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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...

California High Speed Rail Sues Federal Government Following $4 Billion Funding Cut Claiming ‘Petty, Political Retribution’

July 18, 2025 11:52 amJuly 18, 2025 11:52 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced late Thursday that the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) would be suing the Trump administration over the $4 billion in federal cuts to the High-Speed Rail program. According to the announcement by Newsom’s office, a...

California Lawmakers React to Trump Admin Cutting $4 Billion High Speed Rail Funds

July 17, 2025 11:14 amJuly 17, 2025 11:16 am

Following the Trump Administration’s announcement on Wednesday that $4 billion in federal funds would be cut from California High-Speed Rail (CHSR), lawmakers from across the state reacted. After all, the $10.2 billion deficit CHSR needs to plug by June 2026...

High-Speed Rail’s Ian Choudri Confirms Plans For Private Investment to Bridge $10.2 Billion Funding Gap

July 8, 2025 1:48 pmJuly 8, 2025 1:48 pm

California High-Speed Rail has roughly 11 months to plug a funding gap of between $10.2 billion to $14.2 billion. Back in March, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office told lawmakers that CHSR needs $7 billion in funding by June 2026 or...

Trump’s Transportation Secretary Releases Report Exposing No Viable Path Forward for California’s High-Speed Rail Boondoggle

June 4, 2025 10:00 amJune 4, 2025 12:37 pm

The U.S. Department of Transportation just released a report Wednesday revealing that California’s High-Speed Rail project is in default of its federal grant agreements and has no viable path to completion – and not a moment too soon as the...