CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SACRAMENTO : $2-Billion Transit Initiative Qualifies

An initiative for a $1.99-billion bond issue to improve train service and city rail commuting systems qualified for the June, 1990, ballot Friday. Secretary of State March Fong Eu said the proposal, called the rail transportation bond act, has attracted 478,222 signatures from registered voters--considerably more than the 372,178 signatures needed to put the initiative on the ballot. Backers said most of the nearly $2 billion would be used for capital improvements for San Diego and San Joaquin Amtrak trains, the Bay Area Rapid Transit System, the Caltrain commuter system between San Jose and San Francisco, and improvements to light-rail facilities in several cities.