Re: High Speed Rail Appropriates remaining $4.2 billion in Proposition 1A funds
Author: BOB2
Date: 11-02-2022 - 10:08
SB 198 provides accountability and oversight of the High Speed Rail Authority by establishing
the Office of Inspector General. It includes legislative direction for the High Speed Rail Authority
to prioritize the Merced to Bakersfield segment. This bill provides that the Prop. 1A funding can
only be used on the Merced to Bakersfield segment and prioritizes Merced to Bakersfield for the
GGRF funds. This bill additionally includes intent language about $4 billion of future transit
funding. The bill establishes three Climate Adaptation programs intended to fund activities
necessary to help the state and local governments identify and fund projects to adapt
transportation infrastructure to climate change. Additionally, this bill creates the Highways to
Boulevards program at Caltrans to provide grants to local governments to plan and implement
projects to work toward the future conversion of underutilized highways into multimodal
corridors.