California passes fewer new laws due to budget crunch
01.01.10
California's budget coffers are emptier than a politician's promise, but there may be a silver lining to the state's dark financial clouds: fewer new laws.
Legislators approved only 872 bills in their 2009 regular session, and just 632 have become or will become law by today.
While that may seem like a lot more new laws than California needs, it's actually the fewest bills passed - and the fewest signed into law - in more than 40 years.
In fact, according to legislative consultants,
Source: Contra Costa Times