By Ralph Vartabedian in Los Angeles Times

April 12, 2016

Another chapter in the war over the California bullet train erupted Tuesday at a board meeting of the state’s high-speed rail authority as San Fernando Valley residents said the proposed routes would devastate their communities, jeopardize endangered species and cause visual blight.

Residents said routes under consideration between Burbank and Palmdale would ruin the rural character of their neighborhoods, including many equestrian areas.

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