But an even more controversial element of the plan was the assumption that local revenue from “tax increment financing” would ...

California’s high-speed rail project is piecing together a complex funding plan after losing billions in federal dollars ...

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer says the city cannot afford to share any local sales and property tax dollars with California’s High-Speed Rail Authority, which has floated the idea as a way to help pay for ...

Many years ago, sometime after Ronald Reagan replaced Pat Brown as governor of California, I was driving up the coast from ...

Construction of the 1,911-mile transcontinental railroad connecting California with the eastern half of the United States ...

Construction of the 1,911-mile transcontinental railroad connecting California with the eastern half of the United States began in 1863, while the nation was engaged in a bloody civil war, and was ...

LAO report says HSRA plan omits details about proposed Central Valley station relocations. Rail Authority says station relocations are in the conversation stage and not final. CA senators split on the ...

It will go down as the most wasteful government project in California history.

Who’s taking over?: Steve Kawa and Jason Elliott, both former top aides in San Francisco politics, will replace the board’s chair and vice chair. Why the change?: The shake-up comes as the rail ...

(The Center Square) – The California High-Speed Rail Authority missed the May 1 deadline to submit a report to the Legislature about the long-delayed project and its estimated cost of $126.2 billion.