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Calif. Lawmakers Are Way Behind Texas In Number Of New Laws Passed

KVCR | By Ben Bradford

Published October 3, 2016 at 10:03 AM PDT

California Governor Jerry Brown signed or vetoed more than a thousand bills this year, before his deadline of last Friday to act on measures passed by the Legislature. Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford reports on how that number of bills in California compares to other states.

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Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.

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