Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary
Oct. 22, 2021
Chief justice calls for indexed annual court budget increases
“We need to be fully funded if you really want a full democracy,” Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said in an address to the Public Policy Institute of California. “That’s it, end of story, and we need a multiplier unless you want to see me every year with my bill saying ‘This is what it costs to run the judiciary this year.’”
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye called Thursday for the California courts budget to be indexed to receive automatic annual increases.
"We need to be fully funded if you really want a full democracy," she said in an address to the Public Policy Institute of California. "That's it, end of story, and we need a multiplier unless you want to see me every year with my bill saying...
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