By Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News; January 25, 2018
The latest $2.8 billion cost overrun is yet another reminder that the Legislature should apply the brakes to Gov. Jerry Brown’s legacy-seeking bullet train fiasco.
If the California High-Speed Rail Authority could deliver the $45 billion Sacramento-to-San Diego system that voters were promised in Proposition 1A nearly a decade ago, we’d be supportive. But it’s not even close. And the numbers keep getting worse, as the authority continues throwing good money after bad.
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