Gavin Newsom Moves Away From Jerry Brown’s Public-Works Ambitions
- Democrat scales back costly high-speed rail and water projects
- Bond investors had worried Newsom won’t show fiscal discipline
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In his first State of the State speech, an avenue for airing lofty goals, California Governor Gavin Newsom showed he won’t simply sign off on his predecessor’s expensive public works projects as he moves toward his own priorities.
The Democrat who took office last month indicated Tuesday that he was scaling back California’s ambitious $77 billion high-speed rail project linking Los Angeles and San Francisco by focusing on getting one segment completed. He also said he wants to shrink plans to build twin 30-mile long tunnels aimed at buttressing the water system down to one.