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California high-speed rail fails to accomplish most of its legislative goals for 2026 (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s High-Speed Rail Authority failed this year to push through most of the state legislation it deemed necessary to keep construction of the 171-mile rail line connecting Merced and Bakersfield on its current schedule. In August 2025, authority Chief Executive Ian Choudri urged state leaders to commit stable state funding and cut red tape that he said had long stalled the project. He pitched several legisl
California High-Speed Rail Fails to Accomplish Most of Its Legislative Goals for 2026 (opens the original)
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« New California Law Frees Up Funds for Sober Homeless Housing Construction of a ramp for California’s high-speed rail project in Fresno on Sept. 12, 2025. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s High-Speed Rail Authority failed this year to push through most of the state legislation it deemed necessary to keep construction of the 171-mile rail line connecting Merced and Bakersfield on i
How a Santa Barbara County Gym, a Farmers Market, and MMA Fighters Landed Millions in Newsom’s Last Budget (opens the original)
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The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. $29 million to renovate a gym at a Santa Barbara college in Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón’s district. $13 million for a farmers market and food innovation hub in wealthy Marin County, where Gov. Gavin Newsom lives. $3 million to renovate the San Jose Giants’ minor league baseball stadium in Santa Clara County. California lawmakers doled out $1.3 bill
California high-speed rail consultants flew first-class, visited bars and a nightclub on taxpayers’ money (opens the original)
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This story was originally published by CalMatters. California’s High Speed Rail Authority paid nearly $600,000 in unallowable travel expenses to “questionable locations that appear unrelated to state business,” including trips to gyms, a nightclub, an escape room, a tiki bar and a cigar lounge over a two-year period, according to an investigation released Tuesday by the inspector general that oversees the agency. The report found that the agency routinely reimbursed consultants for trips that we
California high-speed rail consultants flew first-class, visited bars and a nightclub on taxpayers’ money (opens the original)
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Californiaâs High Speed Rail Authority paid nearly $600,000 in unallowable travel expenses to âquestionable locations that appear unrelated to state business,â including trips to gyms, a nightclub, an escape room, a tiki bar and a cigar lounge over a two-year period, according to an investigation released Tuesday by the inspector general that oversees the agency. The report found that the agency routinely reimbursed consultants for trips that were unauthorized or poorly justified. Some con
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