In 2023, the Biden Administration awarded California $3.1 billion in federal funds toward the high-speed rail project, which aimed to connect California, Los Angeles, and the Central Valley with 220-mile-per-hour, fully electrified trains, the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced at the time.

President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy both have slammed the project as a “train to nowhere.”

The Trump administration has revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good