Atherton spent $145K to delay train electrification. The rest of us paid $400M
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Author: mslate
Date: 5/31/2026
Article Summary:
The article discusses how a small town in California, Atherton, used a CEQA lawsuit to delay and increase the cost of Caltrain electrification, a regional public project, by millions of dollars.