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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 29, 2009

Curtain Rises On Legislative Inquiry Into Court Spending

Pressure continues to build on the Administrative Office of the Courts as it faces a Legislative committee hearing today on its growth and spending in recent years.

By Matthew Pordum

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - An Assembly committee will hold a hearing today into the Administrative Office of the Courts' recent growth and spending, as pressure mounts on the judicial agency to explain how it manages its operations.

In the buildup to the hearing, the lawmakers' queries increasingly have come to be viewed through a political prism. As the court system struggled to absorb $4...

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