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Judicial Council Watcher 
Maxrebo5
May 1, 2015
I like him too JCW. A bit too broad of a political topic though for our little CA Court reform group.
courtflea
May 1, 2015
Ditto
Judicial Council Watcher
May 1, 2015
Agreed: It is a Yen sponsored initiative across all their sites – including this one.
auntie bureaucrat
May 1, 2015
I thought you’d been hacked…
Wendy Darling
May 1, 2015
While we’re all contemplating Bernie for President, a little food for thought, and perhaps entertainment, to end your day, happening right across the street from the Big Top Circus of Disgrace at 455 Golden Gate Avenue. Published today, Friday, May 1, from Courthouse News Service, by Maria Dinzeo:
Accused Thief’s Court Fit Gets Him Tossed
By MARIA DINZEO
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Real estate investor Luke Brugnara has lost his cool in a courtroom before. But he was removed from the court Friday morning after an ear-piercing outburst of screaming and fist-shaking.
Brugnara, representing himself, is on trial for mail and wire fraud involving $11 million worth of fine art, including a missing Edgar Degas statute.
Commercial broker Nicholas Barbato from New York took the stand Friday, the only witness in the five days of testimony for whom Brugnara has seemed to have any respect so far. This did not, however, stop Brugnara from persistently asking improper questions that involved a barrage of statements about his past real estate deals offered as questions he expected Barbato to affirm.
Brugnara hoped Barbato’s testimony would show that although he had no income or assets when he told art dealer Rose Long he wanted $11 million of fine art for a museum he was allegedly building, he still had the ability to borrow money to pay for the art. But in a no-nonsense tone, Barbato refused to vouch for Brugnara’s repeated claims that he had the ability to borrow billions of dollars.
The lynchpin of the government’s case has been that there was no museum, and that Brugnara defrauded Long by having five crates of art delivered to his home and refusing to pay for it – later saying it was a gift. The bulk of the art has been recovered, save for a $3 million Edgar Degas “Little Dancer” statute that is still missing.
On cross-examination Friday, Barbato said there was never a deal in the works to build a museum in Las Vegas, as Brugnara claims.
“Back in June I received a phone call from your lawyer. We had a nice 40-minute conversation. He asked me if I was involved in financing a museum for you in Vegas,” Barbato said firmly. “I said I had a better chance of walking across the street and performing brain surgery than financing a museum for you.”
Barbato did not identify the lawyer, but Brugnara’s civil attorney at the time was Robert Kane of San Francisco.
Barbato added, “He said, ‘I was going to send you a subpoena, but now I’m not going to.’ ”
Brugnara maintained that Barbato was harassed by government agents into giving that statement.
In response Barbato said, “I’m here to tell the truth on behalf of my country. No one antagonized me and no one is going to call me a liar. My mother didn’t raise me that way. Now let’s get with the questions because I’ve got a plane to catch.”
Barbato, who said he was aware of Brugnara’s previous felony convictions for tax evasion and salmon poaching, noted that while the felonies were a factor in his ability to finance major loans, they were “not a showstopper.”
But with the government’s fresh allegations, he was not so certain.
“When I walk out of here, God willing, in a week, will I still be able to borrow money with your company?” Brugnara asked.
Barbato answered, “I don’t think so Luke. I think this is the showstopper, baby.”
Brugnara was apoplectic after Barbato left the stand, and with the jury on break he immediately launched into a tirade against the government.
“It’s not right,” he yelled at the top of his lungs, furiously pointing at Assistant U.S. Attorney Robin Harris. “Now I can’t do business with [Barbato] anymore!”
Harris asked U.S. District Judge William Alsup to find Brugnara in contempt yet again.
“He has turned this court upside down,” Harris said. “Witnesses sitting in the hallway heard him, and at this point I’m sure the jury heard him. What he’s doing is a complete disgrace.”
U.S. District Judge William Alsup agreed.
“You’re terrorizing the courtroom, the jury, and the people in the hall,” the judge said. “You have no respect for anyone except yourself. You’ve violated every rule in the book.”
Alsup added another 90 days to Brugnara’s jail time for content, bringing the total to 153 extra days in jail.
