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Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law giving the California High-Speed Rail Authority eminent domain power
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Fossy programming.dev Fossy@programming.dev
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givesomefucks lemmy.world givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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He's gonna seize land, not use it for this, and then "sell" at rock bottom prices to developers....

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Burn_The_Right lemmy.today Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-08-19
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He's gonna seize land, not use it for this, and then "sell" at rock bottom prices to developers....

That's not fair. He's a conservative. He has no choice.

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themaninblack lemmy.world themaninblack@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-10
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Guess he weighed his options. He’s trying to piss off the left and tack right for his presidential run, and this move would piss off the right, but he can go into 2028 showing off a big infra project and his “I get shit done” bona fides

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lath lemmy.world lath@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-22
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Why do I remember this being about oil?

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Maeve kbin.earth Maeve@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-06-16
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Guess he weighed his options. He’s trying to piss off the left and tack right for his presidential run, and this move would piss off the right, but he can go into 2028 showing off a big infra project and his “I get shit done” bona fides

While also screwing over poors who can't afford current housing prices but paid off their current homes.

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JiveTurkey lemmy.world JiveTurkey@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
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If this is truly the reason for this bill I'm not sure there is any other way.

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
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That's gonna be a long ass data center.

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Pat_Riot lemmy.today Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
Joined: 2023-09-29
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That's gonna be a long ass data center.

Where a black neighborhood used to be.

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
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Where a black neighborhood used to be.

I hope it goes thru LaJolla CA. They really need transportation.

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AngryCommieKender lemmy.world AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
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I hope it goes thru LaJolla CA. They really need transportation.

Just not Dr. Seuess' house, please. That should be a museum, with the Morse children banned.

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moldy_rice piefed.keyboardvagabond.com moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com
Joined: 2026-08-07
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That's gonna be a long ass data center.

I wouldn't be so upset if the whole track was covered in solar panels to power a data center

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Someonelol lemmy.dbzer0.com Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-06-16
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About time. All these years and billions wasted goofing around with property rights when we desperately need better infrastructure that doesn't rely on cars.

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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
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About time. All these years and billions wasted goofing around with property rights when we desperately need better infrastructure that doesn't rely on cars.

Especially if it's a farm that is over 50% export.

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-04-14
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I wouldn't be so upset if the whole track was covered in solar panels to power a data center

What? No! You wait for the train like its a Disney waterpark... No shoes, the floor is tar covered in burnt ketchup stains with absolutely no cover under the full sun. The entire ride - No AC. But each ride is $200 bucks thanks. Lol.

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northertech fedia.io northertech@fedia.io
Joined: 2026-07-26
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He's gonna seize land, not use it for this, and then "sell" at rock bottom prices to developers....

yeah, you know build developments on a rail corridor 150 feet wide for hundreds of miles.

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AllNewTypeFace leminal.space AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-08-20
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Is this still being built?

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stoly lemmy.world stoly@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-01-04
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About time. All these years and billions wasted goofing around with property rights when we desperately need better infrastructure that doesn't rely on cars.

worse: they gave those rights to people building highways decades ago

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Not_mikey lemmy.dbzer0.com Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-01-30
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Especially if it's a farm that is over 50% export.

Oh so you want those cows in saudi arabia to starve then? Because that's what's gonna happen if we don't let our brave farmers dump thousands of gallons of water on to a desert to make alfalfa.

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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
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Oh so you want those cows in saudi arabia to starve then? Because that's what's gonna happen if we don't let our brave farmers dump thousands of gallons of water on to a desert to make alfalfa.

Yes, I do.

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Formfiller lemmy.world Formfiller@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-12
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Now do that to the water

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Formfiller lemmy.world Formfiller@lemmy.world
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Guess he weighed his options. He’s trying to piss off the left and tack right for his presidential run, and this move would piss off the right, but he can go into 2028 showing off a big infra project and his “I get shit done” bona fides

He had nearly a decade to get this project done. He didn’t

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