There’s nothing more fundamental to a well-functioning society than an efficient, fair court system to resolve civil disputes and criminal cases.
California has the nation’s largest court system, and perhaps its most troubled with severe financial and managerial tangles, and a virtual war between a San Francisco-based administrative superstructure and hundreds of rebellious local judges.
What was once a highly decentralized system – and by state law supposed to be that way – was more or less compressed into a centrally managed system under former Chief Justice Ron George, through the state Judicial Council and the Administrative Office of the Courts.
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