Alsup said Brugnara could make his case to the jury about the museum during closing arguments but added, “Most people would say it was not honest to tell Ms. Long you had a museum.”
The judge also said that he never would have asked Barbato about Brugnara’s ability to borrow money.
“You asked him that question hoping for a different answer, and he slammed you,” he said.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/05/01/accused-thiefs-court-fit-gets-him-tossed.htm
You just can’t make this stuff up. Really.
Long live the ACJ.
unionman575
May 2, 2015
Here is your CCMS II road map folks and note the new IT committee names:
Click to access rupro-20150508-materials.pdf
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Rules and Projects Committee
May 8, 2015 Teleconference
Public Call-In Number: 1-877-820-7831 Passcode: 4653278 (listen only)
Start time: 4:00 pm
wearyant
May 10, 2015
A warning for a bucket nearby would have been appreciated, UMan. What an abject, disgusting grab for continued job security for the humps. Sickening.
sharonkramer
May 4, 2015
What is Sanders’ position on ethics problems in the courts? Does he have one?
sharonkramer
May 4, 2015
Why the two thumbs down? I just ask a question.
sharonkramer
May 5, 2015
I must be missing some message about this thread.
sharonkramer
May 7, 2015
This one’s just too weird not to share. Who is watching the ship at the CA AG’s office?
“Bizarre fake police force included Kamala Harris aide, prosecutors say”
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-aide-harris-accused-rogue-police-force-20150505-story.html
anonymous
May 7, 2015
Something tells me a secret society like the masons wouldn’t field a public police force like this, yet I can’t find anything from any masonic lodge disclaiming the existence of a police force. Funny that even journalists haven’t even published a disclaimer of the masons attempting to distance themselves. On the other hand, you don’t want to cross the masons as it amounts to political suicide.
sharonkramer
May 7, 2015
My friend, who works for a federal bureau which investigates, wants to know if Kamala’s aide/affiliate of the Masonic Fraternal Order of Police is paid with tax dollars. If so, my friend wants to know if he and his associates could be deployed to Baltimore and Chicago.
However, I think it is more logical to assume they have already been deployed to Texas — where Obama is about to initiate martial law as he takes over the State of Texas and where WalMarts have been secretly converted to detention centers.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/05/02/403865824/texas-governor-deploys-state-guard-to-stave-off-obama-takeover?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150502
Because I have spoken out of systemic cronyism in the California judicial branch originating at the helm and causing a nationwide public fleecing over a particular environmental illness; I tend to be privy to info of the above flatout craziness.
Today seemed to be a banner day!!!
unionman575
May 7, 2015
Click to access cfac-20150515-agenda.pdf
sharonkramer
May 7, 2015
Fresno District Attorney Smittcamp forms ‘public integrity’ unit to root out corruption | Political Notebook | FresnoBee.com
“Their charge: investigate and, if necessary, prosecute public officials or public employees who commit crimes relating to their official duties.”
http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/05/06/4512682_district-attorney-lisa-smittcamp.html?rh=1
unionman575
May 9, 2015
http://www.courts.ca.gov/epmeetings.htm
Notice of Action by E-mail Between Meetings for Executive and Planning Committee
With the chair of the Executive and Planning Committee having concluded that prompt action is needed, public notice is hereby given that the Executive and Planning Committee proposes to act by e-mail between meetings on Monday, May 11, 2015, in accordance with California Rules of Court, rule 10.75(o)(1)(B). A copy of the proposed action will be made available on the advisory body webpage on the California Courts website listed above.
Written Comment
The chair of the Executive and Planning Committee has concluded that prompt action is required. In accordance with California Rules of Court, rule 10.75(o)(2), written public comment will not be accepted on the proposed action.
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Posted on May 8, 2015
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Executive Summary and Origin
The Executive and Planning Committee (E&P) recommends that rule 10.63 of the California Rules of Court, which concerns the Advisory Committee on Financial Accountability and Efficiency for the Judicial Branch, be amended to expand the committee’s charge by modifying the description of its duties, to provide more specificity to the membership criteria, to add a membership category, and to make technical changes.
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sharonkramer
May 9, 2015
So the former fourteen-year Chair of the E&P Committee, Justice Richard Huffman, is now being given increased power as the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Financial Accountability and Efficiency?
