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| | Placentia, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | In 1837, the Mexican Governor in charge of what is now Southern California granted a huge swath of land to called, comprising the modern cities of Anaheim, Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia and Yorba Linda. |
 | | Inspired by the project in southern Los Angeles, Placentia created a project, OnTrac, that called for the tracks to be rerouted through a concrete-lined ditch approximately ten feet below grade level, reducing noise and increasing safety via the elimination of grade crossings. |
 | | However, fiscal mismanagement and the withdrawal of promised federal funds resulted instead in the project nearly bankrupting the city, which was forced to drastically curtail services. |
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