> The ... state had [originally] planned to build a 520-mile (837 km) system ... from Los Angeles to San Francisco ... Newsom said in February the state would i

> The ... state had [originally] planned to build a 520-mile (837 km) system ... from Los Angeles to San Francisco ... Newsom said in February the state would instead complete a 119-mile high-speed link between Merced and Bakersfield... Um... That's not really gonna help.