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Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 19, 2011

A Merry-Go-Around With No Beginning and No End

AB 1208 is a modest bill that will restore balance in the management of our judicial system. By Quentin L. Kopp, former member of the California Senate.

By Quentin L. Kopp

In 1997, the Legislature adopted the Lockyer-Isenberg Trial Court Funding Act, transferring funding for the courts from the counties to the state. I was then a member of the California Senate, serving with Sen. Charles Calderon, a practicing lawyer who is now the Assembly majority leader. I chaired the Senate budget subcommittee that supervised the budget of the courts. Additionally, I am a retired judge of the San Mateo Superior Court, who was a...

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