Decimated Court System Faces New Round of Cuts

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 01 No. 2013 Pg. 01
• Publication year: 2013
• Pages: 01
• Year: 2013
• topic: Civil Procedure,Public Sector Law

Decimated court system faces new round of cuts No. 2013 #01 California Bar Journal January 2013

Laura Ern Staff Writer

California’s judicial branch and its allies in the legal community are starting off the New Year under a cloud of uncertainty over further budget cuts.

Despite the passage of Proposition 30 – which is expected to raise $6 billion a year for the state’s general fund – a fiscal deficit remains. So the branch is anxiously waiting to find out what’s in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed spending plan for 2013-14. The plan will be released Jan. 10.

Courts have been decimated by four years of cuts that have reduced the judicial branch budget by about 30 percent, or $475 million. In addition, the governor revealed to court leaders last month that he’s considering sweeping out local trial court reserves one year earlier than...