“The Executive and Planning Committee (E&P) recommends that rule 10.63 of the California Rules of Court, which concerns the Advisory Committee on Financial Accountability and Efficiency for the Judicial Branch, be amended to expand the committee’s charge by modifying the description of its duties, to provide more specificity to the membership criteria, to add a membership category, and to make technical changes.”
Committee membership roster: http://www.courts.ca.gov/aecommittee.htm#tab26314 (Huffman, Roddy, Turner, etc.)
unionman575
May 9, 2015
Brought to you by the CCMS clowns:
Click to access jctc-20150511-materials.pdf
unionman575
May 9, 2015
Also brought to you by the clowns that brought you the CCMS fiasco:
Click to access SP15-04.pdf
Executive Summary
This proposal would amend rules 10.16 and 10.53 of the California Rules of Court to implement the Court Technology Governance and Strategic Plan, recommended by the Technology Planning Task Force and adopted by the Judicial Council. Among the task force’s recommendations was revising the roles and responsibilities of the Judicial Council Technology Committee (JCTC) and the Court Technology Advisory Committee (CTAC). The task force also recommended changing CTAC’s name to the Information Technology Advisory Committee to reflect its broader role and responsibilities as sponsor of branchwide technology initiatives.
Background
On March 27, 2012, the Judicial Council voted to end the deployment of the California Court Case Management System (CCMS) as a statewide court technology solution. Among other directives, the council instructed the CCMS Internal Committee to work in partnership with the trial courts to establish a judicial branch court technology governance structure that would best serve the implementation of technology solutions. The name of the CCMS Internal Committee was later changed to JCTC, and the committee’s purpose and charge were updated to reflect the council’s directives.
unionman575
May 9, 2015
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/the-high-cost-of-driving-while-poor/Content?oid=4269240&showFullText=true
The High Cost of Driving While Poor
unionman575
May 9, 2015
Click to access 20150430-aclu_letters_re_court_bail_policies.pdf
unionman575
May 9, 2015
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-sacramento/california-legislators-look-for-ways-to-recover-more-unpaid-traffic-debts/32807266
• California legislators look for ways to recover more unpaid traffic debts
https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/606182
Judicial Council Watcher
May 9, 2015
Commissioner Taylor Culver should be made a judge if only so the CJP can remove him since the presiding judges never will. His courtroom is a circus and he is the lead clown.
“You are here because you committed a crime and got caught. If you didn’t get caught, you wouldn’t be here” is usually a part of his oratorical diatribe before hearing cases.
He claims the judicial council themselves permits no deviation from the fine, fees or assessments and that “It’s not in my discretion, so don’t ask”
wearyant
May 9, 2015
http://calwatchdog.com/2015/05/06/hertzberg-proposes-plan-reduce-traffic-penalties-restore-suspended-licenses/
I never thought I’d live to see the day where you practically have to take out a loan to pay a parking fine. Sheila would say this is progress. I’m still gobsmacked by that woman. Hertzberg would also like to tax us all on services provided. I hope he enjoys Van Nuys, unlivable now in my humble opinion. Unless you like working women and fast food, that is.
unionman575
May 12, 2015
http://www.courts.ca.gov/32222.htm
Judicial Council of California October Meeting, RFP# CRS SP 145
The Judicial Council of California, Conference Support Services seeks proposals from hotels for a room block, October 25-27, 2015 in the City of Sacramento, California.
Proposals must be received by END OF BUSINESS DAY Pacific Time, Tuesday, May 26, 2015.
Hard copy proposals must be delivered to:
Judicial Council of California
Attn: 5th Floor Receptionist, RFP No. CRS SP 145
455 Golden Gate Avenue, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102-3688
Time to move to Sacramento…Or ….stay in a hotel…my, my, my…choice, choices, choices…while THE PEOPLE drive to hell and back to go to court…
My, my, my…
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Click to access CRS-SP-145-Attachment-RFP-Hotel.pdf
2.0 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES AND DELIVERABLES
The Judicial Council of California seeks the hotel or conference center for the following program:
• Description of work can be found within the Technical and Cost Proposal of Attachment 5.
