When California's high-speed rail plan comes up for the big vote this week in Sacramento, there will be a lot more at stake for the Bay Area than just bullet trains to Los Angeles.

In a move some see as an attempt to round up badly needed "yes" votes for the project, Gov. Jerry Brown and state Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, are insisting on an "all or nothing" vote on both the $68 billion rail line and millions of dollars for local "connectivity" projects.

In the Bay Area, those connections include:

-- $140 million for new BART cars.

-- $105 million to modernize Caltrain.

-- $61 million for San Francisco's Central Subway.

-- $46.5 million to improve the tracks on the Capital Corridor commute line between Oakland and San Jose.

High-speed rail needs 21 votes in the state Senate to get the green light to start spending voter-approved bonds in a major way.

So far, however, insiders say it's falling short by at least six votes.

All of which make the votes of the Bay Area's Sens. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, and Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, more critical.

Both Simitian and DeSaulnier are skeptical of the current plan, especially the idea that the first phase of construction will be the 130-mile "train to nowhere" stretch in the Central Valley.

Instead, the senators want the first round of money to be spent building up high-speed rail in the Bay Area and L.A., then move into the valley.

How will the "all or nothing" deal affect their vote?

"I'm a 'no' on all or nothing," DeSaulnier said.

As for Simitian: "I'm voting for what's best for the whole state," he said. "Local considerations will be part of that, but I can't let them drive my decision on a project of this magnitude."

Supe aide: San Francisco's budget woes must be on the mend, because the Board of Supervisors' budget committee just found an extra $1.4 million - enough to hire each of the 11 board members another aide.

"It's not where I would spend the money," said committee Chairwoman Carmen Chu, "but that's the feeling of a majority of the board."

Supervisor Scott Wiener, who supports the idea, said the third aide would put the supes on par with their colleagues in San Jose.

Stop-and-frisk facts: San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee's call to take a look at New York's stop-and-frisk practices as a way of curbing gun violence raised the specter that a majority of the police targets would be African American.

But a look at the city's most recent crime sweeps shows they already are.

Of the 67 parolees picked up in the latest sweep last week on suspicion of re-offending, 41 were black, 16 were white, six were Latino and four were Asian.

Of the 23 arrests for illegal gun possession from June 1 to 23, 19 of the suspects were black, two were Latino, one was Asian and one was white.

"But let's look at the victims of gun violence," said Police Chief Greg Suhr. "Seven out of 10 were African American as well."

Racial profiling or not, it's not a pretty picture.

What are friends for? Within days of the final vote, supporters on both sides of the 8 Washington waterfront condo project in San Francisco opened their hearts and checkbooks for their friends on the Board of Supervisors.

Just days after the supervisors green-lighted the project, board President David Chiu- who opposed the deal in his district - had a re-election fundraiser at the Ferry Building hosted by Zane Gresham and Sam Lauter. Cost of admission: up to $500 a head.

Gresham is the attorney, and Lauter the lobbyist, for Equity Office Partners, which opposed 8 Washington.

Two days earlier, Chinatown activist Rose Pak - who pushed for the 8 Washington deal and the affordable-housing set-asides it provided - hosted a fundraiser for rookie Supervisor Christina Olague at the Far East Restaurant.

Olague backed 8 Washington. When she took the stage, she made a point of paying "special thanks" to her longtime supporter Pak - as well she should. The event brought in $48,000.

For that kind of money, a pol tends to owe a lot more favors than just one vote.