"But the state is facing major difficulties with the south-first plan. By building in the north initially, the state would delay the most difficult and expensive segment of the entire $68-billion project: traversing the geologically complex Tehachapi and San Gabriel mountains with a large system of tunnels and aerial structures."
I voted NO.
Did you?
The California HSR sham has nothing to do with rail transport.
HSR was/is only designed to be a revenue stream for slime inc.