budget proposal<\/a>, he has doubled down on billions of dollars in controversial funding for the San Joaquin Valley segment of the high-speed rail project. This proposal will also boost the state\u2019s initiative to substitute gas-powered vehicles with zero-emission.<\/span><\/p>\nThese figures are part of Governor Newsom\u2019s $286.4-billion proposal that was released earlier in the week \u2013 with a total of $9.1 billion going towards transportation infrastructure. The Governor claims that it is part of the state\u2019s effort to decrease California\u2019s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe proposed $4.2 billion in high-speed rail funding has been embroiled in controversy lately. It is the final portion of $9.9 billion in bond funds for the high-speed rail, which voters approved back in 2008 in Proposition 1A on the premise that they would have a bullet train linking Los Angeles and San Francisco.\u00a0 <\/span>Newsom has instead decided to use the $4.2 billion to finish a 119-mile segment in Fresno, Kern, Madera, and Kings counties. Some Democrats are saying the funding should be directed at urban centers in Southern California and the Bay area and not for the less-populated areas of Central Valley. <\/span>\u201cLet\u2019s get the job done. Let\u2019s finish the Central Valley component. The voters set aside the money for this purpose, I want to get those dollars out from Prop 1A and finish that job. Doing it in a fast and judicious way,\u201d Newsom said Thursday during a news conference.<\/span><\/p>\nDirector of the climate program at UC Berkeley\u2019s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, Ethan Elkind, said the controversy about the funding comes down to a battle between the Newsom and Southern California legislators who \u201cwant to see a permanently neutered system and essentially a failed project.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThey basically don\u2019t have any confidence that the system is going to get finished. With Newsom, his vision is that the project can get done if you don\u2019t kneecap it now,\u201d Elkind said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPhoto Cred: Associated Construction Publications<\/p>\n
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