California high-speed rail consultants flew first-class, visited bars and a nightclub on taxpayers’ money

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s High Speed Rail Authority paid nearly $600,000 in unallowable travel expenses to “questionable locations that appear unrelated to state business,” including trips to gyms, a nightclub, an escape room, a tiki bar and a cigar lounge over a two-year period, according to […]