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California scales back plan for high-speed train between Los Angeles and San
Francisco

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   Gavin Newsom declared Tuesday there “isn’t a path” for completing the
   state’s plan for a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los
   Angeles, yet his office insisted he is fully committed to building such
   a project.
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   agricultural heartland, he said.

   A high-speed rail line linking Los Angeles to San Francisco was the
   goal when voters approved a ballot measure in 2008. The roughly
   520-mile line initially was estimated to cost $33bn and was pegged for
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   prescription drug costs.

   Trump has criticized California’s high-speed rail plan. Newsom said the
   state risked having to return $3.5bn in federal money if building stops
   on the Central Valley leg or it doesn’t complete the environmental
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   “It cannot be achieved, and the governor has essentially admitted it,”
   he said. “This entire thing has now changed from whether or not there’s
   going to be a high-speed rail to what’s going to be left for central
   California.”