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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 21, 2015

Painful budget choices for state judiciary

The state Judicial Council made difficult decisions Friday, cutting $10.8 from its court improvement and modernization fund and altering the statistical model for allocating funding to pay court appointed juvenile dependency counsel.


By Joshua Sebold


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Difficult financial decisions confronting the state judiciary came into sharp relief Friday at the Judicial Council's meeting in San Francisco as evidenced by moves to cut a court improvement fund and significantly alter dependency court funding models.


The council cut $10.8 million from its court improvement and modernization fund and modified the statistical model for how it allocates funding t...

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