• Title: Judicial Council Meeting: October
• Date: October 25-27, 2015
• Description: Furnish sleeping rooms only for the program
• Location: No order preference in location
Downtown Sacramento
Near Judicial Council office: 2860 Gateway Oaks Drive, Sacramento
• Payment: American Express Meeting Planner
Back to my bloody mary….
No ‘Goose ‘n’ tonic for the ol’ U Man tonight.
sharonkramer
May 12, 2015
http://www.kayak.com/Sacramento-Hotels_Motel.Tmotel.2584.hotel.ksp
Maxrebo5
May 14, 2015
The Governor’s May revise to the California budget is out today. Here is the main point made about the judicial branch in the summary section:
Significant Adjustments:
• Trial Court Trust Fund Revenues—The May Revision includes an additional
$15.5 million General Fund to reflect a further reduction of fines and penalty
revenues estimated to be collected in 2015‑16, for a total of $66.2 million that is
available for transfer to the Trial Court Trust Fund.
I think CA is having to back fill these funds because case filings to the courts are way down and that shortfall is going to continue as crime continues to fall to historically low levels. also the fines and fees are regressive falling mostly on the poor. The revenue from the fines and fees have not materialized as the JC/AOC projected. Their false caseload forecasts are a HUGE example of mismanagement by Team George and nobody has ever been held accountable for it.
Instead of providing new funding for innovative things (like e-filing) the other branches are simply plugging up the hole in what Team George leaders told them the branch would be able to generate in fines and fees. The other branches were played big time and now they know it. My view is CA Courts are currently four years into the decade it will take for the branch to recover from Team George’s absolutely crazy funding ideas. By years 8-10 the CA Judicial Council will be mostly Alliance of CA Judges as it will be so obvious how wrong things went under Team George.
Raising court fees to fund a growing branch administration as well as to fund new courthouses was never ethical let alone sustainable but that is what they did. This latest “significant adjustment” I think perfectly proves my point that the funding for it all was a lie. Watch for more significant adjustments in future years to clean up this mess the branch is in. If there is a recession then CA Courts really screwed and it will take far longer for the branch to recover from Team George’s massive spending spree with little results. I’m thinking e-filing for the public in CA courts in 2025 at this rate?
Lastly, in his press conference Governor Brown spoke about the “hell hole” of traffic fines/fees when a reporter asked about raising the fees for texting and driving. Even the Governor thinks the fines and fees are way too expensive! If anything they will have to come down. As the state takes over an increasing amount of the costs for the courts from the General Fund it means no growth, more audits, and a painful shrinking CA Courts using WAFM (which is actually a fair formula). None of that shrinking of CA Courts was ever sold by Team George but it is their real legacy. The hangover from those grey goose parties where the JC members got played is finally here. Make sure to get those nominations in for a Bill Vickrey or Ron George distinguished service award sent in.
wearyant
May 14, 2015
I wish I could hit the “thumbs up” button a coupla times. Thanks for posting, MaxRebo5.
unionman575
May 14, 2015
Team George et al has wrecked our branch for years to come.
Wendy Darling
May 14, 2015
Published today, Thursday, May 14, from Courthouse News Service, by Maria Dinzeo:
California Courts See Small Funding Bump in Governor’s Revised Budget
By MARIA DINZEO
(CN) – California’s trial courts got a modest $15.5 million bump from Gov. Jerry Brown’s May revised budget to offset declining revenues from fines and court filing fees.
The funding is on top of $180 million from January’s budget proposal, with $90 million of that going directly to the courts.
In a statement Thursday, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she is pleased that Brown’s budget remains largely unchanged from January, and that it recognizes the problem of relying too heavily on fines and fees to keep the courts running.
“This will be the third year of new investment by the governor to help stabilize funding for the judicial branch,” Cantil-Sakauye said, adding, “The governor’s budget recognizes the need to offset falling revenues related to the potential over-reliance for the state on fines and fees. The judicial branch welcomes changes that improve the practices of properly and fairly applying assessments that allow the public effective access to California’s courts. This is an issue all three branches are working together to resolve.”
The incremental funding increase comes as the courts, reeling from six years of harsh cuts totaling $1 billion, still struggle with closed courtrooms and shuttered courthouses.
In January, Brown told reporters that rather than wait for more money, he expects the judicial branch to use its current funding more efficiently.
