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Walters: California’s Crisis of Competence

August 17, 2020

Year by year and article by article, Ralph Vartabedian has revealed to Californians the woeful shortcomings of the state’s largest public works project, a north-south bullet train. Vartabedian, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, has made a virtual career o...

Walters: Bullet Train Follies

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

December 23, 2019

As oft-noted in this space, those in California’s state government — governors, legislators and agency directors — have an unfortunate habit of starting programs and projects that are never fully implemented. ...

Photo of high-speed rail construction in Fresno, California

California Set to Pay $1.65 Billion for Work on High-Speed Rail

AP News

July 16, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California officials on Tuesday moved toward awarding a $1.65 billion contract to design and construct the tracks and system in the central San Joaquin Valley for the first segment of its beleaguer...

composite of Assemblyman Jim Patterson and a high-speed rail train

Patterson Inquiry Triggers Suspension of Bullet Train Consultant

gvwire

June 4, 2019

A state watchdog agency is reviewing a complaint filed by Assemblyman Jim Patterson of Fresno against the top consultant on the California bullet train project. In addition, the consultant’s company has suspended him because of the probe, The Los Angeles Ti...

Walters: Trump Doing California a Bullet Train Favor

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

May 23, 2019

At last count, California’s Democratic political leadership had filed four dozen lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration, reflecting differences on policies large and small. Dan Walt...

California Sues Over $1 Billion in Canceled High-Speed Rail Money

AP News

May 21, 2019

SACRAMENTO — California sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration from canceling nearly $1 billion for the state's high-speed rail project, escalating the state's feud with the federal government. The F...

Photo of Brightline train at the station

Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion for Bullet Train

AP News

May 16, 2019

SACRAMENTO — The Trump administration canceled nearly $1 billion Thursday in federal money for California's high-speed rail project, further throwing into question the future of the ambitious plan to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco. California Gov. Ga...

Gov. Newsom Is Shrinking Jerry Brown’s Pet Projects

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

May 8, 2019

When Jerry Brown began his first governorship in 1975, he quickly set himself apart from his father, former Gov. Pat Brown. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary The elder Brown’s lega...

Photo of San Joaquin Valley and Gavin Newsom

Walters: Is San Joaquin Valley California’s Poor Stepchild?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 24, 2019

Technically, California’s San Joaquin Valley – the drainage plain of the San Joaquin River – begins a few miles south of Sacramento and ends a few miles south of Fresno. Opinion Dan Walters CALma...

Composite photos of high-speed rail construction in south Fresno and Gov. Gavin Newsom

Walters: It’s Time to Derail the Train to Nowhere

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 21, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom came close this month to abandoning the state’s misbegotten bullet train project that’s already cost many billions of dollars and demonstrates no signs of becoming viable. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “Let’s...

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Walters: California’s Crisis of Competence

Walters: Bullet Train Follies

California Set to Pay $1.65 Billion for Work on High-Speed Rail

Patterson Inquiry Triggers Suspension of Bullet Train Consultant

Walters: Trump Doing California a Bullet Train Favor

California Sues Over $1 Billion in Canceled High-Speed Rail Money

Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion for Bullet Train

Gov. Newsom Is Shrinking Jerry Brown’s Pet Projects

Walters: Is San Joaquin Valley California’s Poor Stepchild?

Walters: It’s Time to Derail the Train to Nowhere

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