California Democrats send Newsom a budget without money for high-speed rail
Several large structures along California’s high-speed rail in Fresno appear nearly finished as seen in this drone video shot on March 4, 2021. By Craig Kohlruss
The conspicuous absence of money for high-speed rail in the $262.6 billion budget bill approved Monday by state legislators in Sacramento could have major consequences for construction work of the bullet-train line in Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley.
The budget bill sent by the state Assembly and Senate to Gov. Gavin Newsom late Monday includes billions of dollars for transportation across the state.
But it does not include more than $4 billion sought by the California High-Speed Rail Authority and Newsom to advance work on the high-speed rail project that has been under construction in Fresno, Madera, Kings, Tulare and Kern counties for for seven years.
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I can’t imagine a legislature in Sacramento with enough brain tissue to realize the “Train to Nowhere” , high speed or not, is anything other than an ego boosting money sink for the likes of Brown and Newsomlini.
Another year with out funding may rescue the tax payers. The only thing left is the law suites from the property owners who were invaded by our state government.