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Apr. 22, 2008

Embracing Change

Jerry Johnston makes things happen. The judge led an overhaul of an out-of-date mental health system at Orange County Superior Court, and convinced the EPA to help fund environmental prosecutions across the state.

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Embracing Change

Gerald G. Johnston

Orange County Superior Court

Career Highlights: Joined JAMS in 2024; appointed to the Orange County Superior Court by Gov. Pete Wilson, 1998, retired 2023.

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By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 5

      ORANGE - Jerry Johnston was on a mission when he visited Lake County's top prosecutor a dozen years ago.
      Johnston, deputy secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency at the time, hoped to enlist the aid of Stephen O. Hedstrom, then Lake County district attorney, in statewide efforts to p... (continued)

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