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LOS ANGELES TO ANAHEIM

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announces the availability of the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) System. The Draft EIR/EIS has been prepared and is being made available pursuant to both the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

The Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section Draft EIR/EIS and associated documents will be available to the public on December 5, 2025.

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried out by the State of California pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated July 23, 2019 and renewed July 22, 2024, and executed by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the State of California. Under that Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the Authority is the project’s lead agency under NEPA. Prior to the 2019 MOU, the FRA was the federal lead agency. The Authority is also the lead agency under CEQA.

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The Authority and FRA completed a Statewide Program (Tier 1) EIR/EIS in November 2005 as the first phase of a tiered environmental review process for the proposed California HSR System planned to provide a reliable high-speed electric-powered rail system that links the major metropolitan areas of the state and that delivers predictable and consistent travel times.

The Authority has prepared a project-level (Tier 2) Draft EIR/EIS that further examines the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section (project section). The approximately 30-mile project section would provide HSR service between Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) in Los Angeles and the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) in Anaheim, and travels through the cities of Los Angeles, Vernon, Commerce, Bell, Montebello, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk, La Mirada, Buena Park, Fullerton, and Anaheim, as well as portions of unincorporated LA County known as West Whittier-Los Nietos. New HSR infrastructure at LAUS was already approved as part of the Burbank to Los Angeles Project Section in January 2022 or is studied as part of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Link Union Station Project. This project section would connect to the HSR System’s current southern terminus located south of LAUS.

This Draft EIR/EIS evaluates the impacts and benefits of a No Project Alternative and two build alternatives: Shared Passenger Track Alternative A and Shared Passenger Track Alternative B. The Authority’s Preferred Alternative under NEPA, which serves as the proposed project for CEQA, is Shared Passenger Track Alternative A. Shared Passenger Track Alternative A proposes approximately 30 miles of new and upgraded track, overhead contact system, maintenance and traction power facilities (including a light maintenance facility at 26th Street in the City of Vernon), additional freight rail track (including storage track replacement at Hobart Yard), grade separations and roadway modifications, drainage improvements, communications towers, security fencing, relocations of and modifications to passenger train stations, and other necessary facilities to introduce HSR service into the existing Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor from south of LAUS beginning at the northern edge of U.S. Highway 101 to ARTIC. New and upgraded tracks would allow other trains to share tracks with HSR. The Preferred Alternative includes an HSR station at ARTIC.

Shared Passenger Track Alternative B would be similar to Shared Passenger Track Alternative A, but would include a light maintenance facility at 15th Street in the City of Los Angeles.

Although not included in the Preferred Alternative, the Draft EIR/EIS also evaluates an option for one intermediate HSR station, which would consist of adding an HSR station platform and station facilities at either the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink Station or the Fullerton Metrolink/Amtrak Station.

Consistent with the Authority’s commitment to invest in regionally important early action projects to provide early benefits to transit riders and local communities in Southern California, while laying a solid foundation for implementation of the HSR system, both Shared Passenger Track Alternatives include early action projects (grade separations; freight or passenger rail track infrastructure; and improvements at passenger rail stations), which would improve safety and provide immediate mobility and reliability benefits for existing freight and passenger rail operations. These early action projects may be implemented by the Authority in collaboration with local and regional agencies, or by those other agencies relying on this Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section EIR/EIS in advance of the HSR system as stand-alone projects. These early action projects may also be the subject of an environmental review process completed earlier than the Los Angeles to Anaheim EIR/EIS process by other implementing entities. Additional infrastructure may be required by third parties to utilize the proposed HSR improvements, and these future improvements will be studied and approved in future environmental documents in accordance with federal and state law.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT EIR/EIS

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Nco tseg: many of these files are very large and could take up to several minutes to download. Electronic copies of files that are not posted on this website can be requested by calling (877) 669-0494 or emailing Los.Angeles_Anaheim@hsr.ca.gov.

