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How A Big Spending Bill Made It Quickly Through The Calif. Legisalture... With Even A Few GOP Votes

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A half-billion dollar spending bill is speeding through the California Legislature.  Budget committees passed the bill yesterday (Tuesday).  As Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford reports, it's part of a negotiation to get a few Republican votes on a health care tax deal.

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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