California Abandons $250 Billion Study On Why It Has So Many Unfinished Projects
California's $250 billion study looking into why it has so many unfinished projects was abandoned while only half-finished, the governor's office confirmed Friday.
Governor Gavin Newsom shuttered the project, citing concerns that it had gone dramatically over budget and was well behind schedule in its efforts to determine why so many of the state's construction projects were dramatically over budget and behind schedule.
"We're going to quit looking into why we quit doing everything," Newsom said. "It's just too hard to figure out where all the money is going. Look, I'm dyslexic, and that makes reading hard. And, though I haven't really tried, I'm pretty sure math is hard, too."
The California Accountability Project has now joined such failed endeavors as the California High-Speed Rail Project, the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Development, and the Stop Letting the State Burn Down Initiative.
Newsom denied requests by the media to review paperwork related to the study, arguing that the unfinished work makes him look really bad. "It would be unfair to let you see it," he said. "To me, especially. For all we know, the study could have concluded that there was a very good reason the projects weren't finished. But now we'll never know."
At publishing time, a criminal investigation into widespread fraud throughout the state of California was also abandoned halfway through.
Governor Gavin Newsom shuttered the project, citing concerns that it had gone dramatically over budget and was well behind schedule in its efforts to determine why so many of the state's construction projects were dramatically over budget and behind schedule.
"We're going to quit looking into why we quit doing everything," Newsom said. "It's just too hard to figure out where all the money is going. Look, I'm dyslexic, and that makes reading hard. And, though I haven't really tried, I'm pretty sure math is hard, too."
The California Accountability Project has now joined such failed endeavors as the California High-Speed Rail Project, the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing Development, and the Stop Letting the State Burn Down Initiative.
Newsom denied requests by the media to review paperwork related to the study, arguing that the unfinished work makes him look really bad. "It would be unfair to let you see it," he said. "To me, especially. For all we know, the study could have concluded that there was a very good reason the projects weren't finished. But now we'll never know."
At publishing time, a criminal investigation into widespread fraud throughout the state of California was also abandoned halfway through.
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