California: January 2012 Archives

- Gov. Jerry Brown told a Los Angeles TV station today that the state's proposed high speed rail system will cost much less than $100 billion, and will partly be funded by new taxes on major air pollution emitters. Daily News,

The governor told ABC 7's "Eyewitness Newsmakers" program that environmental impact fees paid by industries that emit large amounts of greenhouse gas will help fund the big train project. California has a "cap and trade" law that will collect fees if businesses do not reduce emissions, the governor said.

As he did during his first term as governor, Gov. J erry Brown is planning to make a Los Angeles version of his "State of the State" address Wednesday afternoon _ and capping off his day with a visit to an old haunt, Lucy's El Adobe.
Brown is scheduled to make his formal address tomorrow morning in Sacramento and then fly down to Los Angeles where he will make a speech in City Hall's Board of Public Works hearing room.
From there, he will go to El Adobe to meet with political supporters.