Californians would do well to make a visit to New Mexico to see how the Democrat Train between Albuquerque and Sante Fe is performing.
Why? The best run high speed rail systems in the world - those in Japan and France - have been losing money for decades. Only a tiny number of individual high speed rail lines in the entire first world take in enough in fares to cover operating costs.
Like socialism in general, high speed rail has a long term, consistent track record of failure. If Californians hadn't learned that from decades of documented results in areas of the world where passenger rail actually makes some sense, why would the recent failure of a little commuter rail system like New Mexico's have any effect on their thinking?
Californians, as a whole, have drank the kool-aide. They're going to wake up to reality only in the manner that most socialists do - they're going to soon run out of other people's money.