Gov. Newsom Dims Jerry Brown's Grand Vision of California High Speed Rail

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Michael Krasny

Feb 14, 2019 at

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An artist's rendering of California High-Speed Rail. (California High-Speed Rail)

Governor Newsom has put the grand vision of high-speed rail between San Francisco and Los Angeles on hold. The announcement came in Tuesday’s State of the State address, where Newsom committed to 119-miles of high-speed rail between Merced and Bakersfield, but pulled back from former Governor Jerry Brown’s larger plan, citing cost overruns and mismanagement. With uncertainty now surrounding the project, we’ll discuss the new direction for California’s high speed rail under Governor Newsom.

Related Links:

Newsom Pulls Plug, at Least for Now, on S.F. to L.A. High-Speed Rail Link (KQED News)
California High-Speed Rail Authority
Harnessing High-Speed Rail (SPUR.org)

Guests:

Egon Terplan, regional planning director, the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)<br />

Dan Brekke, editor and reporter, KQED News <br />

Jim Patterson, California State assemblymember representing the 23rd District, which includes parts of Fresno and Tulare counties

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