively monitoring the Rail Authority's budget. In fact, our coalition just
recently packed the room at a Senate budget subcommittee hearing on funding for California'sHigh Speed Rail Authority!
This hearing was PCL's first chance to testify before the Senate. Many California residents
spoke, asking for increased oversight and better community outreach. The subcommitteemembers heard our message loud and clear.
As a League, we must remain engaged in this process to ensure High Speed Rail isconstructed in a way that makes sense for our environment, our communities and our state.
Please support PCL in carrying the message to more legislators at the Capitol that HighSpeed Rail needs to be constructed with careful planning and a great deal of
outreach to ensurethe best, most efficient, cost-effective train route is chosen
with the least environmental
impact.
The High Speed Rail system will be the biggest construction project this state has ever
undertaken. We need to get it right, and the time is now...to make sure we have a successful
arrival!Sincerely,
Traci SheehanExecutive Director
P.S. To learn more about this issue and how you can make your voice heard visit
www.HSR-LetsDatRight.corn.
P.P.S. Take action! Make a donation to this effort and be sure to sign your name on the enclosedletter and mail it back in the return envelope so we can deliver hundreds of letters to our statelegislators letting them know that our coalition supports getting High Speed Rail right!
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