Well, you see, California spent “only” the federal dollars so far! The rest of the money is “all” state and local money so, obviously, none of the remaining dollars needs to be given back.
Yep the $$ spent so far has been Prop. 1A money ($9 billion) and the Feds “stimulus” $3.5 billion...Gavin plans to build out a small segment of roadbed (Amtrak will probably use it to bypass freight trains) so he doesn’t have to pay the Feds back. Or it could be the most expensive bike path ever!!