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Aug 25, 2016

Show Me the Money! California’s Underfunded Courts

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Since the “Great Recession” of 2008, California’s court system has seen unprecedented reductions in funding, further straining the resources of an already overburdened court system.  A 2013 report from the California Judicial Council (“CJC”) estimated that the budget crisis had resulted in the closing of 50 courthouses, 175 courtrooms, and more than 25 branch courts. Accompanying these closings were 4,000 staff layoffs, imposition of furlough days and reduced hours of service, and significant other service reductions, affecting self-help services and the availability of  court reporting services (in civil cases), and court interpreters.

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