Judges and Judiciary
Jun. 29, 2013
Brown vetoes efforts to add transparency to judicial branch decisionmaking
Gov. Jerry Brown signed budget legislation Thursday but excised a portion of the budget legislation that would have required judicial branch leadership to make their meetings far more transparent.
By Paul Jones
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown signed budget legislation Thursday allotting $63 million in new funding for courts and transferring over $200 million from court construction funds to pay for court operations. But he also excised a portion of the budget legislation that would have required judicial branch leadership to make their meetings far more transparent, citing the cost to the branch.
The veto was a setback for Speaker of the Assemb...
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