As President Trump prepares for his first official visit to California, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is asking him to support the state's planned high-speed rail line connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco.rn"You have lamented that 'we don't have one fast train' in our country. Well, Mr. President, in California we are trying to fix that," Brown wrote in a letter today.rn"We have a world-class train system under construction. We invite you to come aboard and truly 'Make America Great Again.'"rnWhile Brown has put his political muscle behind the bullet train, he leaves office next year. And the project will cost $12 billion more to build and take five years longer to finish, increasing the uncertainty around financing, according to projections released Friday (Climatewire. March 12).
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