California high-speed rail deal a major blow to the project, the Sacramento County judge ruled Friday that the agency monitor the bullet train fails to comply to the voters to make financial and environmental commitments when they approved the initial five-year funding for the project before.
Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny said, the California High Speed ??Rail Authority "approved funding plan does not meet the legal requirements of" abuse of discretion, and not OK "sources of funding, more than just a theoretical possibility."
However, he refused to immediately stop funding to the project, and said he would hold another hearing to determine what will happen next. A date yet to be determined.
Office of Governor Jerry Brown, he has been advocating the project, the director of the California High Speed ??Rail Authority queries. Dan Brown Appoints Chairman of the Board, Richard said that the project work will continue until the judge decided remedies.
In the meantime, he said, the legislature of the financial provision remains valid.
"We take seriously our commitment to continue efforts to develop high-speed rail projects for the benefit of all California Proposition 1A" he said in a statement to The Associated Press said.
Central Valley landowners and the Kings County Board of Supervisors that $ 68 billion in high-speed rail projects in the 2011 lawsuit, does not comply with the commitments made to the electorate in 2008, when they approved the sale of $ 1 billion bond.
Proposition 1A requires that the agency determines that the first part of the entire project funding and before starting construction, remove all environmental obstacles. High Speed ??Railway Bureau argues that these provisions apply only from Madera to Fresno Section 130 miles.
Legislators last summer authorized sales $ 260 million construction of state bonds, the first part, which allows the state to tap $ 330 million in federal matching funds. This is just a small part of the financing needs of the final links northern and southern California, high-speed trains.
The judge said, in plain language, active representation, financing, and environmental clearances should be completed the first 290 kilometers of the San Fernando Valley, which is estimated to cost from $ 24 billion to $ 31 billion from Merced.
"The judge said that they really have the whole IOS (initial operating segment), they picked up the money, which is 31 billion," said Mike Brady, plaintiffs' lawyers said. "They only have $ 600 million of the $ 31 billion, so it will be a pretty big obstacle, I think."
Aaron Fukuda, who also received one of the plaintiff's landlord, Hanford said the judge's ruling was vindication of common concerns raised by people.
"Finally there is a judgment, verify that these issues, which is totally exciting," he said.
 



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