The drought is creating pressure for action in Sacramento -- but lawmakers are worried about the cost. On Tuesday, the state Senate's Natural Resources and Water Committee approved a bond measure that would funnel nearly $7 billion into water projects. There are other proposals, and a growing push to pass something to replace the 2009 water bond that got bumped to this year's ballot. But nearly every lawmaker says that $11 billion plan is too expensive.
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