“We’re giving the courts more money and we do think they are pressed,” he said. “I know they’ve been facing pressures for a long time. We think we’ve given them the right amount of money but they have to manage it and there are some areas of savings they have to capture.”
Brown’s latest budget package appears to stand by that point. On Thursday, he said that this May revision focuses on “the fundamentals of what government is supposed to do – health and education.”
According to Brown’s budget summary, the judicial branch’s total budget will stand at $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2015-2016.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/05/14/california-courts-see-small-funding-bump-in-governors-revised-budget.htm
Long live the ACJ.
wearyant
May 15, 2015
Ol’ Jer thinks the government should only worry about health and education? Then let us turn this sinking Titanic around and go local again pre-Team George days, ridding ourselves of the expense of the judicial council’s staff post haste! Thank you, wizened ol’ Jer, for the suggestion to rid the courts of the AOC at last and bring democracy to the judicial council.
That’s what the man said, didn’t he? 😃
Stuart Michael
May 15, 2015
I was recently “caught” by a red light camera in Daly City.
Unlike many government agencies that are slow to respond to citizens, the police and traffic court system is a model of efficiency.
I quickly received the citation from the D.C. Police Dept. and the bail notice from the San Mateo Superior Court.
Prominently featured on the bail notice were several ways to pay or attend traffic school.
Appearances or court trials are more obscure and require posting the full amount of bail and an “automatic” time waiver, and are hard for the average person to follow in a timely manner
Because the intersection I was cited at did not have proper signage, and other there are other procedural issues, I am contesting the ticket, and have requested the court to issue subpoenas & subpeonas duces tecum to the Police Dept. I did not waive time. It will be interesting to see the responses.
Fortunately, I am able to post bail. But what about the many motorists who can’t afford to “loan” the court money for several months?
Assemblyman Hertzberg has just written a very timely newspaper column about this unjust system.
Hopefully the Leg & the Gov will do something about it. The “Justice”system sure won’t do anything to interrupt the food chain on their own.
Californians are living in Ferguson Mo.
wearyant
May 15, 2015
Wow, Stuart Michael, an opportunity to see the courts operating in their current state. Will you apprise us of your experiences in what might be a mad-cap or poignant adventure? I wonder how the clerks and judges are faring lately everywhere, not just San Mateo. My best to all the front liners in the courts. Long live the ACJ.
katy
May 15, 2015
Speaking of the justice system not doing anything to interrupt their food chains.
Mold Toxins tied to Aids Epidemic — NY Times
https://katysexposure.wordpress.com/2015/05/15/mold-toxins-tied-to-aids-epidemic-nytimes-com/
“Why has it taken eleven years to remove the false concept from policy, medical school teachings and courts that it was proven mold toxins do not harm, even after it was known since 2004 to be based on a scientific falsehood? What role has industry’s influence over medicine, politicians and the courts played in the long-term delay of removal of this false science from being used to harm U.S. citizens?”
katy
May 15, 2015
Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/scientists-earth-endangered-by-new-strain-of-fact-resistant-humans
Wonder if the members of California’s Judicial Council were case studies for this research?
“These humans appear to have all the faculties necessary to receive and process information,” Davis Logsdon, one of the scientists who contributed to the study, said. “And yet, somehow, they have developed defenses that, for all intents and purposes, have rendered those faculties totally inactive.” More worryingly, Logsdon said, “As facts have multiplied, their defenses against those facts have only grown more powerful.”
unionman575
May 15, 2015
http://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/845
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unionman575
May 16, 2015
It’s a hellhole of desperation
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http://capitolweekly.net/amnesty-fines-traffic-budget-brown-ticket4/
““I remember when I got a ticket on two successive Saturdays for parking in a yellow zone and it was only $40, but I haven’t parked in a yellow zone since. I thought that was a very good deterrent,” Brown said. “So when you get someone who is making $10,000 or $20,000 a year, and you saddle them with four or five hundred dollars, then they don’t pay, then they get a warrant issued and then they lose their license. It’s a hellhole of desperation and I think this amnesty can be a very good thing to both bring in money, to give people a chance to kind of pay at a discount and I think that whole business of the fines ought to be looked at.”
