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Government

Sep. 15, 2016

Fewer traffic tickets has led to courthouse construction crisis

Police in California have been writing a lot fewer traffic tickets in recent years. This good news for drivers is an important reason why the state's court system is short on money.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Police in California have been writing a lot fewer traffic tickets in recent years. That may be good news for drivers, but it's also an important reason why the state's court system is short on money.

Law enforcement wrote more than 6.3 million traffic citations during the 2009-10 state fiscal year, according to figures from the Judicial Council.

By 2014-15,...

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