The governor of California, his first term, his remarks to the people of California,

Gavin Newsom, let's be real.

The current project, as planned, would cost too much and respectfully take too long? What project?

Sometimes known as High-Speed Rail. I welcome Bill Whelan of the Hoover Institution.

He has a podcast policy and politics and politics. He has a

videocast TV show and podcast Goodfellas and he writes for California Dreamin and we

go to that remark by the governor many years later the project bill a very good evening to you the governor right away

impressed everybody by being candid about high-speed rail what's happened in

between then and now good Good evening, Bill.

Good evening, John. So I'd be referring to us in 2019, just a few weeks after taking office.

Gavin Newsom, the 40th Governor of California, stood before the legislature and said the words that you

mentioned let's be real about high-speed rail and what he proceeded to do to John

was confuse everybody because at first it sounded like he was saying we've got to put an end on high speed rail.

But then if you read exactly what he said John he was saying that well let's keep doing

what we're doing which is building the track through the Central Valley, the so-called

train to nowhere which runs from Baker's Fielder said.

But then admitted that it costs too much to complete the plan to build a high-speed

rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles, doing this John just confused everybody he then

had to quickly walk back what he meant to say in part because labor has a huge role to play in

building this labor of course is a big part of the California Democratic

assistance but John here we are it's now

2024 it's now five years since Governor Newsom said those words and the situation of

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