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Government

Apr. 30, 2013

Courts to get funding based on workload

The governing body of California's judicial branch on Friday agreed to slowly begin allocating more money to underfunded courts by approving a historic plan to divide funding among trial courts using a new workload-based formula.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SACRAMENTO - The governing body of California's judicial branch on Friday agreed to slowly begin allocating more money to underfunded courts by approving a historic plan to divide up funding among the state's trial courts using a new workload-based formula.


The new system comes after years of complaints by poorer courts and represents the most sweeping change to how courts are funded since the ...

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