Letters,
Judges and Judiciary
Mar. 7, 2022
Disabled candidates are lacking in judicial appointments
In three years, the governor’s appointment rate of people with disabilities is less than 1%. It is also my understanding that during that same period of time the governor chose to not appoint any person with disabilities to the Courts of Appeal or to the California Supreme Court.
The March 3 article, "Newsom reports high numbers of minority, women judge appointees," references Gov. Gavin Newsom's press release and the legislatively required mandatory submittal of judicial applicant and appointee data. Notwithstanding the information provided in this informative article, it is my understanding that for 2021, no appointments of people with disabilities were made and that the appointment ...
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