SAVE ANGELES FOREST FOR EVERYONE
Fighting the High Speed Train Since 2014
S.A.F.E. was organized to stop the California High Speed Rail Authority from building train routes within the Palmdale to Burbank project section that damaged our local communities, the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Angeles National Forest. The so-called “East Corridor” includes routes that would travel approximately 41 miles over, under and through our communities and open space. Locally impacted communities include: Kagel Canyon, Lake View Terrace, Sunland-Tujunga, Shadow Hills, La Tuna Canyon and Sun Valley. Potential impacts, from both operational and construction phases, include damage to our community character, water resources, visual and aesthetics, noise and vibration, truck traffic and air quality, human and animal health, equestrian culture and industry and economy. We are working in unity with neighboring communities similarly impacted by high speed rail proposals including Pacoima, San Fernando, Santa Clarita, Acton and Agua Dulce.
Don’t Railroad Our Communities! Read all the facts and history of this project and get involved!
Draft 2024 Business Plan Available
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Comment period runs through April 09, 2024. The 2024 Business Plan will be considered by the Authority Board of Directors on Wednesday, April 11, 2024.
For questions and to leave comments, use our their 2024 Draft Business Plan Comment Form or reach out to them at businessplan2024@hsr.ca.gov
Spoiler alert: Budget is now $138 billion (original budget was $33 billion)
UPDATE: THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FINAL EIR ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER IS NOW SET FOR MID 2024.
"LISTENING SESSIONS" WERE HELD NOVEMBER 6 AND 7TH
Click here for SAFE's 156-page Comment Letter
Click here for Meehan-Hamilton Comment Letter/Report on Seismic Issues
For more info, including accessing the DEIR documents go to www.hsr.ca.gov or https://meethsrsocal.org/p-b/ Be sure to hit "next"
The Latest News
Refined SR14 is the Preferred Alternative but can change if conditions warrant
*1-4-24: Wall Street Journal: Biden’s $3.1 Billion Train Ticket to Nowhere
*12-30-23: Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Does anyone want the bullet train? Hoping for L.A. to S.F. in three hours feels lonely
*12-25-23: Los Angeles Times: Time to get real on the bullet train: California is building it, so let’s make it work
* May 2023: Orange County Register: The cost of high-speed rail in California might surprise you
* 03-16-23: Citwatch LA: Would you vote for $100 billion in bonds for high speed rail?
* 03-07-23: CalMatters: New cost estimate for high-speed rail puts California bullet train $100 billion in the red
* Read the Burbank Airport Authority v. California High Speed Rail lawsuit here
* 2022 Business Plan
* Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section
Burbank will lose 75% of its local water supply for an extended period of time and over 130 businesses, and the brand-new Avion development near the airport will have to be demolished at a cost of nearly $1 billion.
Burbank Area Potential Property Impacts Map Large file – Enlarge to 100% to see property and street names.
Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement – Burbank to LA Project Section
* Burbank Airport Authority Files Lawsuit Against CHSRA - LA Times 2-25-22