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    Can Trump take back California's high-speed rail money? A look at the political and legal battle ahead

    by Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times Feb 21, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - The Trump administration's decision to cancel a $927 million grant to California's troubled high speed rail project and claw back $2.5 billion in funds already spent has thrust the federal government into uncharted legal territory and posed an existential threat to the state's largest investment ever.

    Never before, experts say, has the federal government attempted to take back such a large sum of money from California, particularly after it was spent under federal supervision.

    "I have never seen anything this large," said Ron Flavin, a San Francisco consultant who advises state agencies and local governments on grants. "I have never seen anything where

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