In addition to posting sections of the Draft EIR/EIS on this website, printed and/or electronic copies of the Draft EIR/EIS are available at the following repository locations during facility operating hours:

Anaheim
- Anaheim Central Library, 500 W. Broadway, Anaheim, CA 92805
Buena Park
- Buena Park Library District, 7150 La Palma Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620
Commerce
- Rosewood Branch Library, 5655 Jillson St, Commerce, CA 90040
Cudahy
- County of Los Angeles Public Library – Cudahy Library, 5218 Santa Ana St, Cudahy, CA 90201
Fullerton
- Fullerton Public Library, 353 W Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832
La Mirada
- County of Los Angeles Public Library – La Mirada Library, 13800 La Mirada Blvd, La Mirada, CA 90638
Los Angeles
- Central Branch Library, 630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90071
- Malabar Branch Library, 2801 Wabash Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033
Montebello
- County of Los Angeles Public Library – Chet Holifield Library, 1060 S Greenwood Ave, Montebello, CA 90640
Norwalk
- County of Los Angeles Public Library – Norwalk Library,12350 Imperial Hwy, Norwalk, CA 90650
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- Orange Public Library, 407 E Chapman Ave, Orange, CA 92866
Pico Rivera
- Rivera Library, 7828 S Serapis Ave, Pico Rivera, CA 90660
Santa Fe Springs
- Santa Fe Springs City Library, 11700 Telegraph Rd, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Vernon
- Vernon Branch Library, 4504 S. Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011
Whittier
- Los Nietos Library, 8511 Duchess Dr, Whittier, CA 90606

Printed and/or electronic copies of the Draft EIR/EIS are also available for review during business hours at the Authority’s Headquarters at 770 L Street, Suite 620, Sacramento, CA 95814, and by appointment at the Authority’s Southern California Regional Office at 355 S Grand Avenue, Suite 2050, Los Angeles, CA 90071. To make an appointment to view the documents at the Southern California Regional Office, please call (877) 669-0494. Electronic copies of the Draft EIR/EIS and technical reports are also available on request by calling the Authority office at (877) 669-0494. Electronic copies of the Tier 1 document are also available for review on request by calling the Authority office at (877) 669-0494. Please consult www.hsr.ca.gov for up-to-date information on open days/hours.

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The purpose of environmental documents is to disclose information to decision makers and the public. Although the science and analysis that supports this Draft EIR/EIS are complex, this document is intended for the general public. Every attempt has been made to limit technical terms and the use of acronyms. The terms and acronyms are defined the first time they are used, and a list of acronyms and abbreviations is provided in Chapter 15 of the Los Angeles to Anaheim Draft EIR/EIS.

The Executive Summary, available in English, Spanish, and Korean consistent with applicable requirements and best practices, provides an overview of the substantive chapters. It includes a table listing the potential environmental impacts for each environmental resource topic and directs the reader to where additional information can be found in the document.

DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION

The Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section Draft EIR/EIS consists of the following:

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EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS

NOTICES

ONLINE OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING OPPORTUNITIES

Your feedback is important. As part of the public review process, the Authority is hosting a series of meetings to provide information and receive public comment on the Draft EIR/EIS. Please join us for an Open House and/or Public Hearing. All Open House meetings will feature the same information, providing details about the project alternatives and the Draft EIR/EIS. The Open House will also provide an opportunity to ask questions about the document and the public comment process. Please note that comments and questions received during the Open House portion of the meetings will not be included in the official public record. The Public Hearing portion of the meetings will include a formal public comment period during which members of the public may provide oral and written comments on the Draft EIR/EIS for inclusion in the official record.

Interpreters will be available at each event to provide Spanish and Korean interpretation services.
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Below is a list of the open house and public hearing dates:

Open House – Virtual
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
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Open House/Public Hearing #1 – Santa Fe Springs
Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Public Comment: *6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Town Center Hall – Social Hall, 11740 Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670

Open House/Public Hearing #2 – Anaheim
Date: Monday, January 12, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Public Comment: *6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Anaheim Brookhurst Community Center – East & West Rooms, 2271 Crescent Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92801

Open House/Public Hearing #3 – Commerce
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2026
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Public Comment: *6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Double Tree by Hilton Hotel – Grand Ballroom, 5757 Telegraph Road, Commerce, CA 90040

Public Hearing #4 – Virtual
Date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Virtual via Zoom
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*Oral and written comments received for public record.

