The chief executive of California High-Speed Rail has resigned, according to CBS News, which reported that agency records reveal millions of dollars in disputed consultant billing. The same outlet reported that a contract is under investigation by the inspector general and that oversight questions remain unanswered.
CBS News published its report under the headline "Will new leadership investigate the contracts he left behind?" The framing presents the open matter as whether the agency's incoming leadership will examine the contracts the former chief executive left in place. The summary of the report does not say whether such an examination is planned.
According to CBS News, responsibility for the contracts and the related questions has been inherited by the budget director of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The summary does not name that official.
CBS News's summary does not identify the consultants involved, specify the amount in dispute beyond the word "millions," or describe the scope of the inspector general's review. It also does not give the timing of the resignation or name a successor to the chief executive post.
The summary describes the records as the source of the billing findings and lists the billing dispute, the investigated contract and the oversight questions together. It does not explain how those three matters are connected, according to CBS News.
This account rests on a single source, the CBS News report, and is limited to what that report's summary states.