POLITICS/TRANSPORTATION: California high-speed rail project, latest Legislative Analyst Office report, "majority of the funding remains highly speculative," recommendation that the Legislature delay approval of any construction funding....

***Several items regarding the California high-speed rail project, latest Legislative Analyst's Office report.....

* Sacramento Bee:  "Analyst's report faults California's bullet train plan"

* Sacramento Bee (Dan Walters):  "California bullet train still lacks valid data"

* Los Angeles Times:  "Report urges delay in bullet-train funding  decisions" - "Most funding 'remains highly speculative,' the Legislative Analyst's Office says. The high-speed rail agency's chief says the project's environmental and economic benefits were overlooked."