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Government

Jul. 1, 2014

Administrative Office of the Courts to lose its name

Instead, the branch will simply be known as its leadership body, the Judicial Council. The move to strip away the name of the AOC, a regular target of branch critics, drew predictable derision from branch gadflies and labor.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - What's in a name? In the case of the California judicial branch's bureaucracy, enough to lose it completely.


Branch leaders announced Friday that they'll cease referring to the branch's controversy-ridden administrative arm as the Administrative Office of the Courts.


Instead, the branch will simply be known as its leadership body, the Judicial Council. The move...

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