The monorail they’ve discussed is actually a maglev, which IMHO makes no sense given the obscene cost. Personally I think high speed rail makes a ton of sense and would love that option to/from SoCal but it’s taking forever, a third lane on I15 would have saved millions of gallons of gas and prevented tons of pollution over the last 20 years of train debates. Holding I15 expansion hostage in the name of clean transportation has been disastrous to the environment.
Brightline, the same private train company as Florida, is currently in the design process for a high speed train between Vegas and Victorville, with a future expansion to Anaheim… I think that’s the best bet at this point,