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Aug. 28, 2025

Newsom taps Adobe lawyer as chief counsel for troubled high-speed rail project

Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Adam P. Brezine, a veteran of Adobe and Twitter, as chief counsel of the California High-Speed Rail Authority amid deepening legal challenges and the loss of billions in federal funding.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the appointment of San Francisco-based attorney Adam P. Brezine as chief counsel of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, bringing in the technology sector veteran as the state's long-delayed rail project faces mounting legal and financial pressure.

Brezine joined from Adobe Inc., where he had served as legal director since 2022. He succeeds Alicia Fowler, now deputy secretary and general counsel of the California State Transportation...

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