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California governor to scale back struggling high-speed rail, twin tunnels projects

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in his State of the State speech Tuesday that he intends to scale back California's $77 billion high-speed rail system, saying that while the state has "the capacity to complete a high-speed rail link between Merced and Bakersfield ... there simply isn't a path to get from Sacramento to San Diego, let alone from San Francisco to L.A."

In another break from his predecessor, Jerry Brown, the governor also announced in his speech that he will downsize the San

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