wearyant
May 16, 2015
It was the 70s and the days of Linda R the last time fines were at forty bucks. The likes of parasitic bureaucrats had not yet thought of tacking part of their livelihood on to the backs of the unwashed, roiling masses. Good ol’ Jer! Now the third branch knows what it’s like to be the motherless child.
unionman575
May 16, 2015
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_28115459/california-courts-get-slight-boost-governors-budget
“Similar to other areas of government, the (judicial) branch needs to operate differently without the expectation of funding restorations,” Brown said.
unionman575
May 16, 2015
Here ya go Ant since you mentioned the beautiful VN barrio recently…
Oh, and by the way, feel free to Listen Only…
http://www.courts.ca.gov/tcfmac.htm
Trial Court Facility Modification Advisory Committee
May 22, 2015 Meeting
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Van Nuys Courthouse/Teleconference for Public Access
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Public Call-In Number: 1-877-820-7831 Listen Only
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Passcode: 4502468
wearyant
May 16, 2015
Thanks, UMan, for posting the number and passcode. Yeah, if the common citizen has the gall and temerity to care about the struggling third branch, step forward and be identified! Then you may join us all in screaming into the wind about the ongoing bureaucratic abuses that appear to be never-ending.
Long live the ACJ!
unionman575
May 16, 2015
Let’s talk money…
But book your early morning flight ASAP because…“The sign-up sheet will be available at the meeting location at least one hour prior to the meeting start time.”
Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee
May 18, 2015 Meeting
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Judicial Council’s San Francisco Office
455 Golden Gate Avenue/3rd Floor/Judicial Council Boardroom
Public Call-In Number: 1-877-820-7831,
Passcode: 1682324
Public Comment
In accordance with California Rules of Court, rule 10.75(k)(2), members of the public may directly address the advisory body about agenda items. The Chair will establish speaking limits at the beginning of the public comment session. While the advisory body welcomes and encourages public comment, time may not permit all persons requesting to speak to be heard at this meeting.
Note: members of the public requesting to speak during the public comment portion of the meeting must place the speaker’s name, the name of the organization that the speaker represents if any, and the agenda item that the public comment will address, on the public comment sign-up sheet. The sign-up sheet will be available at the meeting location at least one hour prior to the meeting start time.
Written Comment
In accordance with California Rules of Court, rule 10.75(k)(1), written comments pertaining to any agenda item of a regularly noticed open meeting can be submitted up to one complete business day before the meeting. For this specific meeting, comments should be e-mailed to tcbac@jud.ca.gov or mailed or delivered to 455 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102, attention: Mr. Bob Fleshman. Only written comments received by Friday, May 15, 2015 will be provided to advisory body members
Don’t you just love this bullshit?
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unionman575
May 16, 2015
Click to access tcbac-20150518-agenda.pdf
Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee
May 18, 2015 Meeting
III. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS
Item 1
Governor’s May Revision (Discussion Item)
Update on the Governor’s May Revision Budget for 2016–2017.
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Hon. Laurie M. Earl, Chair, Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee; Zlatko Theodorovic, Director, Judicial Council Finance; Curt Soderlund, Chief, Judicial Council Administrative Division; Cory Jasperson, Director, Judicial Council Office of Government Affairs
Item 7
2015–2016 Allocations for the V3 Case Management System and Intermediate Case Management Systems Programs from the State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund (Action Item)
Consideration of the Revenue and Expenditure Subcommittee’s recommendation.
Presenter(s)/Facilitator(s): Hon. Marsha G. Slough, Co-Chair, Revenue and Expenditure Subcommittee; Sherri R. Carter, Co-Chair, Revenue and Expenditure Subcommittee
Item 8
Allocation of Reductions Due to Revenue Shortfalls in the Trial Court Trust Fund (Action Item)
Consideration of allocating reductions in 2015–2016 due to revenue shortfalls in the Trial Court Trust Fund in 2015–2016.
