California high-speed rail consultants flew first-class, visited bars and a nightclub on taxpayers’ money

California’s High-Speed Rail Authority paid nearly $600,000 in unallowable travel reimbursements to outside consultants while keeping a poor record to justify them, a state investigation found.
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