SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown won’t give state lawmakers greater oversight of California’s $64 billion high-speed rail project.
The nonpartisan state legislative analyst recommended the larger role in March, following a surprise shift in the initial direction in the railway.
The Democratic governor announced Wednesday he vetoed AB2847 by Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson of Fresno.
It would have required rail officials to explain to lawmakers and the public significant changes to their plans including the funding sources and the size, schedule and cost of each segment.
Patterson and others critical of the rail plan say the board that oversees the project has regularly omitted cost estimates.
Public support for the project has waned since voters approved selling nearly $10 billion in bonds for it in 2008, but Brown remains a staunch supporter.
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