Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save (The Center Square) – In a letter released early Tuesday, Republican legislators called for California Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate the High-Speed Rail Authority over allegations of improper authorizations of travel expenditures for contractors.
The letter from California Republicans to Bonta came a week after the High-Speed Rail Office of the Inspector General released a report substantiating allegations of more than $1 million being expensed for contractors’ travel costs. These included ride shares to the gym, escape rooms and cigar lounges; expenditures for a contractor’s private jet during a flight from Washington, D.C. to California and travel expenses for vague, unspecified meetings, according to the report.
“I can’t say I’m shocked or surprised that there was wasteful spending within this high-speed fail,” said Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Huntington Beach and vice chair of the Senate Transportation Committee.
“It’s not their money," Strickland told The Center Square on Tuesday. "It’s the people’s money. Now with this mismanagement, it’s s...