California, quite deservedly, received the lion's share of federal HSR funding, as announced by Obama following his (truly marvelous) State of the Union address last night. In addition to the $10 billion from Prop 1A, Washington awarded another $2.25 billion to lines between San Francisco and San Jose, Merced and Bakersfield via Fresno, and Los Angeles to Anaheim. These are the major urban segments of the whole line; presumably, more rural segments (such as my site, Los Angeles to Bakersfield via Palmdale and through the Tehachapi Pass), will come quickly after, since I would think that the line would hardly be able to perform until all the major cities are connected.