Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 377 on Wednesday, mandating the California High-Speed Rail Authority to devise a comprehensive funding plan for the high-speed rail project segment from Merced to Bakersfield. The bill requires the Authority to update cost estimates, risk assessments, and service initiation options in its 2026 business…

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation from Asm. David Tangipa (R–Clovis) to require the California High-Speed Rail Authority to provide a detailed funding plan to the Legislature. It’s a move that Tangipa says will put an end to endless spending. Read More

AB 377 by Assemblymember David Tangipa (R-Clovis) – High-Speed Rail Authority: business plan: Merced to Bakersfield segment. A signing message can be found here. Read More

Tangipa said it was hypocritical that the state is now considering this when in 2022 it forced Fresno County to take on citizen-led redistricting over supervisor objections. He also raised concerns about the cost and time pressures of the proposal. “I don’t think a majority of Californians want us to…

“I don’t think it should be a race to the bottom,” Fresno Republican Assemblymember David Tangipa said. He is among the lawmakers in the state legislature who would have to vote on Newsom’s plan. “I’ll say this, gerrymandering one way or the other, whether it’s for Republicans or Democrats, is…