California lawmakers planned Friday to resume negotiations to upgrade the state's water system, despite Governor Schwarzenegger's assurance that a deal would be struck by the end of the day.
Lawmakers are trying to draft a plan to upgrade California's water system, which is failing to provide for farmers, cities and wildlife, the AP reported.
Lawmakers need a little more time to work on a complicated task that has eluded Sacramento for decades, Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento and Senate President, said told the AP.
"When you're making important law and you're trying to change three decades of inaction sometimes it takes an extra day or two," Steinberg added. "As long as it's productive, which it is, I don't think that's a big deal."
Schwarzenegger threatened earlier in the week to veto "a lot" of bills unless lawmakers agreed to a comprehensive water deal, the LA Times reported. The governor has until midnight Sunday to sign or veto about 700 bills, but Schwarzenegger on Friday said he was tired of waiting and a water deal would happen by the end of the day.
"We are going to get this done today," Schwarzenegger said.
