California High-Speed Rail Authority

The Bullet Train to Nowhere Made Great Time to the Nightclub

September 20, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 20, 2026 6:01 am

The one thing in California that runs on schedule turns out to be a consultant’s Uber Black, pulling away from a Sacramento nightclub at 2:30 in the morning. On the taxpayer’s dime. First class, naturally. That’s the picture from this...

Another California High Speed Rail Disaster: Brightline West Makes Federal Loan Bailout Request

September 9, 2026 1:00 pmSeptember 10, 2026 12:24 pm

California’s perpetually incomplete high-speed rail project has no operational trains and no high-speed track laid on the actual alignment, as of August 2026. Gov. Gavin Newsom has blown $18 billion on the High Speed Rail and the project is about...

Gavin’s High Speed Rail Disaster

August 14, 2026 11:40 amAugust 14, 2026 11:40 am

California’s high-speed rail project has no operational trains and no high-speed track laid on the actual alignment, as of August 2026. Gov. Gavin Newsom has blown $18 billion on California High Speed Rail and the project is about to run...

High-Speed Rail Shuffle: Bay Area Cronies Board the Boondoggle While the Central Valley Gets the Shaft

May 15, 2026 8:00 amMay 15, 2026 8:01 am

Fresno developer Tom Richards spent sixteen years trying to steer California’s high-speed rail project toward something resembling a real outcome. Last week he stepped down as board chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Governor Gavin Newsom’s response: appoint two...

Senate Transportation Vice Chair Strickland: Sacramento’s $87 Billion Train Off the Rails, Proposition 1A Promise Broken

August 25, 2025 12:01 pmAugust 25, 2025 1:24 pm

California’s long-delayed and grossly over-budgeted high-speed rail project could be operating the Central Valley line by 2032, a new report quietly released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority says. However, rail authority officials also admit that they will need...

Gov. Newsom Signs High-Speed Rail Bill Creating Funding Plan for Merced to Bakersfield Segment

July 31, 2025 12:00 pmJuly 31, 2025 12:02 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Wednesday that requires the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to create a detailed funding plan for the Merced to Bakersfield “phase one” segment following years of pressure from Republicans and some Democrats wanting...

California GOP Congressional Reps Push for Cancelled $4 Billion HSR Funds Diverted to Infrastructure Projects

July 25, 2025 12:40 pmJuly 25, 2025 12:40 pm

A group of nine Californian GOP Congressional members, led by Congressman Vince Fong (R-CA) wrote a letter earlier this week to Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy urging the Department of Transportation (DOT) to reroute the $4 billion originally assigned to...