San Francisco Municipal Executives Association

In an age of uncertainty, the Governor and State Legislature have an obligation to ensure that the people of California have access to a fully functional court system.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Court-system-budget-cuts-undermine-justice-11101724.php

Court system budget cuts undermine justice, public safety The proposed funding for our consistently underfunded and often overlooked trial court system will result in layoffs, reduce court hours and cut self-help services that the public relies on for equal treatment under the law. Since 2008, nearly 4,000 court staff have lost their jobs, more than 200 co...

We are calling on our State Legislature to increase funding for our trial court system in the May Revise.

Since 2008, nearly 4,000 court staff have lost their jobs, over 200 courtrooms have been closed, and 2.1 million Californians lost access to a courtroom in their community.

The proposed budget for the courts would hurt the people the system is supposed to protect. Contact Assemblymember Phil Ting, Assemblymember David Chiu, and Senator Scott Wiener today and urge them to increase funding for our trial court system.

http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/02/21/superior-court-officials-blast-2017-18-state-budget/

Superior Court officials blast 2017-18 California budget Officers from 49 (of 58) Superior Court county divisions say that, simply to maintain the existing levels of service, a boost of $58.5 million is needed to the state courts’ 2017-18 budget