High Speed Rail – California Globe

California’s Billionaire Tax Will Accelerate Its Own Demise

June 8, 2026 12:30 pmJune 8, 2026 12:31 pm

The proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, officially Initiative No. 25-0024, would impose a one-time 5% excise tax on the net worth of anyone with assets over $1 billion who resided in California as of January 1, 2026. Organizers have collected...

Steve Hilton Will Stop the ‘Bullshit’ Train in its Tracks… ‘If only they had laid any…’

May 25, 2026 8:05 amMay 26, 2026 9:57 am

“HERE is the monument to 16 years of failed one party rule. $200 billion over budget, 30 years late – this is not a ‘bullet train’, it’s a bullshit train,” says gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton. “As governor I will stop...

California High-Speed Rail: A Textbook Case of Fiscal Failure Under Controller Malia Cohen

May 21, 2026 6:00 amMay 21, 2026 6:01 am

California’s long-troubled High-Speed Rail project stands as one of the most expensive and least accountable boondoggles in state history. What began as a 2008 voter-approved promise of an 800-mile network for roughly $33 billion has shrunk to a 171-mile Merced-to-Bakersfield...

Fraud Cover Up: California High Speed Rail Legislation to Hide Evidence of Fraud

May 20, 2026 10:55 amMay 20, 2026 11:00 am

California’s High-Speed Rail boondoggle is now estimated to cost taxpayers $231 billion, up from its original $33.5 billion price tag in 2008 when voters passed Proposition 1A. Voters were deceived by the original ballot summary and language in Proposition 1A...

Gavin Newsom and California Democrats Are Doubling Down on Their Government Failure

May 14, 2026 8:54 amMay 14, 2026 10:23 am

California is a textbook case of government failure. Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s Democrats are doubling down on their failure, corruption, addiction to spending, and ridiculous programs, further destroying the quality of life in the once greatest state in...

Straight Talk with Jon Fleischman & Katy Grimes: Gov’s Race, Billionaire Tax, HSR, Newsom – We Hit It All!

April 30, 2026 7:19 pmApril 30, 2026 7:19 pm

I joined Jon Fleischman Thursday on his Substack live “So, Does it Matter?” We discussed the Billionaire tax, which really will eventually tax everyone on their assets, the Governor’s race, and whether or not voters will choose a Republican was...

CA High-Speed Rail Cost Explodes to $231 Billion, From Original $33 Billion

April 28, 2026 7:54 amApril 28, 2026 5:10 pm

California’s High-Speed Rail boondoggle is now estimated to cost taxpayers $231 billion, up from its original $33.5 billion price tag in 2008 when voters passed Proposition 1A. “Our country has never seen a fiscal disaster of this magnitude,” California Rep....