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Following High Speed Rail CEO Resignation, Board Appoints Finance Director Who Approved Rail Spending

October 31, 2026 6:30 amOctober 31, 2026 9:21 am

California high-speed rail CEO Ian Choudri resigned on Thursday, citing a need to focus on personal and family priorities, a few weeks after he was stripped of contract authority after a damning audit. Choudri’s resignation followed a rocky tenure marked...

Head of California High-Speed Rail Resigns Amid Travel Expense Scandal

October 29, 2026 8:31 amOctober 29, 2026 8:33 am

Mere weeks after he was stripped of contract authority after a damning audit, CA high-speed rail CEO Ian Choudri resigned on Thursday, citing a need to focus on personal and family priorities. In the emailed resignation letter obtained by CalMatters,...

Another $10-$14 Billion Needed to Fund High Speed Rail Line Bakersfield to Merced

May 20, 2025 2:45 amMay 20, 2025 2:46 am

The funding gap to complete the Bakersfield to Merced segment of the California High-Speed Rail Line grew on Monday following consultants to the project raising estimates from the original $7 billion gap to a now $10.2 billion gap. According to...

Gubernatorial Candidate Katie Porter Announces Opposition to California High-Speed Rail

May 9, 2025 1:08 pmMay 9, 2025 1:08 pm

In a KTLA Inside California Politics interview this week, former Congresswoman and current 2026 gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter came out against the current state of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) system, even suggesting that the state end the project should...

President Trump Confirms California’s High Speed Rail System Will No Longer Receive Any Federal Funds

May 7, 2025 7:00 amMay 7, 2025 2:45 pm

In a joint conference with newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said that the federal government would not put any more money towards the California High-Speed Rail system, all but ensuring further budgetary gaps...

Faltering California High-Speed Rail Pushes Private Funding To Fill Massive $7-$11 Billion Funding Gap

April 30, 2025 1:24 pmApril 30, 2025 1:24 pm

California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri announced Wednesday that he will be pushing the state to start accepting more private funding for the rail project, especially with a $7 billion funding gap set to come into play in mid-2026,...

California High-Speed Rail Needs $7 Billion for Bakersfield to Merced by 2026

March 27, 2025 2:45 amMarch 27, 2025 2:46 am

The California Legislative Analyst’s Office told lawmakers in an Assembly Transportation budget hearing Wednesday that California High-Speed Rail needs $7 billion in funding by June 2026 or else the first Bakersfield to Merced leg of the system could be delayed...