{"id":492731,"date":"2026-10-11T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/492731\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T15:56:10","slug":"california-politics-360-full-episode-new-calls-for-high-speed-rail-ceo-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/492731\/","title":{"rendered":"California Politics 360 full episode | New calls for high-speed rail CEO to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the California High-Speed Rail Authority is facing new questions and calls to resign<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b\" aria-label=\"Ashley Zavala profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791734170_559_21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b_1759272616.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ashley Zavala\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The leader of the California High-Speed Rail Authority is facing new questions and calls to resign. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">California Politics 360 host Ashley Zavala attended the special board meeting Friday, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/hsr.ca.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">high-speed rail<\/a> board heard from the project\u2019s watchdog on a variety of issues, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/hsr.ca.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Investigative-Report-2026-Allegations-of-Wasteful-and-Unallowable-Travel-Expenses-for-Contracted-Consultants-A11Y.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent report<\/a> that the authority allowed consultants to waste taxpayer money on unapproved travel expenses. Some consultants are now facing disciplinary action. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">On California Politics 360, Zavala sits down with Assembly Republican Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/ad33.asmrc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alexandra Macedo<\/a>, where she announces <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/98b5dbaba95f9c1b87e48a252\/files\/6b58adfe-ec24-6805-2de0-1c7cedb4b3be\/10_08_26_lttr_to_HSR_Chair_to_Fire_CEO.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">her call for the CEO to resign<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Amid the alleged rape investigation at Cornell, California is looking to strengthen school policies when it comes to reporting sexual abuse. Zavala sits down with Sacramento Assembly Member <a href=\"https:\/\/krell.asmdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maggy Krell<\/a> about the law she authored that would require colleges and universities to train employees to recognize signs of sex trafficking. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Ahead of the general election in November, we are sitting down with candidates running for major statewide offices. This week, Zavala sits down with candidate for attorney general <a href=\"https:\/\/robbonta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rob Bonta<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">California voters will decide whether political campaigns in future elections can use taxpayer money in their push for office. Teo Torres breaks down <a href=\"https:\/\/voterguide.sos.ca.gov\/propositions\/4\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposition 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala <\/a>reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/california-politics-360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Politics 360<\/a>.&#8221; Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The leader of the California High-Speed Rail Authority is facing new questions and calls to resign The leader&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24875,104962,112276,3149,9778,7,9,8,400,11751,13540,95544,37270,11799,81317,85855,191871,1793,473,191872,346,24886,142327,2794,25510,191873,40925,140253],"class_list":["post-492731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ashley-zavala","tag-assembly-member-alexandra-macedo","tag-assembly-member-maggy-krell","tag-attorney-general","tag-attorney-general-rob-bonta","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-politics","tag-california-politics-360","tag-candidate","tag-ceo-ian-choudri","tag-consultant","tag-full-episode","tag-high-speed-rail-authority","tag-high-speed-rail-ceo","tag-hsr","tag-issue","tag-kcra","tag-new-call","tag-office","tag-political-director-ashley-zavala","tag-proposition-4","tag-rob-bonta","tag-taxpayer-money","tag-teo-torres","tag-variety","tag-zavala"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}