California Democrats Race Against Time for More High-Speed Rail Funding

Lawmakers are seeking $536 million from the outgoing administration as Trump’s team vows to derail the project.

Courtesy of the California High Speed Rail Authority
An artist's rendering of the all-electric, 200-mph bullet train that California hopes will ferry people between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Courtesy of the California High Speed Rail Authority

Democratic lawmakers in California are making a last-ditch effort to secure more than half a billion in funding for the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project before President Trump takes office in January.

Senator Padilla and incoming Senator Schiff, along with Congressmen Pete Aguilar and Jim Costa and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, recently sent a letter to the outgoing transportation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, imploring him to approve $536 million in additional funding for the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the first phase of its $135 billion project to connect major urban hubs in the Golden State with rapid transit, according to a report from the Sacramento Bee.

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