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Government

Mar. 11, 2014

Lawmaker introduces measure to increase judgeships

In what's become almost a perennial tradition, the state judicial branch is pushing a bill to authorize and fund new bench officers across the state.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In what's become almost a perennial tradition, the state judicial branch is pushing a bill to fund 50 new judgeships for superior courts across the state.


The bill, introduced by Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara, who chairs the state Senate Judiciary Committee, would also authorize, but not fund, another 50 additional trial court judgeships when money becomes available for them in the futur...

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