Litigation
Jun. 3, 2013
Holdout lawsuit threatens future of high-speed rail
Trial begins on one of the last remaining serious obstacles to building the nation's first bullet train. Rural Kings County in the Central Valley and two county residents, John Tos and Aaron Fukuda, are the challengers.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - When California voters passed Proposition 1A in 2008, the ambitious proposal to build the nation's first bullet train from San Francisco to Los Angeles was already threatening to spawn legal battles between advocates and Central Valley communities whose homes and properties were in the project's path. Indeed, several environmental impact lawsuits were filed, and for a time it appeared that th...
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