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unionman575
May 16, 2015
Click to access tcbac-20150518-materials.pdf
Scroll all the way down to last 2 pages for the $$$.
wearyant
May 16, 2015
I was going to spare you good people a third post from me today, but I’m weak. Those damnable, ubiquitous charts continually spewed by these neck-choking bureaucrats rankles so! WHEN will someone who has the power reopen our trial courts? If we must give up providing these worthless parasites the lavish life styles they now enjoy, I’m willing to make that sacrifice. To hell with all these purty charts and graphs–except that colorful Chart 1 depicting crazy horizontal lines that would catch Picasso’s eye. That one I may download, blow up and hang in my parlor. There’s a retired race horse that paints and sells his paintings named Metro on Facebook. I would recommend him for any future colorful designs this bureaucratic group cares to force down our throats. The horse is most assuredly less expensive, and the taxpayers would be grateful for any meager savings.
unionman575
May 16, 2015
Here ya go Ant:
wearyant
May 16, 2015
LOL! Never underestimate the UMan, people.
unionman575
May 16, 2015
3 additional upcoming $ Trial Court Budget Advisory Committee $ meetings:
http://www.courts.ca.gov/tcbac.htm
May 19, 2015 Meeting (Teleconference)
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12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Public Call-In Number: 1-877-820-7831, Passcode: 1682324
May 27, 2015 Revenue and Expenditure Subcommittee Meeting (Teleconference)
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Conference Call Access: 1-877-820-7831, Passcode: 1682324
July 6, 2015 Meeting
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10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Judicial Council’s San Francisco Office
455 Golden Gate Avenue/3rd Floor/Judicial Council Boardroom
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unionman575
May 17, 2015
Another “listen only” event.
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Get me a bucket right now.
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http://www.scu.edu/news/releases/release.cfm?c=22330
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Your Values are Your Compass, California Chief Justice Tells 2015 SCU Law Graduates
Saturday, May. 16, 2015
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 16, 2015 — Use your values as your compass and safeguard the well-being of others, Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye of the Supreme Court of California urged the 223 graduating students from Santa Clara University School of Law.
The law school’s commencement took place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 16, in the University’s Mission Gardens.
Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye is the 28th chief justice of the State of California, which means she is the leader of the judicial branch of government for the state. Her responsibilities include serving as Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, chair of the Judicial Council, and chair of the Commission on Judicial Appointments.
She is the first Filipina American and the second woman to serve in this role. At the time of her nomination in July 2010, she had served more than 20 years on California trial and appellate courts, including six years on the Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, in Sacramento.
During her commencement address,she noted that the graduates are “inheriting three centuries of unfinished challenges, which are morphing into modern-day, contemporary challenges.” Among them: 19th century slavery, manifested today in human sex trafficking; 20th century civil rights battles, manifested today in various issues and a “rapidly deteriorating middle class,” and the 21st century problems of social justice, privacy and equal rights, including the fact that “women are still not receiving equal pay for equal work.”
“You have approximately 50 privileged years to go hard, and bend the arc of justice,” she said.
She noted the dire need for legal aid for low-incomes people, including 90 percent of California litigants in housing and family law who are self-represented, and those for whom there only 1,000 lawyers out of the state’s 165,000 are dedicated to legal aid.
She said her advice for their next 50 years would be to “bring a compass, and that the north on that compass be the rule of law. And the other points on that compass be your values.”
Cantil-Sakauye received an honorary Doctor of Law degree at the event. She was honored earlier in the year by Santa Clara University School of Law for her ongoing efforts in advocating for the human and civil rights of minorities throughout California, including overseeing a pilot Domestic Violence Home Court, and as a board member of My Sister’s House, a domestic violence safe house for Asian and Pacific Islander women and children.
Born in Sacramento, Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis, graduating with honors after first attending Sacramento City College. She received her J.D. from UC Davis School of Law in 1984.
During the ceremony Saturday, University President Michael Engh, S.J., also spoke to the graduates, saying “you are the voices of justice in an increasingly complex and inequitable world,” and urging them to “continue to bring justice to the innocent, to serve those who would otherwise have no legal counsel, and speak truth when it challenges the status quo.”
Santa Clara Law’s 2015 graduating class comprised 47 percent women and 53 percent men.
Fifty-three percent of the graduates identified as Caucasian, with 23 percent identifying as Asian; 12 percent Hispanic; 4 percent multi-ethnic, and 2 percent African-American.
