Interesting diary. Thanks. Local politics is always more interesting to me than national politics, and I know California quite well - except for the Monterey Peninsula!! ;-)

Americans were in love with railroads before they were in love with cars. Rail is more social. I hope you Proposal 1a passes - it IS a no brainer.

One question though. What are the risks in the Central valley for earthquakes? Even small shifts can be dangerous to the tracks, I assume?

You can't be me, I'm taken