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Emily Rusch, 415-734-7003
Danny Katz, 608-215-0929
Events next week
in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los
Angeles, Riverside, Anaheim, and San Diego
What: Fifty students from CALPIRG Students
Chapters are spending their spring break traveling the high-speed rail route by
car and bike to educate the public about the impending project. At most stops
the students are planning a short bike route through each town to actually get
to the location of the media event itself. At the media event, not only will
speakers be surrounded by the students in matching t-shirts and a giant map of
the proposed train route, but a group of students will also be wearing a Chinese
dragon style train costume. They’ll be decorating a train car at each stop to
represent each city they are traveling through, to provide an additional great
visual for media.
Event Dates, Times, Locations, and
Speakers:
San Francisco
When: Monday, March 24th, 10am
Where: San
Francisco City Hall
steps facing the Civic Center
Plaza
Joining the Students:
State Senator Carole Migden
Aaron Peskin, President of the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors
Judge Quentin Kopp, Chair of the High-Speed
Rail Authority Board
Professor Bill Berry, UC
Berkeley
Staff from Assemblymember Mark Leno’s
office
San Jose
When: Monday, March 24th,
1pm
Where: Outdoor Plaza West at San Jose City Hall (students will bike in from
Diridon Station at 12:30pm)
Joining the Students:
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
San Jose Mayor Chuck
Reed
Rod Diridon, High Speed Rail Authority
Board Member
Sacramento
When: Tuesday, March 25th,
10am
Where: North Steps of the State Capitol
Joining the Students:
State Assemblymember Fiona Ma
David Crane, High-Speed Rail Authority
Board Member and special advisor to the Governor for jobs and economic
growth
Stockton
When: Tuesday, March 25th, 2pm
Where: City
Hall
Joining the Students:
City Council Member Steve J.
Bestolarides
Fresno
When: Wednesday, March 26th,
11:30am
Where: Fresno Convention
Center (students will bike in with the Congressman a
little before 11am)
Joining the Students:
Congressman Jim
Costa
Bakersfield
When: Wednesday, March 26th,
3pm
Where: Bakersfield City
Hall
Joining the Students:
Bakersfield Mayor Harvey
Hall
Fran Florez, High-Speed Rail Authority
Board Member
Staff from Congressman Costa’s office and
State Senator Dean Florez’ office
Los
Angeles
When: Thursday, March 27th, 10am
Where:
South side steps of City Hall
Joining the Students:
Staff from Congresswoman Diane Watson’s
office
Anaheim
When: Thursday, March 27th, 1pm
Where: Amtrak Station, 2150 East Katella Avenue Anaheim, CA
92806
Riverside
When: Friday, March 28th,
9:30am
Where: Riverside Cesar Chavez
Community Center (students
will bike in from UC Riverside to the Community Center)
Joining the Students:
Riverside Mayor Ronald O.
Loveridge
San Diego
When: Friday, March 28th, 1:30pm
Where: MTS headquarters
downtown
Joining the Students:
Assemblywoman Lori
Saldaña
State Senator Christine Kehoe
National City Mayor Ron Morrison
Escondido Mayor Lori Holt
Pfeiler
SANDAG Executive Director Gary L.
Gallegos
