By Joe Mathews, Bakersfield.com; March 30, 2019
How will California ever finish the high-speed rail when it can’t finish San Francisco’s Downtown Rail Extension?
Twenty-three years ago, a restauranteur and wine shop owner named Gavin Newsom was appointed to his first political gig, as a San Francisco parking and traffic commissioner. Back then, a top priority of San Francisco transportation officials was a proposed 1.3 mile rail line called the Downtown Rail Extension, or DTX, to connect the city’s commuter rail station with downtown.