Letters,
Judges and Judiciary
Feb. 14, 2017
Disabled, veterans still underrepresented on California bench
I read with interest the recent article that article quotes Gov. Jerry Brown's press secretary Evan Westrup's claim of diversity brought to the bench.
East County Division
Peter A. Lynch
Judge
Arraignments
Southern Illinois University School of Law, 1984
Peter is an Afghanistan and Iraq veteran.
I read with interest the recent article "Governor urged to fill judge slots" (Feb. 9). That article quotes Gov. Jerry Brown's press secretary Evan Westrup's claim of diversity brought to the bench. He relays that 40 percent of the governor's 2015 appointees have been racial minorities - obviously a step in the right direction. However, Assembly Bill 1005, signed in 2013 and effective in 2014, added questions to the judicial application for demographic ...
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