Eighty-one graduates received certificates in various areas of high-tech law; another 24 received certificates in public-interest and social-justice law; and 20 specialized in international law.
Among the awards for outstanding graduates given earlier in the graduation season, student Sarah Mirza received the Inez Mabie Award for the Outstanding Graduate based on academic performance, scholarly activities, leadership and service roles at the law school and in the community. Catherine Nguyen received the Dean’s Outstanding Student Leadership Award for exemplifying the school’s motto of “lawyers who lead” and serving other students, the school, and community. Kambrie L. Keith was named the Pro Bono Student of the Year, for the graduate who has volunteered the most hours during the 2014-15 school year.
About Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara University School of Law, one of the nation’s most diverse law schools, is dedicated to educating lawyers who lead with a commitment to excellence, ethics, and social justice. Santa Clara Law offers students an academically rigorous program including certificates in high tech law, international law, public interest and social justice law, and privacy law, as well as numerous graduate and joint degree options. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Law is nationally distinguished for its faculty engagement, preparation for practice, and top-ranked programs in intellectual property. For more information, see law.scu.edu.
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Maxrebo5
May 18, 2015
Interesting article in the MetNews on a Kern Superior Court Judge admonished by CJP. I can’t believe he was not fired.
http://www.metnews.com/
I laughed at the irony of this line:
He also complained that the clerk “was getting the shaft” and had done nothing to warrant the transfer.
OMG! This judge is still in his job. Amazing!
unionman575
May 18, 2015
She definitely got the shaft.
courtflea
May 18, 2015
I know from personal experience that the Kern judge should have been removed from the municipal court bench in the 90’s. He presided over the misdemeanor arraignment calendar and daily coerced defendants into pleading guilty without a defensive attorney present. His speel was plead guilty now for time served and be released from custody but if you wanted a defense attorney you may spend a few weeks more in jail waiting for representation. What do you think the defendants did? Bastard. His goal was to have high disposition stats. Not to mention as a person he is a total asshole egomaniac. He has no business being on the bench.
sharonkramer
May 18, 2015
THAT was disgusting that no judge was forced off the bench by CJP. Its really bad when one judge admonishes an administrator because they took action after several clerks were complaining of another judge having sex in their chambers. That’s indicative of a systemic ethics/super ego problem in that superior court system.
Here’s another one (that I am expecting several thumbs down on this board for publicly writing about). A Merced judge was forced to resign because he was making rulings where he failed to disclose that he was receiving payment from litigants/attorneys who came before him.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/community/article21004380.html
How is that any different than the LA judges making rulings involving the county while accepting supplemental payment from the county? Why did this Merced judge have to resign, yet Richard Fine spent 18 months in jail for exposing the same thing going on in LA — only on a MUCH larger scale?
unionman575
May 19, 2015
http://www.courts.ca.gov/32274.htm
Chief Justice Presses for Expedited Court Rule on Traffic Fines
May 18, 2015
California’s Chief Justice Presses for Expedited Rule to Address Traffic Fine Proceedings
Requests immediate action by Judicial Council
SAN FRANCISCO—Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye today announced that she is asking the Judicial Council to take emergency action to adopt a rule of court to facilitate access to justice for court users challenging traffic fines.
“Many of the procedures and practices regarding traffic fines derive from statute,” the Chief Justice said. “However, the law is confusing and may result in inconsistent practices or policies throughout the state. I’m charging the Judicial Council as the constitutional statewide policymaking body to expeditiously initiate our rule-making process to act on an emergency basis. We need a court rule that makes it clear that Californians do not have to pay for a traffic infraction before being able to appear in court.”
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“As I stated April 17 during our Judicial Council business meeting, the issue raised by fines and fees can be an access to justice issue, as well as a fiscal issue for the entire state. All three branches are trying to address it.”
In addition to this immediate action by the council, the Commission on the Future of California’s Court System, appointed by the Chief Justice, is taking a broader look at effective public access to California’s courts, including traffic proceedings and the impact of mandatory and discretionary fines, fees, and penalties on court users.
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unionman575
May 19, 2015
Click to access RAS.pdf
Santa, Tooth Fairies Unicorns and California Court Justice
June 18, 2015
I like Burnie … don’t know if he can beat deep pockets… but he is almost always on point…