Watchdog: Consultants improperly billed High Speed Rail Authority for $700,000

The improper payments included trips to a cigar lounge, escape room, and Planet Fitness gym.

California high-speed rail consultants billed taxpayers for first-class flights, gym trips and more

California's High Speed Rail improperly reimbursed consultant travel expenses, including premium flights and rides to gyms, a ...

California high speed rail paid for consultants’ trips to tiki bar, gym and ‘escape room’ as blown expenses revealed

The High-Speed Rail Authority paid for consultant travel to questionable destinations that appeared unrelated to state ...

Report finds wasteful travel expenses for California High-Speed Rail consultants

The California High-Speed Rail Authority approved wasteful and "unallowable" travel expenses for consulting firms in what a ...

High-Speed Rail Authority used taxpayer money on questionable travel for consultants, report finds

California taxpayers have been funding questionable travel for consultants working with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, according to a report released Tuesday by the project's independent ...

California high-speed rail consultants flew first-class, visited bars and a nightclub on taxpayers’ money

California’s High-Speed Rail Authority paid nearly $600,000 in unallowable travel reimbursements to outside consultants while ...

Will Gov. Newsom veto the high-speed rail oversight bill that his own watchdog calls essential?

Newsom quietly enacts controversial part of high-speed rail oversight bill, may veto part watchdog calls essential ...

Why the California high-speed rail project is taking longer than planned

High-speed rail can be found around the world. Yet so far, the projects haven't tracked in the U.S., where both the public and private sectors have faced ballooning costs and delays.

Central Valley cities are complaining about High-Speed Rail in 2026. See the latest

There has been station frustration in Merced, housing planned on the train's route in Shafter and pushback on a new funding ...

Report finds California High-Speed Rail consultants charged questionable travel expenses

The Office of the Inspector General says $680,500 of the roughly $1.15 million in expenses it reviewed lacked documented ...