By eminent domain is how the land is taken for a project, that is the authority under which the rail authority would approach the negotiations for the land.
That does not mean the State gets the land for free.
But it’ll delay payout even more - then too, CA will say since Trump dumped the rail plan with no money coming, CA will also say “well there ya go” ...
California has a surprise $21.5 billion "budget surplus" in 2019.
"Gov. Gavin Newsom is in an enviable position: a record surplus of $21.5 billion in his first proposed budget.
In other news, I personally used California's "One Weird Trick" to arrive at a "budget surplus" in my own finances.
I just don't pay my bills any more, and threaten people who try to collect with armed gunmen from California's law enforcement community.
This has worked so far.