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Gavin Newsom vetoes bill giving California high-speed rail watchdog more power

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It would give the inspector general the purchase authority and job classifications he says he needs to hold the High-Speed Rail Authority accountable.

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  1. CalMatters

    Newsom vetoes high-speed rail oversight bill weeks after scathing audit of rail agency (opens CalMatters)

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    The measure would have allowed the Office of the Inspector General that oversees the high-speed rail authority to hire more highly trained workers for audits and investigations.

  2. Washington Examiner

    Newsom vetoes rail oversight bill after watchdog’s scathing audit (opens Washington Examiner)

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    California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vetoed legislation this week that would have strengthened oversight of the state’s troubled high-speed rail project. The decision comes less than a month after the project’s inspector general issued a scathing audit detailing hundreds of thousands of dollars in qu…

  3. New York Post

    Gavin Newsom vetoes bill giving California high-speed rail watchdog more power (opens New York Post)

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    It would give the inspector general the purchase authority and job classifications he says he needs to hold the High-Speed Rail Authority accountable.

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