BOB2 Wrote:
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> Espee99 Wrote:
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> > Guys its simple, no money for us in California
> due
> > to climate change. The climate is changing and
> so
> > is the political will. Until either is solved
> we
> > will be an island.
> >
> > But they will put monies into existing systems,
> as
> > that is what is needed to avoid highway
> > construction the the country cannot fund.
>
> As the Zen Master likes to say: "We'll see"....
>
> I'm buying popcorn myself. I suspect with the
> conservative Federal courts that the RR's will
> back CARB off, and that you are right about cuts
> in spending on some of the climate measures.
>
> Trump's attempts to punish California might be
> tried. But these sorts of things tend to die,
> when they realize how many California contractors
> also donate to Republican candidates.
>
> However, there is going to be way more push back
> on any attempts to gut the infrastructure bill, as
> all of those rural and red state Congressional
> members seem to have no problem at all with
> getting the bridge repair money they voted
> against.
>
> Real turkeys, like the SOFI people mover
> (California's transit version of Alaska's "bridge
> to nowhere" project), that didn't make the funding
> cut in the House of Representative last session
> are in real trouble. And I expect no action on
> any additional funding the CAHSRA's runaway money
> train for the next two years. But I also don't
> expect to see Congress doing "claw backs" of
> funded projects with funding agreements and
> existing appropriations commitments.


On July 22, 2024, the city of Inglewood announced that the project would be built and operated by Elevate Inglewood Partners.

The partnership includes Tutor Perini Corporation as lead contractor, Parsons Transportation Group as lead design company, a joint venture of Alternate Concepts, Inc. and Plenary Americas as lead operations and maintenance provider, and Woojin Industrial Systems as rolling stock technology provider.

Representative Maxine Waters, who had supported the project early on, came out against the project on July 18, 2024, writing a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg calling the project ridiculous and too costly as it would only serve the needs of visitors to the sports and entertainment venues and would not provide convenient connectivity for local residents.

After the letter went out, the House stripped $200 million in funding for the project from a draft budget bill.

The South Bay Cities Council of Government denied the project an additional $493 million in October 2024 which was needed to build the line and jeopardized $1 billion of federal matching funds. At about the same time,

Rams owner Stan Kroenke and Clippers owner Steve Ballmer came out against the project over concerns that it would cut into their property line and could lead to the loss of a traffic lane outside of their stadiums.

After the funding denial and amid opposition by Waters, Kroenke and Ballmer, Inglewood mayor James Butts conceded that the project was likely dead. He told the Los Angeles Times, "I don’t give up on anything, but I am realistic. It was voted down. So, for all intents and purposes, that’s it."

M. Waters of sound mind !?

Guess what just froze over!