Judges and Judiciary,
Administrative/Regulatory
Mar. 20, 2024
Chief justice addresses budget and partisan attacks in state of the judiciary speech
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero delivered her annual State of the Judiciary speech Tuesday, highlighting the challenges faced by the judicial branch, including the budget cycle and the need for funding.
California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero began her annual State of the Judiciary Speech by noting this “isn’t my first rodeo, although it looks much different from the ones I was used to growing up.”
But a lot has changed for California’s judicial branch in the past year.
Guerrero’s 2023 speech was a celebration of firsts, including the first Latina California chief justice giving the first in-person State o...