Rep. Vince Fong(@RepVinceFong):California has already spent billions on High-Speed Rail. We're decades past deadline and have zero trains and zero tracks. So where has the money been going? To luxury travel, tiki bars, cigar bars, and nightclubs! Absolutely absurd that this is how California is spending your tax dollars. Yet another reason to shut this project down immediately.

2026.09.16 13:48

California has already spent billions on High-Speed Rail. We're decades past deadline and have zero trains and zero tracks. So where has the money been going? To luxury travel, tiki bars, cigar bars, and nightclubs! Absolutely absurd that this is how California is spending your tax dollars. Yet another reason to shut this project down immediately.

Ashley Zavala@ZavalaA

2026.09.15 22:32

NEW: Premium airfare without documentation, luxury rideshares to a gym, tiki bar, cigar bar in D.C. and nightclubs. CA's High-Speed Rail Authority allowed consultants to waste more than half a million dollars on questionable spending, project's OIG says