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60 Minutes Catches Up to Years of Warnings on the High-Speed Rail Boondoggle
- California's high-speed rail project from Los Angeles to San Francisco now has an estimated cost of $126 billion, nearly four times the $33 billion voters approved in 2008.
- As of 2026, no full line has been completed, with only a Central Valley segment between Bakersfield and Merced partially built and the earliest full opening projected for 2033.
- Officials, including California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin, have admitted mistakes and mismanagement, acknowledging that criticism of the project is justified.
- Federal funding was cut under the Trump administration, which criticized the project as a waste of taxpayer money and redirected funds to other rail safety projects.
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Officials warned of a significant increase in the high-speed train budget; when approved, it was estimated at $45 billion
60 Minutes Catches Up to Years of Warnings on the High-Speed Rail Boondoggle
While 60 Minutes this week shocked some national viewers by revealing that California’s high-speed rail project could now cost $126 billion to link Los Angeles and San Francisco — more than triple the $33 billion voters approved in 2008 — California Globe readers have been reading the grim truth for years. We didn’t need a prime-time exposé to know this was a Democrat-crafted disaster. We’ve been calling it exactly what it is: a boondoggle, a sl…
More to Come? CBS’s ‘60 Minutes’ Rips California Rail Racket, Allows Easter Message
While it’s certain to not always be the case, Sunday’s 60 Minutes offered a possible harbinger of things to come if editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is to turn CBS News into a network with journalism that appeals to all Americans. The episode including a lengthy piece blasting California’s high-speed rail boondoggle and then a closing minute from Christian evangelist Franklin Graham about Easter. Correspondent John Wertheim laid bare the ugly reality …
Total Cost of California High-Speed Rail Line Rises to $126 Billion, With a Big Funding Shortfall
California’s high-speed rail project connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco is now estimated to cost $126 billion, a rail authority board member said in an interview released by CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday. But the High-Speed Rail Authority, according to its 2026 Business Plan issued in February, forecasts $39.3 billion in capital funding through 2045, a shortfall of around $87 billion. “It is a big gap to fill,” board member Anthony Williams …
TRAIN WRECK: Newsom & Gray Keep Doubling Down on Failure
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Democrat Adam Gray’s high-speed rail project just got exposed for what it really is: a $126 billion taxpayer-funded scam, a train to nowhere that’s become a rolling monument to their incompetence and total failure. This project is the gold standard of Democrat incompetence, burning through billions of taxpayer dollars while delivering absolutely […]
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