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On December 5, 2025, the Authority released, for public review and comment under the CEQA and NEPA, a Draft EIR/EIS for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section of the California High-Speed Rail System.

The public review and comment period begins December 5, 2025, and ends February 3, 2026. During the comment period, comments may be submitted in the following ways:

Online via our web comment form
By mail to Attn: Los Angeles to Anaheim Draft EIR/EIS Comment, California High-Speed Rail Authority, 355 S Grand Avenue, Suite 2050, Los Angeles, CA 90071
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Oral comment on the direct line for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section at (877) 669-0494
Oral and written comments at the public hearings

Please check the Authority website Events page (https://hsr.ca.gov/communications-outreach/info-center/events/) for more information, including up-to-date information on the planned open houses and public hearings and how to attend them. Spanish and Korean interpretation will be available for all meetings. All requests for reasonable accommodations and/or other language services must be made 72 hours prior to each meeting by calling (877) 669-0494. For TTY/TTD assistance, please call the California Relay Service at 711.

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The following Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section Technical Reports provide technical details and serve as sources for the Draft EIR/EIS analysis. Electronic versions of the technical reports are available on request by calling (877) 669-0494.

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Supplement to the Hazardous Materials and Wastes Technical Report
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Chapter 1.0, Project Purpose, Need, and Objectives, explains why the project is proposed and provides a history of the planning process.

Chapter 2.0, Alternatives, describes the proposed alternatives and station locations as well as the No Project Alternative used for purposes of comparison. This chapter contains illustrations and maps and describes construction activities. Chapter 2 also identifies the Authority’s Preferred Alternative, which also serves as the proposed project for CEQA.

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Chapter 3.0, Affected Environment, Environmental Consequences, and Mitigation Measures, is where the reader can find information about the existing transportation, environmental, and social conditions in the Los Angeles and Anaheim region. This chapter provides the findings of the analysis of potential environmental impacts, along with methods to reduce these impacts (called mitigation measures).

Chapter 4.0, Section 4(f)/6(f) Evaluations, summarizes impacts on parks, wildlife refuges, and historic properties in accordance with Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 and Section 6(f) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act.

Chapter 5.0, Community Analysis, discusses whether the proposed alternatives would cause disproportionate impacts on low-income and minority communities. It also identifies mitigation to reduce those impacts, where appropriate

Chapter 6.0, Project Costs and Operations, summarizes the estimated capital, operations, and maintenance costs for the proposed alternatives and design options.

Chapter 7.0, Other NEPA/CEQA Considerations, summarizes the project’s significant adverse environmental effects that cannot be avoided if the project is implemented, the project’s benefits, and the significant irreversible environmental changes that would occur as a result of project implementation.

Chapter 8.0, Preferred Alternative, identifies the Preferred Alternative for the Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section and the basis for its identification

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Chapter 10.0, EIR/EIS Distribution, identifies the public agencies, tribes, and organizations that were informed of, and locations to review, this Draft EIR/EIS.

Chapter 11.0, List of Preparers, provides the names and roles of the authors of this Draft EIR/EIS.

Chapter 12.0, References/Sources Used in Document Preparation, lists the references and contacts used in writing this Draft EIR/EIS.

Chapter 13.0, Glossary of Terms, provides a definition of certain terms used in this Draft EIR/EIS

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Appendices provide additional details on the proposed alternatives, the Draft EIR/EIS, and specific background information, data, and other evidence supporting the analyses. Technical appendices are primarily related to the affected environment and environmental consequences analyses. These appendices are numbered to match corresponding chapters and sections of the Draft EIR/EIS (e.g., Appendix 3.2-A is the first appendix for Section 3.2, Transportation).

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These are detailed design drawings, including trackway, right-of-way, structures, grade separations, utilities, systems, stations, and maintenance facilities, for the two build alternatives evaluated in the Draft EIR/EIS.

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(877) 669-0494
Los.Angeles_Anaheim@hsr.ca.gov

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