Back in 2019 Governor Newsom put most of the CA HSR plan on hold indefinitely.[1] Now the official plan is to build a 171-mile high speed rail link from Bakersfield (population 524,000) through Fresno (population 542,000) to Merced (population 83,000), though that might be cancelled since it'll cost over $20 billion.[2]

1. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/02/12/gavin-newsom-br...

2.https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-08/newsom-b...