Zain Alexander Iqbal

In spite of funding challenges, the California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri says the state can still deliver on the project.

Choudri told a packed audience at Manny’s in the Mission District on Wednesday evening that a combination of private sector investment and public funds will help the Authority finish the job.

In September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that would send a total of 20 billion dollars through 2045 to help finish the project.

Choudri said some of the other roadblocks to the project including engineering in California’s unique landscape, legal challenges, zoning issues—and public perception:

"There is some reason we have this mental roadblock in our mind that Europe can do it, but we can’t. So what I’m saying, not only we c

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