Judges and Judiciary
May 28, 2020
Bill aims to give chief justice more power in any multi-county emergency
AB 3366 passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee only after multiple amendments, perhaps illustrating the nervousness many legislators and interest groups have had with the increasing centralization of power during the pandemic.
In the weeks after the coronavirus hit, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye issued more than 100 executive orders laying out procedures to keep courts operating. Many applied to just one county.
A bill authored by the Assembly Judiciary Committee and passed at its hearing Wednesday would allow Cantil-Sakauye and her eventual successors the ability to issue statew...
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