Another California High Speed Rail Disaster: Brightline West Makes Federal Loan Bailout Request

Another California High Speed Rail Disaster: Brightline West Makes Federal Loan Bailout Request

California’s perpetually incomplete high-speed rail project has no operational trains and no high-speed track laid on the actual alignment, as of August 2026. Gov. Gavin Newsom has blown $18 billion on the High Speed Rail and the project is about to run out of money, the Globe reported in “Gavin’s High Speed Rail Disaster in August.” So the governor replaced the prior variable 25% share of Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds, which were set to expire…