Government,
Appellate Practice
May 22, 2025
The failure of the California Legislature to provide access to courts of appeal
In California, most low-income litigants are effectively denied the right to appeal because the Legislature prohibits cost-effective electronic recordings of court proceedings, preserving a failing and exclusive system that requires expensive court reporters few can afford.
If you lose in court, you might want to appeal. You can't win on
appeal without a record of the trial proceedings. And in California, you can't
get that record without a court reporter. The court reporter makes a written
transcript for the appellate court. This process often takes months and can
cost $3,000 for each day of court proceedings.
Every week, tens of thousands of California judicial proceedings are not recorded or transcribed. Exce...
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