This is why California’s wasting another $3.5B on high speed rail

High-speed rail in California has become synonymous with failure, a waste, a racket, a punchline. So why shovel $3.5 billion more into the project, as the state’s High-Speed Rail Authority did this week? Short answer: to prop up Gavin Newsom’s presidential dream. If the governor wanted to do right by California residents, he’d simply abandon...

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Jun 3, 2026 - 02:06
This is why California’s wasting another $3.5B on high speed rail
High-speed rail in California has become synonymous with failure, a waste, a racket, a punchline. So why shovel $3.5 billion more into the project, as the state’s High-Speed Rail Authority did this week? Short answer: to prop up Gavin Newsom’s presidential dream. If the governor wanted to do right by California residents, he’d simply abandon...
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