California’s high-speed rail system carries on like a determined salmon swimming against stiff currents, waterfalls and anglers.
Born with the narrow 53-47 passage of Proposition 1A in 2008, which approved the first $10 billion in bond money, it has struggled for nine years to remain viable but never succumbed.
It’s been delayed by repeated lawsuits. It’s been criticized for slow progress by the people who sued, even as every lawsuit failed. State legislation was introduced to cancel the…