Only 25% say high-speed rail a "high priority"

Lisa Benson

From a new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California:

...Far fewer (25% adults, 19% likely voters) say the same about high-speed rail. Californians voted to allocate money to begin building the rail project in 2008. 

Summing up, PPIC president and CEO Mark Baldassare said: “Majorities of Californians place a high priority for new state spending on universal health coverage and tuition-free community college, rather than high-speed rail” (page 3).

...Notably, when asked about building a high-speed rail system, no more than a third[sic] of adults across parties, regions, age groups, and income groups say it should be a very high or high priority (page 13).

Rob's comment:

Actually, only 25% of those polled say the high-speed rail project should be a high or very high priority (page 13). This gives Governor Newsom political cover to cancel the dumb project.

On immigration:

An overwhelming majority of Californians (72%) continue to think that immigrants are a benefit to the state because of their hard work and job skills. In surveys since January 2013 at least two in three Californians have said immigrants are a benefit. Today, Democrats (83%) and independents (73%) view immigrants positively, while 55 percent of Republicans think immigrants are a burden because they use public services (page 18).