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Photo of high-speed rail construction in Fresno, California

Walters: It’s Time to Derail the Bullet Train

August 5, 2019

A decade ago, shortly after California voters narrowly approved a $9.95 billion bond issue to finance a statewide high-speed rail train system, an official involved in early planning for the project confided a dirty little secret. Dan Walters CALma...

California: Trump Plan to Take Back Rail Money ‘Disastrous’

AP News

March 4, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Leaders of California's high-speed rail project told the Trump administration Monday its plans to withhold or claw back $3.5 billion in federal money for the project was "legally indefensible" and ...

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 ...

Trump to California: Send High-Speed Rail Billions Back to DC

gvwire

February 19, 2019

First, President Donald Trump tweeted criticism Tuesday of both California's high-speed rail project and the state's participation in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Then, later in the day, th...

Push to End Bullet Train in 2020 Could Signal GOP Strategy

AP News

September 26, 2018

SACRAMENTO — Worried they would lack big-name candidates at the top of the ticket this November, California Republicans turned to a ballot measure that would eliminate a recent gas tax increase in hopes of exci...

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Walters: Newsom Bucks His Party on Water

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Walters: Newsom Fumbles on Transportation

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