SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCBS) -- California's proposed high-speed rail project could fall victim to the state's budget impasse.
At issue is the wording of Proposition 1, a $10 billion start-up bond initiative headed to voters in November that would build a high speed rail between L.A. and the Bay Area.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted some fine-tuning, better oversight, and protections on how the money would be spent. The California High-Speed Rail Authority fixed that, but now the governor says he'll veto everything that comes to his desk until there's a budget.
"We've done everything we could to get it passed. We've done what the governor asked us to do, so I guess it's up to him to figure out what he wants," said Mehdi Morshed, the rail authority executive director.
The Secretary of State says Monday is the deadline to amend ballot wording in time to go out in voter pamphlets. The deadline for the supplemental is Saturday, but Morshed says even if they get the wording approved by this weekend, it’s likely to cause confusion among voters about which ballot measure to vote on. Morshed is worried that when voters get confused they usually vote no.
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KCBS' Holly Quan reports
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