Cal. High-Speed Rail v. Super. Ct.
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The Court of Appeal issued a peremptory writ of mandate directing the trial court in this case to enter judgment validating the authorization of a bond issuance for the purposes of the 2008 voter-approved Safe, Reliable, High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act. Questions regarding the project the Authority sought to build was the one voters approved in 2008. Furthermore, the Authority left substantial financial and environmental questions unanswered with regard to the final funding plan required for each corridor or useable segment of the project. In its review, the Court of Appeal concluded: (1) contrary to the trial court’s determination, the High-Speed Passenger Train Finance Committee properly found that issuance of bonds for the project was necessary or desirable; and (2) The preliminary section 2704.08, subdivision (c) funding plan was intended to provide guidance to the Legislature in acting on the Authority’s appropriation request. Because the Legislature appropriated bond proceeds following receipt of the preliminary funding plan approved by the Authority, the preliminary funding plan has served its purpose. "A writ of mandamus will not lie to compel the idle act of rescinding and redoing it."
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