Rail authority passes plan for Calif. bullet train

He compared the fight over the bullet train to construction of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the San Francisco region.

"This project will have a similar impact and people will look back and say, 'Thank God they did it,'" Richard said before the board's vote.

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Dreier reported from Sacramento.

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