The Santa Clara County Superior Court, in partnership with Catalyst Community, this week announced the grand reopening of the children’s waiting room at the Morgan Hill Courthouse, 301 Diana Ave. The enhanced facility reopened to the public on July 14. 

The policy discards decades of practices under presidents of both parties and unconstitutionally “deprives noncitizens of a meaningful opportunity to be heard” in court, lawyers for immigrants and advocacy organizations said in a suit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C.

The law, which went into effect statewide last December, empowers judges to mandate that a person with mounting mental health problems undergo treatment, whether the person consents or not. Orange County is taking a different approach, however–with something called “relentless outreach” in getting mental health treatment to those that need it the most.

The Judicial Council of California on Friday will consider the AI proposal. If adopted, California would become the largest state court system with an AI rule or policy. The California proposal, developed by an artificial intelligence task force established by Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero in 2024, calls for all California courts that allow generative AI in court-related work to either adopt the model AI policy released by the task force in February or modify the model policy to address their specific goals by September.