SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Wednesday signed SB 1029, the $8 billion bill to begin construction of the state’s future high-speed rail line. In 2013, construction of the initial segment of high-speed rail, linking Merced to the San Fernando Valley, will create 100,000 job-years of employment over the next five years, the equivalent of 20,000 full-time jobs annually.
Calling naysayers "NIMBYs," "fearful men" and "declinists,'' the governor celebrated a project that he first signed a bill to study 30 years ago, reported the San Jose Mercury News.
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