Calfornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) just announced in his State of the State address to the legislature that he’s giving up on statewide high-speed rail from Sacramento to San Diego:

!! AP: California Gov. Gavin Newsom abandoning plan for high-speed train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, says too costly. — Jon Passantino (@passantino) February 12, 2019

“Let’s be real,” he says a little too late:

Gov Newsom on high speed rail:

“Let’s be real… the project as currently planned would cost too much and take too long.” — Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) February 12, 2019

It’s almost as if conservatives warned about this from Day 1:

Gov. Newsom says high speed rail project is too expensive and would take too long, acknowledges lack of transparency and oversight, adds that abandoning project would mean billions of wasted $$ and years of wasted time. Says capacity does exist to build HSR in Central Valley. — AirTalk (@AirTalk) February 12, 2019

He does want to build around 165 miles of track in the Central Valley between Bakersfield and Merced:

Making big news, Newsom says he's going to cut back the high speed rail project to only cover a segment from Merced to Bakersfield. — Taryn Luna (@TarynLuna) February 12, 2019

And he plans on keeping the $3.5 billion grant given to the state during the Obama administration:

“I have no interest in sending back 3.5 billion dollars allocated for this project.” Gavin Newsom rebukes expansive #highspeedrail project from Northern to Southern CA, but advocates a high speed rail heading into Central Valley @FOX40 pic.twitter.com/xJpuMBCBDU — Joe Khalil (@JoeKhalilTV) February 12, 2019

BS. The state should have to give it back to the U.S. Treasury.

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Related:

Feds to audit CA high-speed rail project as funding flounders https://t.co/6MaiVBkmnS — Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 15, 2018