California Proposition 1A (2008)
Proposition 1A (or the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century) is a law that was approved by California voters in the November, 2008 state elections. It was a ballot proposition and bond measure, that allocated funds for the California High-Speed Rail Authority. It now forms Chapter 20 of the Streets and Highways Code.
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[edit] Background
The proposition was put before voters by the State Legislature. It was originally to appear on the 2004 state election ballot, but was delayed to the 2006 state election due to budget concerns raised at the time by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In January 2006, the Governor chose to omit the initial funds for the project from his $222.6 billion dollar Public Works Bond over the next 10 years. The Governor did include $14.3 million in the 2006-07 budget for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, enough for it to begin some preliminary engineering and detailed study work.[1] The proposition was delayed again from 2006 to 2008 to avoid competition with the huge infrastructure bond, Proposition 1B, which passed in 2006.
The original proposition would have appeared in the 2008 general election as Proposition 1, but the State Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 3034 which replaced that measure with an updated proposal called Proposition 1A. The updated measure included an additional funding requirement and oversight[2].
[edit] Provisions
The law allocates $9.95 billion to the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Of that sum, $9 billion will be used to construct the core segments of the rail line from San Francisco to the Los Angeles area and the rest will be spent on improvements to local railroad systems, which will connect locations away from the high-speed rail mainline to the high-speed system. However, the project still requires federal matching funds, since a $9.95 billion bond issue only covers at most half of the estimated cost of the initial core segment.[2] The money will be raised through general obligation bonds that are paid off over a time period of 30 years.[2]
[edit] Results
| Proposition 1A[3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Choice | Votes | Percentage |
 Yes |
6,680,485 | 52.62% |
| No | 6,015,944 | 47.38% |
| Valid votes | 12,696,429 | 92.38% |
| Invalid or blank votes | 1,046,748 | 7.62% |
| Total votes | 13,743,177 | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | 79.42% | |
[edit] See also
- California High-Speed Rail
- California state elections, November 2008
- California Streets and Highways Code
[edit] References
- ^ "Governor funds HSR, but bond delayed to 2008". BayRail Alliance. 2006-07-18. http://oldsite.bayrailalliance.org/issueupdate/past_updat.html. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ a b c "Assembly Bill 3034". California State Legislature. 2008-04-09. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_3001-3050/ab_3034_bill_20080826_chaptered.html. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ^ "Statement of Vote: 2008 General Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State. 2008-12-13. http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf.
[edit] External links
- Full text of Assembly Bill 3034
- California High Speed Rail Authority official website
- California High Speed Rail Land Impacts (opponents)
- Californians for High-Speed Trains (proponents)
- Summary from the Secretary of State
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