Feds give $2.3 billion for high speed rail

California will get more than $2.3 billion in federal stimulus money to help build an 800-mile-long, high-speed rail line tying Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay area to Los Angeles and San Diego. Daily News.

The grants announced by the Obama administration would fund the largest public works project in California history, with construction likely to start with a stretch from Los Angeles to Anaheim.

"I will say this about California, as typical, has been way ahead of the curve," Transportation Secretary Raymond LaHood said during a Thursday morning conference call. "The people there have been working and planning for high-speed rail for more than a decade, and they are willing to put up their own taxpayer dollars."