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Diane Dixon Derails Newsom’s Train to Nowhere

 

by: Janelle Atienza
Published: October 12, 2026

 

SACRAMENTO...Supervisor Candidate Diane Dixon is calling out California’s high-speed rail project in the California Post after a state Inspector General report identified problems with consultant travel reimbursements.

The report found nearly $600,000 in expenses that didn’t comply with state travel rules or contract terms. These sketchy expenses included things like premium airfare, international travel, and rides to locations such as cigar lounges, bars, escape rooms, and nightclubs. The report also found some of these expenses didn’t even have the required advance approval or supporting documentation. Sacramento Democrats attempted to block this report since they deemed it to pose an “articulable risk to the project.”

Dixon is calling for stronger financial controls before additional state money is spent on the project and she has urged Governor Newsom to end future state funding for high-speed rail.